diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3dd08b2..b3c37d2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ sh:
 	cp -f sh/vol $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
 	cp -f sh/josm_launch $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
 	cp -f sh/start $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
+	cp -f sh/proxtest $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
 
 mkc:
 	cc c/scream.c -o c/scream
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ mkc:
 	cc c/boid.c -o c/boid -lm -lX11
 	cc c/anaconda.c -o c/anaconda -lm -lX11
 	cc c/simplestatus.c -o c/simplestatus
+
 c:
 	cp -f c/scream $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
 	cp -f c/timer $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
diff --git a/sh/proxtest b/sh/proxtest
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6769690
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sh/proxtest
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+output_as_proxychains=1
+randomize=1
+choose=0
+outputted_proxies=""
+temp_output=$(mktemp)
+while getopts ":pt:rc:" options; do
+  case $options in
+    p)
+      output_as_proxychains=0
+      ;;
+    t)
+      temp_output=$OPTARG
+      ;;
+    r)
+      randomize=0
+      ;;
+    c)
+      choose=$OPTARG
+      ;;
+    :)
+      printf "specify argument\n"
+      exit
+      ;;
+    *)
+      printf "what has happened\n"
+      exit
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+# get the tor port number using this lsof incantination
+torport=$(\
+  sudo lsof -nP -iTCP -sTCP:LISTEN | \
+  grep tor | \
+  awk -F'[ :]+' 'NR = 1 {print $10}'
+)
+
+curl --silent --preproxy socks5://127.0.0.1:$torport https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hookzof/socks5_list/master/proxy.txt -o $temp_output
+
+printf "estimated worsecase run time: %i seconds\n" $(wc -l $temp_output | awk -F' ' '{print $1}') 1>&2
+
+looped=$(\
+  cat $temp_output | \
+  ( [ $randomize -eq 0 ] && shuf || cat ) | \
+  ( [ $choose -ne 0 ] && head -n $choose || cat ) | \
+  tr '\n' ' ' | \
+  tr -d '\r'
+)
+
+for i in $looped; do
+  ip=$(printf $i | awk -F':' '{print $1}')
+  port=$(printf $i | awk -F':' '{print $2}' | tr -d '\r')
+
+  # TODO: timeout is a non-posix gnu extension, remove/replace it
+  timeout 2s nc -zv -x 127.0.0.1:$torport $ip $port 2>/dev/null 1>&2 && \
+    outputted_proxies="$outputted_proxies $i" && \
+    printf "success! %s\n" $i 1>&2 || \
+    printf "failure! %s\n" $i 1>&2
+done
+
+if [ $output_as_proxychains -eq 0 ]; then
+  printf "# generated by proxtest.sh @ %s\n" "$(date)"
+  printf "random_chain\nproxy_dns\nchain_len = 5\n"
+  printf "tcp_read_time_out 15000\ntcp_connect_time_out 8000\n"
+  printf "[ProxyList]\n"
+
+  # assumes all socks5 proxies, change this in future
+  for i in $outputted_proxies; do
+    printf "socks5 %s\n" "$(printf %s $i | tr ':' ' ')"
+  done
+
+  printf "# finished!\n"
+else
+  for i in $outputted_proxies; do
+    printf "%s\n" $i
+  done
+fi