diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 62dd0cf..42ad4d7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -30,6 +30,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "zerocopy",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "aho-corasick"
+version = "1.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8e60d3430d3a69478ad0993f19238d2df97c507009a52b3c10addcd7f6bcb916"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anstream"
 version = "0.6.14"
@@ -378,6 +387,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "eac8f7d7865dcb88bd4373ab671c8cf4508703796caa2b1985a9ca867b3fcb78"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
+ "futures-sink",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -386,6 +396,12 @@ version = "0.3.30"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "dfc6580bb841c5a68e9ef15c77ccc837b40a7504914d52e47b8b0e9bbda25a1d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "futures-io"
+version = "0.3.30"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a44623e20b9681a318efdd71c299b6b222ed6f231972bfe2f224ebad6311f0c1"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-sink"
 version = "0.3.30"
@@ -405,9 +421,13 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3d6401deb83407ab3da39eba7e33987a73c3df0c82b4bb5813ee871c19c41d48"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
+ "futures-io",
+ "futures-sink",
  "futures-task",
+ "memchr",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "pin-utils",
+ "slab",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1177,6 +1197,35 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.5.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "regex"
+version = "1.10.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b91213439dad192326a0d7c6ee3955910425f441d7038e0d6933b0aec5c4517f"
+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "memchr",
+ "regex-automata",
+ "regex-syntax",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-automata"
+version = "0.4.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "38caf58cc5ef2fed281f89292ef23f6365465ed9a41b7a7754eb4e26496c92df"
+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "memchr",
+ "regex-syntax",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-syntax"
+version = "0.8.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7a66a03ae7c801facd77a29370b4faec201768915ac14a721ba36f20bc9c209b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "reqwest"
 version = "0.12.5"
@@ -1186,6 +1235,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "bytes",
  "encoding_rs",
+ "futures-channel",
  "futures-core",
  "futures-util",
  "h2",
@@ -1668,6 +1718,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "dotenv",
+ "regex",
  "reqwest",
  "rusqlite",
  "scraper",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 76e835d..53469a7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { version = "4.5.7", features = ["derive"] }
 dotenv = "0.15.0"
-reqwest = "0.12.5"
+regex = "1.10.5"
+reqwest = { version = "0.12.5", features = ["blocking"] }
 rusqlite = { version = "0.31.0", features = ["bundled"] }
 scraper = "0.19.0"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 6364873..11d3e8c 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-use std::{env, fmt::Debug, fs::{self, DirEntry}, path::Path};
+use std::{fmt::Debug, fs::{self, DirEntry}, path::Path};
 use bencode::{decode, Value};
 use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
+use reqwest::StatusCode;
 use rusqlite::Connection;
-use dotenv::dotenv;
+use scraper::{Html, Selector};
+use regex::Regex;
 
 mod bencode;
 
@@ -226,13 +228,32 @@ fn scrape(db: Connection, destination: &String) {
     .expect("query_map")
     .filter_map(|f| f.ok());
 
+    let forum_id_re = Regex::new(".+f=(\\d+)").unwrap();
     for torrent in torrents {
-        dbg!(torrent.id, torrent.publisher_url);
+        let response = reqwest::blocking::get(torrent.publisher_url).unwrap();
+        if response.status() != StatusCode::OK {
+            eprintln!("torrent {} request error", torrent.id);
+        }
+
+        let document = Html::parse_document(&response.text().unwrap());
+        let selector = Selector::parse("td.nav").unwrap();
+        let selected = document.select(&selector);
+        
+        let topics = selected.into_iter().nth(0).unwrap();
+        let topic = topics.children().nth(5).unwrap();
+        let forum_link = topic.value().as_element().unwrap().attr("href").unwrap();
+
+        let forum_id: i64 = str::parse(forum_id_re
+            .captures(forum_link)
+            .unwrap()
+            .get(1)
+            .unwrap()
+            .as_str()
+        ).unwrap();
     }
 }
 
 fn main() {
-    dotenv().ok();
     let args = Args::parse();
     let db = Connection::open(args.db_path).unwrap();