diff --git a/src/agent/agent.js b/src/agent/agent.js
index 14a4e9c..534d582 100644
--- a/src/agent/agent.js
+++ b/src/agent/agent.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { initBot } from '../utils/mcdata.js';
 import { sendRequest } from '../utils/gpt.js';
 import { History } from './history.js';
 import { Coder } from './coder.js';
-import { containsCommand, executeCommand } from './commands.js';
+import { containsCommand, commandExists, executeCommand } from './commands.js';
 import { Events } from './events.js';
 
 
@@ -19,9 +19,7 @@ export class Agent {
 
         this.bot.on('login', async () => {
             await this.history.loadExamples();
-
-            if (!init_message)
-                this.bot.chat('Hello world! I am ' + this.name);
+                
             console.log(`${this.name} logged in.`);
             
             const ignore_messages = [
@@ -42,10 +40,17 @@ export class Agent {
                 this.handleMessage(username, message);
             });
 
+            // set the bot to automatically eat food when hungry
+            this.bot.autoEat.options = {
+                priority: 'foodPoints',
+                startAt: 14,
+                bannedFood: []
+            };
 
             if (init_message) {
                 this.handleMessage('system', init_message);
             } else {
+                this.bot.chat('Hello world! I am ' + this.name);
                 this.bot.emit('finished_executing');
             }
         });
@@ -77,7 +82,11 @@ export class Agent {
             let command_name = containsCommand(res);
 
             if (command_name) { // contains query or command
-                console.log('Query/Command response:', res);
+                console.log('Command message:', res);
+                if (!commandExists(command_name)) {
+                    this.history.add('system', `Command ${command_name} does not exist. Use !newAction to perform custom actions.`);
+                    continue;
+                }
 
                 let pre_message = res.substring(0, res.indexOf(command_name)).trim();
 
diff --git a/src/agent/commands.js b/src/agent/commands.js
index 54e6764..2944b18 100644
--- a/src/agent/commands.js
+++ b/src/agent/commands.js
@@ -17,14 +17,17 @@ const argRegex = /(?:"[^"]*"|'[^']*'|[^,])+/g;
 
 export function containsCommand(message) {
     const commandMatch = message.match(commandRegex);
-    if (commandMatch) {
-        const commandName = "!"+commandMatch[1];
-        if (commandList.some((command) => command.name === commandName))
-            return commandName;
-    }
+    if (commandMatch)
+        return commandName;
     return null;
 }
 
+export function commandExists(commandName) {
+    if (!commandName.startsWith("!"))
+        commandName = "!" + commandName;
+    return commandMap[commandName] !== undefined;
+}
+
 // todo: handle arrays?
 function parseCommandMessage(message) {
     const commandMatch = message.match(commandRegex);
diff --git a/src/utils/mcdata.js b/src/utils/mcdata.js
index 641e82d..057d706 100644
--- a/src/utils/mcdata.js
+++ b/src/utils/mcdata.js
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import { createBot } from 'mineflayer';
 import { pathfinder } from 'mineflayer-pathfinder';
 import { plugin as pvp } from 'mineflayer-pvp';
 import { plugin as collectblock } from 'mineflayer-collectblock';
+import { plugin as autoEat } from 'mineflayer-auto-eat';
+
 
 const mc_version = '1.19.3'
 const mcdata = minecraftData(mc_version);
@@ -18,6 +20,8 @@ export function initBot(username) {
     bot.loadPlugin(pathfinder);
     bot.loadPlugin(pvp);
     bot.loadPlugin(collectblock);
+    bot.loadPlugin(autoEat);
+
     return bot;
 }
 
@@ -77,3 +81,8 @@ export function getAllBlockIds(ignore) {
     }
     return blockIds;
 }
+
+export function getBiomeName(bot) {
+    const biomeId = bot.world.getBiome(bot.entity.position);
+    return mcdata.biomes[biomeId].name;
+}