diff --git a/config.defaults.json b/config.defaults.json
index 91fafad..e45c552 100644
--- a/config.defaults.json
+++ b/config.defaults.json
@@ -13,5 +13,7 @@
 	"overlap_ratio": 0.7,
 	"generation_mode": "markov",
 	"access_token": "",
-	"db_path": ""
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+	"db_path": "",
+	"textsynth_token": null,
+	"textsynth_engine_id": "gptneox_20B"
+}
diff --git a/generators/textsynth.py b/generators/textsynth.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1db8114
--- /dev/null
+++ b/generators/textsynth.py
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+
+import sqlite3
+from random import expovariate
+import typing
+import aiohttp
+
+async def make_sentence(cfg):
+	# set default
+	if not cfg["textsynth_engine_id"]:
+		cfg["textsynth_engine_id"] = "gptneox_20B"
+
+	if not cfg["textsynth_token"]:
+		raise ValueError("textsynth_token is not set, create an account at textsynth.com")
+
+	db = sqlite3.connect(cfg["db_path"])
+	db.text_factory = str
+	c = db.cursor()
+	if cfg['learn_from_cw']:
+		ignored_cws_query_params = "(" + ",".join("?" * len(cfg["ignored_cws"])) + ")"
+		toots = c.execute(
+			f"""
+			SELECT content
+			FROM posts
+			WHERE
+				summary IS NULL
+				OR summary NOT IN {ignored_cws_query_params}
+			ORDER BY POST_ID DESC
+			""",
+			cfg["ignored_cws"],
+		).fetchall()
+	else:
+		toots = c.execute(
+			"""
+			SELECT content
+			FROM posts
+			WHERE summary IS NULL
+			ORDER POST_ID DESC
+			LIMIT 10000
+			""",
+		).fetchall()
+
+	if not toots:
+		raise ValueError("Database is empty! Try running main.py.")
+
+
+	# get first element of tuple
+	toots: list[str] = [toot[0] for toot in toots]
+
+	# replace stuff
+	toots = [toot.translate(str.maketrans({
+		ord('\n'): "\\n",
+	})) for toot in toots]
+
+	new_toots = []
+
+	def sum_of_chars(list_of_strings: list[str]) -> int:
+		return sum(len(string) + 1 for string in list_of_strings) # +1 for \n
+
+	while sum_of_chars(new_toots) < 8192:
+		index = expovariate(1 / 10) % len(toots) # more likely to pick newer posts but older ones are also sometimes picked
+		# round index to nearest int
+		index = int(index)
+		# remove toot from list
+		toot = toots.pop(index)
+		# add toot to new list
+		new_toots.append(toot)
+
+	toots = new_toots
+
+	# concatenate toots
+	toots = "\n".join(toots)
+
+	# truncate to last 8192 characters
+	toots = toots[-8192:]
+
+	# raise ValueError("toots: " + toots)
+
+	# POST https://api.textsynth.com/v1/engines/{engine_id}/completions
+
+	# using aiohttp
+
+	post = None
+	while post is None:
+		async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
+			async with session.post(
+				"https://api.textsynth.com/v1/engines/{}/completions".format(cfg["textsynth_engine_id"]),
+				headers={
+					"Authorization": "Bearer {}".format(cfg["textsynth_token"]),
+				},
+				json={
+					"prompt": toots + "\n",
+					"stop": "\n",
+					"max_tokens": 200
+				},
+			) as resp:
+				if resp.status != 200:
+					raise ValueError("TextSynth API returned status code {}".format(resp.status))
+				data = await resp.json()
+				if not data["text"]:
+					# raise ValueError("TextSynth API returned empty text")
+					# just generate a new sentence
+					continue
+				post: str = data["text"]
+
+		# check wether the post only consists of mentions
+		# split by words
+		words = post.split()
+		# check if all words are mentions
+		if all(word.startswith("@") for word in words):
+			# generate a new sentence
+			post = None
+			continue
+
+	db.close()
+
+	# replace stuff in post
+	post = post.replace("\\n", "\n")
+
+	# and post it
+	return post
diff --git a/third_party/utils.py b/third_party/utils.py
index b6de7ae..2a3014e 100644
--- a/third_party/utils.py
+++ b/third_party/utils.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import html
 import enum
 import json
 import shutil
+import inspect
 import sqlite3
 import argparse
 import itertools
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 TextGenerationMode = enum.Enum('TextGenerationMode', """
 	markov
 	gpt_2
+	textsynth
 """.split())
 
 def arg_parser_factory(*, description):
@@ -67,8 +69,15 @@ async def make_post(cfg, *, mode=TextGenerationMode.markov):
 		from generators.markov import make_sentence
 	elif mode is TextGenerationMode.gpt_2:
 		from generators.gpt_2 import make_sentence
+	elif mode is TextGenerationMode.textsynth:
+		from generators.textsynth import make_sentence
 
-	return await anyio.to_process.run_sync(make_sentence, cfg)
+	# return await anyio.to_process.run_sync(make_sentence, cfg)
+	# check if inspect.iscoroutinefunction(object)
+	if inspect.iscoroutinefunction(make_sentence):
+		return await make_sentence(cfg)
+	else:
+		return await anyio.to_process.run_sync(make_sentence, cfg)
 
 def extract_post_content(text):
 	soup = BeautifulSoup(text, "html.parser")