diff --git a/cursed.coco b/cursed.coco
index 82a9612..67e563e 100644
--- a/cursed.coco
+++ b/cursed.coco
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import requests
 import os
+import sys
 
 # substrings in path to exclude
 EXCLUDES = [
@@ -19,6 +20,10 @@ def include_path(path: str) -> bool:
     return not any([x in path for x in EXCLUDES])
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
+    output_file = "out/status.txt"
+    print(f"writing to file `{output_file}`...")
+    sys.stdout = open(output_file, "w")
+
     filtered_paths = read_lines("out/cgi-paths.txt") |> map$(parse_path) |> filter$(include_path) |> list
 
     print("----- TOM -----")
@@ -30,3 +35,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     tem_paths = filtered_paths |> map$("https://temmie.pvv.ntnu.no/"+.) |> list
     tem_oks = tem_paths |> map$(requests.get) |> map$(x -> x.ok) |> list
     zip(tem_oks, tem_paths) |> map$(x -> str(x[0]) + ":\t" + x[1]) |> "\n".join |> print
+
+    sys.stdout.close()
+    sys.stdout = sys.__stdout__
+    print(f"finished writing to file `{output_file}`.")