diff --git a/src/bot.ts b/src/bot.ts
index 264791627..b531b1334 100644
--- a/src/bot.ts
+++ b/src/bot.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { getGatewayBot } from "./helpers/misc/get_gateway_bot.ts";
+import { rest } from "./rest/rest.ts";
 import { DiscordGatewayIntents } from "./types/gateway/gateway_intents.ts";
 import { DiscordGetGatewayBot } from "./types/gateway/get_gateway_bot.ts";
 import { baseEndpoints, GATEWAY_VERSION } from "./util/constants.ts";
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ export async function startBot(config: BotConfig) {
   if (config.eventHandlers) eventHandlers = config.eventHandlers;
   authorization = `Bot ${config.token}`;
   ws.identifyPayload.token = `Bot ${config.token}`;
+  rest.token = `Bot ${config.token}`;
   ws.identifyPayload.intents = config.intents.reduce(
     (
       bits,
diff --git a/src/rest/rest.ts b/src/rest/rest.ts
index 8cc3130ca..a2853f8e0 100644
--- a/src/rest/rest.ts
+++ b/src/rest/rest.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import { processRequestHeaders } from "./process_request_headers.ts";
 import { runMethod } from "./run_method.ts";
 
 export const rest = {
+  /** The bot token for this rest client. */
+  token: "",
   apiVersion: "8",
   /** The secret authorization key to confirm that this was a request made by you and not a DDOS attack. */
   authorization: "discordeno_best_lib_ever",