diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
index f7e8ee2..d8196d3 100644
--- a/index.ts
+++ b/index.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,20 @@ const app = new App({
     signingSecret: process.env.SLACK_SIGNING_SECRET,
 });
 
+const whitelist: string[] = (() => {
+    try {
+        return require('./whitelist.json')
+    } catch (e) {
+        return []
+    }
+})();
+
+function checkUserOk(user: UsersInfoResponse['user']) {
+    if (whitelist.includes(user!.id!)) return true
+
+    return user!.is_admin || user!.is_owner || user!.is_primary_owner
+}
+
 const eligibilityCmd = async (ctx: any) => {
     await ctx.ack();
 
@@ -16,43 +30,52 @@ const eligibilityCmd = async (ctx: any) => {
     let userId = ctx.context.userId;
     let matchedBy = "no input"
 
+    const iUser = await ctx.client.users.info({ user: ctx.context.userId! });
+
     if ((match = text.match(/\<\@(.+)\|(.+)>/))) {
-        userId = match[1];
-        matchedBy = "user mention"
+        if (!checkUserOk(iUser.user!)) {
+            matchedBy = "not allowed"
+        } else {
+            userId = match[1];
+            matchedBy = "user mention"
+        }
     } else if (text)
         matchedBy = "invalid input"
 
 
-    const res = await fetch("https://identity.hackclub.com/api/external/check?slack_id=" + userId, {
-        headers: {
-            'User-Agent': 'HackClubEligibilityBot/1.0 (ran by Loop / dainfloop)'
-        },
+    const res = await fetch("https://verify.hackclub.dev/api/status", {
+        method: "POST",
+        headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' },
+        body: JSON.stringify({
+            "slack_id": userId
+        }),
         redirect: "follow"
     }).then(res => res.json())
 
-    if (res.result === "not_found")
+    if (res === `User ${userId} not found!`)
         return await ctx.respond({
             response_type: 'ephemeral',
-            text: `${matchedBy !== "user mention" ? "You aren't" : `<@${userId}> isn't`} verified. ${matchedBy !== "user mention" ? `\nCheck out the <https://identity.hackclub.com/onboarding/welcome}|identity vault> to verify.` : ""}`,
+            text: `${matchedBy !== "user mention" ? "You aren't" : `<@${userId}> isn't`} verified and therefore aren't eligible for rewards from your program.${matchedBy !== "user mention" ? `\nCheck out the <https://forms.hackclub.com/eligibility?slack_id=${userId}|eligiblity form> to verify.` : ""}${matchedBy == "not allowed" ? " (Only whitelisted users can check other people's verification statuses.)" : ""}`,
             unfurl_links: true
         })
 
-    else if (res.result === "needs_submission") {
+    else if (res.status === "Insufficient") {
         return await ctx.respond({
             response_type: 'ephemeral',
-            text: `${matchedBy !== "user mention" ? "You" : `<@${userId}>`} provided insufficient evidence of who ${matchedBy !== "user mention" ? "you" : "they"} are.${matchedBy !== "user mention" ? `\nCheck out the <https://identity.hackclub.com/onboarding/welcome}|identity vault> to re-verify.` : ""}`,
+            text: `${matchedBy !== "user mention" ? "You" : `<@${userId}>`} provided insufficient evidence that ${matchedBy !== "user mention" ? "you" : "they"} are a student.${matchedBy !== "user mention" ? `\nCheck out the <https://forms.hackclub.com/eligibility?slack_id=${userId}|eligiblity form> to re-verify.` : ""}${matchedBy == "not allowed" ? " (Only whitelisted users can check other people's verification statuses.)" : ""}`,
             unfurl_links: true
-        })
+        })        
     }
 
-    else if (res.result === "pending") {
+    else if (res.status === "Unknown") {
         return await ctx.respond({
             response_type: 'ephemeral',
-            text: `${matchedBy !== "user mention" ? "Your verification" : `<@${userId}>'s verification`} has not been accepted yet.`,
-        })
+            text: `${matchedBy !== "user mention" ? "Your verification" : `<@${userId}>'s verification`} has not been accepted yet.${matchedBy == "not allowed" ? " (Only whitelisted users can check other people's verification statuses.)" : ""}`,
+            unfurl_links: true
+        })        
     }
 
-    else if (res.result === "rejected") {
+    else if (res.status === "Ineligible") {
         if (matchedBy === "user mention") {
             return await ctx.respond({
                 response_type: 'ephemeral',
@@ -61,15 +84,11 @@ const eligibilityCmd = async (ctx: any) => {
         } else {
             return await ctx.respond({
                 response_type: 'ephemeral',
-                text: `Your verification has been denied. If you believe this to be a mistake, please send a message in <#C092833JXKK>.`
+                text: `Your verification has been denied. If you believe this to be a mistake, please contact an admin of the program you are applying for.${matchedBy == "not allowed" ? " (Only whitelisted users can check other people's verification statuses.)" : ""},`
             })
         }
     }
 
-    /** 
-     * The sanctioned country status seems to have been deprecated in the Identity Vault.
-     * However, this piece of code is being kept for documentation purposes.
-    
     else if (res.status === "Sanctioned country") {
         if (matchedBy === "user mention") {
             return await ctx.respond({
@@ -81,21 +100,22 @@ const eligibilityCmd = async (ctx: any) => {
                 response_type: 'ephemeral',
                 text: `You live in a country that cannot have packages delivered to due to sanctions.${matchedBy == "not allowed" ? " (Only whitelisted users can check other people's verification statuses.)" : ""},`
             })
-        }
-    }
-    */
-
-    else if (res.result === "verified_eligible") {
-        return await ctx.respond({
-            response_type: 'ephemeral',
-            text: `${matchedBy !== "user mention" ? "You have verified your" : `<@${userId}> has verified their`} identity, and ${matchedBy !== "user mention" ? "are" : "is"} eligible for YSWS prizes.`,
-        })
+        }        
     }
 
-    else if (res.result === "verified_but_over_18") {
+    else {
         return await ctx.respond({
             response_type: 'ephemeral',
-            text: `${matchedBy !== "user mention" ? "You have verified your" : `<@${userId}> has verified their`} identity, but since ${matchedBy !== "user mention" ? "you're" : "they're"} over 18, ${matchedBy !== "user mention" ? "you're" : "they're"} ineligible for YSWS prizes.`,
+            text: `${matchedBy !== "user mention" ? "You have verified your" : `<@${userId}> has verified their`} student status, and ${matchedBy !== "user mention" ? "are" : "is"} ${res.status}.${matchedBy == "not allowed" ? " (Only whitelisted users can check other people's verification statuses.)" : ""}`,
+            blocks: [
+                {
+                    type: 'section',
+                    text: {
+                        type: 'mrkdwn',
+                        text: `${matchedBy !== "user mention" ? "You have verified your" : `<@${userId}> has verified their`} student status, and ${matchedBy !== "user mention" ? "are" : "is"} *${res.status}*.${matchedBy == "not allowed" ? " (Only whitelisted users can check other people's verification statuses.)" : ""}`
+                    }
+                }
+            ]
         })
     }
 }
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 49f8e14..29b5b06 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -800,9 +800,9 @@
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     },
     "node_modules/dotenv": {
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dotenv/-/dotenv-16.4.5.tgz",
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+      "version": "16.4.7",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dotenv/-/dotenv-16.4.7.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-47qPchRCykZC03FhkYAhrvwU4xDBFIj1QPqaarj6mdM/hgUzfPHcpkHJOn3mJAufFeeAxAzeGsr5X0M4k6fLZQ==",
       "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=12"