diff --git a/app/__main__.py b/app/__main__.py
index b0f1479..6e26213 100644
--- a/app/__main__.py
+++ b/app/__main__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import asyncio
+import time
 
 import click
 import logging
@@ -39,11 +40,22 @@ def cli(log_level: str, log_file: str | None):
 
 
 @cli.command()
-def run():
+@click.option(
+    "--resume/--no-resume",
+    default=False,
+    help="Whether to do a full sync, or resume from previous"
+)
+def run(resume: bool):
     """Runs the bot"""
     log.info("Starting bot.")
     from .main import bot
 
+    if resume is False:
+        bot.config.store_sync_tokens = False
+        bot.loaded_sync_token = ""
+        log.critical("Not resuming from previous sync. This may be slow!")
+        time.sleep(3)
+
     # run_async(bot.start(access_token=bot.cfg["bot"]["access_token"]))
     asyncio.run(bot.start(access_token=bot.cfg["bot"]["access_token"]))
 
diff --git a/app/main.py b/app/main.py
index fd8d394..356fbf8 100644
--- a/app/main.py
+++ b/app/main.py
@@ -74,8 +74,7 @@ bot = NonsenseBot(
     store_path=str(store.resolve()),
     command_prefix=config["bot"].get("prefix", "h!"),
     owner_id=config["bot"].get("owner_id") or "@nex:nexy7574.co.uk",
-    auto_read_messages=False,
-    config=niobot.AsyncClientConfig()
+    auto_read_messages=False
 )
 bot.cfg = config