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title: Setting Different Statuses to Set Your Bot
description: How to personalize your Discord bot status
---
+**Please note:**
+
+If you want to change the bot status, it is suggested to not do it during the on_ready event, since it would be called
+many times and making an API call on that event has a chance to disconnect the bot.
+Instead, set the desired status using the activity / status kwarg of commands.Bot, for example
+`bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix="!", activity=..., status=...)`
#### Setting 'Playing' Status
```python