diff --git a/garfbot.py b/garfbot.py
index 05530c5..b8baafe 100644
--- a/garfbot.py
+++ b/garfbot.py
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ async def on_message(message):
                 rejection = await generate_chat_response("Hey Garfield, explain to me why I am dumb for trying to hack your private computer network.")
                 await message.channel.send(rejection)
             else:
+                await message.channel.send(f"Scanning {target}, hold on a sec...")
                 result = subprocess.run(['nmap', '-A', '-Pn', target], capture_output=True, text=True)
                 await message.channel.send(f"`Ping result for {target}: {result.stdout}`")
         except Exception as e: