diff --git a/rescue-from-github.lua b/rescue-from-github.lua
index 7588b45..f640749 100755
--- a/rescue-from-github.lua
+++ b/rescue-from-github.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env luajit
+package.path = (arg[0]:match("@?(.*/)") or arg[0]:match("@?(.*\\)")) .. "lib" .. package.config:sub(1, 1) .. "?.lua;" .. package.path
+local utility = require "utility"
 
 -- TODO add support for private repos by making it warn the user
 
@@ -98,9 +100,9 @@ for name, info in pairs(repositories) do
   table.insert(repository_names, info.organization .. "/" .. name)
 
   -- TODO figure out how to detect and exclude repos that don't need to be cloned (check what exists on my domain!)
-  os.execute("git clone https://TangentFoxy@github.com/TangentFoxy/" .. name)
+  -- os.execute("git clone https://TangentFoxy@github.com/TangentFoxy/" .. name)
 
-  -- os.execute("cd " .. name .. " && git branch")
+  -- os.execute("cd " .. name .. " && git branch") -- TODO figure out why I had this? do I need to manually push each branch or does that happen automatically?
 end
 
 -- if true then os.exit() end
@@ -116,6 +118,17 @@ end)()
 
 table.sort(repository_names)
 
+-- I don't know what data I actually need from this script or how to organize it
+--  so I'm just exporting everything for the moment
+local data = {
+  repositories = repositories,
+  organizations = organizations,
+  mirrors = mirrors,
+  repository_names = repository_names,
+}
+utility.save_data(data, "export.json")
+os.exit()
+
 -- TODO figure out how to use the API to do this automatically
 -- TODO figure out how to set a description as well
 print("Create the following organizations:")