diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 94f4b56..5283998 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@
             <label for="by">Designed by</label>
             <p id="by" contenteditable>edit</p>
         </div>
+        <div>
+            <label for="sign-in">Sync with Google Drive</label>
+            <button class="google-button" id="sign-in">Sign in</button>
+            <button class="google-button" id="sign-out">Sign out</button>
+            <button class="google-button" id="sync-load">Load From Google Drive</button>
+            <button class="google-button" id="sync-save">Save to Google Drive</button>
+        </div>
         <img id="help" src="i/help.svg" alt="help">
     </header>
 
@@ -50,3 +57,6 @@
     <p><span class="key">Ctrl</span>+<span class="key">Escape</span> opens a dialog that will allow you to remove all your text from the page.</p>
     <button id="usage-close">OK</button>
 </dialog>
+
+<script async defer src="https://accounts.google.com/gsi/client" onload="gisLoaded()"></script>
+<script async defer src="https://apis.google.com/js/api.js" onload="gapiLoaded()"></script>
diff --git a/script.js b/script.js
index 82e6f50..6568e08 100644
--- a/script.js
+++ b/script.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ function toggleItem(event) {
   event.preventDefault();
   const gridItem = event.target.closest('.grid-item');
   if (event.metaKey || event.shiftKey) {
-    gridItem?.classList.toggle('lo');   
+    gridItem?.classList.toggle('lo');
   }
 
   const editableChild = gridItem.querySelector('[contenteditable]');
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ function updateURL() {
     }
   }
   let fragment = ''
-  if (inverseIds.length > 0 && inverseIds.length < 9  ) {
+  if (inverseIds.length > 0 && inverseIds.length < 9) {
     fragment = inverseIds.join('-');
   }
   setFragment(fragment);
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ function setFragment(fragment) {
 }
 
 function saveContent() {
+  // save time
   mmc.current = [];
   for (const element of el.editableElements) {
     const parentWithId = element.closest('[id]');
@@ -69,6 +70,10 @@ function loadContent() {
   handleFragment();
 }
 
+function isThereContent() {
+  return mmc.current.length > 0;
+}
+
 function handleFragment() {
   const fragment = window.location.hash.slice(1);
   if (fragment) {
@@ -89,7 +94,7 @@ function handleFragment() {
 
 function keyboardHandler(event) {
   if (event.ctrlKey && event.key === 'Escape') {
-    const confirmed = confirm('Are you sure you want to remove all text from this page?');
+    const confirmed = confirm('Are you sure you want to remove all text from this page?\nTHIS WILL ALSO DELETE YOUR SYNCED DATA FROM GOOGLE DRIVE!');
     if (confirmed) {
       for (const element of el.editableElements) {
         element.innerHTML = '';
@@ -127,7 +132,18 @@ function prep() {
 
   el.help.addEventListener('click', openUsageDialog);
 
-
+  el.googleLogin = document.querySelector('#sign-in');
+  el.googleLogout = document.querySelector('#sign-out');
+  el.googleSyncLoad = document.querySelector('#sync-load');
+  el.googleSyncSave = document.querySelector('#sync-save');
+  el.googleLogin.style.visibility = 'hidden';
+  el.googleLogout.style.visibility = 'hidden';
+  el.googleSyncLoad.style.visibility = 'hidden';
+  el.googleSyncSave.style.visibility = 'hidden';
+  el.googleLogin.addEventListener('click', handleAuthClick);
+  el.googleLogout.addEventListener('click', handleSignoutClick);
+  el.googleSyncLoad.addEventListener('click', loadFromDrive);
+  el.googleSyncSave.addEventListener('click', saveToDrive);
 }
 
 function openUsageDialog() {
@@ -138,5 +154,237 @@ function openUsageDialog() {
   });
 }
 
+/** GOOGLE DRIVE STUFFS **
+* What can happen with the sync:
+    * User has data in local storage, but not in google drive
+        * User clicks sync
+    * User has data in google drive, but not in local storage
+        * google drive data is loaded into local storage
+    * User has data in both local storage and google drive
+        * User is prompted to choose which to keep
+    * User has no data in either local storage or google drive
+        * User starts a new localStorage session which is synced to google drive
+    * User has data in both local storage and google drive, but they are the same
+        * Nothing happens
+**/
+const CLIENT_ID = '18857136519-p50s7t4q7os98eijoo94g37mcdl9oj66.apps.googleusercontent.com';
+const API_KEY = 'AIzaSyC6BHVwaIAMnP5itX3frfPJLgR10s2S-3w';
+const DISCOVERY_DOC = 'https://www.googleapis.com/discovery/v1/apis/drive/v3/rest';
+const SCOPES = 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive'
+
+let tokenClient;
+let gapiInited = false;
+let gisInited = false;
+
+/**
+* Callback after api.js is loaded.
+*/
+function gapiLoaded() {
+  gapi.load('client', initializeGapiClient);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Callback after the API client is loaded. Loads the
+ * discovery doc to initialize the API.
+ */
+async function initializeGapiClient() {
+  await gapi.client.init({
+    apiKey: API_KEY,
+    discoveryDocs: [DISCOVERY_DOC],
+  });
+  gapiInited = true;
+  maybeEnableButtons();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Callback after Google Identity Services are loaded.
+ */
+function gisLoaded() {
+  tokenClient = google.accounts.oauth2.initTokenClient({
+    client_id: CLIENT_ID,
+    scope: SCOPES,
+    callback: '', // defined later
+  });
+  gisInited = true;
+}
+maybeEnableButtons();
+
+/**
+ * Enables user interaction after all libraries are loaded.
+ */
+function maybeEnableButtons() {
+  if (gapiInited && gisInited) {
+    el.googleLogin.style.visibility = 'visible';
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ *  Sign in the user upon button click.
+ */
+function handleAuthClick() {
+  tokenClient.callback = async (resp) => {
+    if (resp.error !== undefined) {
+      throw (resp);
+    }
+    el.googleSyncLoad.style.visibility = 'visible';
+    el.googleSyncSave.style.visibility = 'visible';
+    el.googleLogout.style.visibility = 'visible';
+    el.googleLogin.style.visibility = 'hidden';
+    await loadFromDrive();
+  };
+
+  if (gapi.client.getToken() === null) {
+    // Prompt the user to select a Google Account and ask for consent to share their data
+    // when establishing a new session.
+    tokenClient.requestAccessToken({ prompt: 'consent' });
+  } else {
+    // Skip display of account chooser and consent dialog for an existing session.
+    tokenClient.requestAccessToken({ prompt: '' });
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ *  Sign out the user upon button click.
+ */
+function handleSignoutClick() {
+  const token = gapi.client.getToken();
+  if (token !== null) {
+    google.accounts.oauth2.revoke(token.access_token);
+    gapi.client.setToken('');
+    document.getElementById('content').innerText = '';
+    el.googleSyncLoad.style.visibility = 'hidden';
+    el.googleSyncSave.style.visibility = 'hidden';
+    el.googleLogin.style.visibility = 'visible';
+    el.googleLogout.style.visibility = 'hidden';
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Discover files
+ */
+async function loadFromDrive() {
+  // load .mmc file and prompt user to choose which to keep
+  // check & load .mmc file exists in drive
+  let response;
+  try {
+    response = await gapi.client.drive.files.list({
+      'fields': 'files(id, name)',
+    });
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.log(err.message);
+    return;
+  }
+  const files = response.result.files;
+  if (!files || files.length == 0) {
+    console.log('No files found.');
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const mmcFiles = files.filter(file => file.name === '.mmc');
+  // there should only be one .mmc file
+  // so we'll just ignore any others for now :)
+  if (mmcFiles.length == 0) {
+    newToDrive();
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const mmcFile = mmcFiles[0];
+
+  // load .mmc file
+  try {
+    response = await gapi.client.drive.files.get({
+      'fileId': mmcFile.id,
+      'alt': 'media',
+    });
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.log(err.message);
+    return;
+  }
+  const content = response.body;
+  const confirmed = confirm('Would you like to load your synced data from Google Drive?\nTHIS WILL OVERWRITE YOUR LOCAL DATA!');
+  if (confirmed) {
+    console.log(content);
+    localStorage.setItem('mmc', content);
+    Object.assign(mmc, JSON.parse(content));
+    loadContent();
+  }
+}
+
+async function saveToDrive() {
+  // save .mmc file and prompt user to choose which to keep
+  let response;
+  try {
+    response = await gapi.client.drive.files.list({
+      'fields': 'files(id, name)',
+    });
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.log(err.message);
+    return;
+  }
+  const files = response.result.files;
+  if (!files || files.length == 0) {
+    console.log('No files found.');
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const mmcFiles = files.filter(file => file.name === '.mmc');
+  // there should only be one .mmc file
+  // so we'll just ignore any others for now :)
+  if (mmcFiles.length == 0) {
+    newToDrive();
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const mmcFile = mmcFiles[0];
+  const confirmed = confirm('Would you like to save your data to Google Drive?\nTHIS WILL OVERWRITE YOUR SYNCED DATA!');
+  if (confirmed) {
+    saveContent();
+    // save .mmc file
+    try {
+      // we have to do this manually because the GAPI does not support BLOB upload
+      response = await gapi.client.request({
+        'path': `/upload/drive/v3/files/${mmcFile.id}`,
+        'method': 'PATCH',
+        'params': {
+          'uploadType': 'media',
+        },
+        'body': localStorage.getItem('mmc'),
+      });
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.log(err.message);
+      return;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+async function newToDrive() {
+  // save new .mmc file to drive
+  let response;
+  try {
+    response = await gapi.client.drive.files.create({
+      'name': '.mmc',
+      'mimeType': 'text/plain',
+    });
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.log(err.message);
+    return;
+  }
+  mmc.syncid = response.result.id;
+}
+
+async function deleteFromDrive() {
+  // delete .mmc file from drive
+  let response;
+  try {
+    response = await gapi.client.drive.files.delete({
+      'fileId': mmc.syncid,
+    });
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.log(err.message);
+    return;
+  }
+
+}
+
 window.addEventListener('load', prep);
 
diff --git a/styles.css b/styles.css
index 2282a7c..e95e31b 100644
--- a/styles.css
+++ b/styles.css
@@ -246,4 +246,24 @@ dialog button {
 
 strong {
     color: var(--superblack);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+.google-button {
+    background: var(--white);
+    border: 1px solid var(--darkgrey);
+    border-radius: 0.2em;
+    padding: 0.1em;
+    margin: 0.1em;
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: row;
+    align-items: center;
+    justify-content: center;
+    gap: 0.2em;
+    cursor: pointer;
+    transition: all 0.2s linear;
+}
+
+.google-button:hover {
+    transform: scale(1.1);
+}
+