diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/dev/frozenmilk/sinister/sdk/apphooks/OnSlothLoad.kt b/src/main/kotlin/dev/frozenmilk/sinister/sdk/apphooks/OnSlothLoad.kt
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+package dev.frozenmilk.sinister.sdk.apphooks
+
+import dev.frozenmilk.sinister.loading.Pinned
+import dev.frozenmilk.sinister.loading.Preload
+import dev.frozenmilk.sinister.staticInstancesOf
+import dev.frozenmilk.sinister.util.log.Logger
+import dev.frozenmilk.util.graph.Graph
+import dev.frozenmilk.util.graph.emitGraph
+import dev.frozenmilk.util.graph.rule.AdjacencyRule
+import dev.frozenmilk.util.graph.rule.independent
+import dev.frozenmilk.util.graph.sort
+
+/**
+ * a hook that is run on startup and on every sloth load
+ */
+@Preload
+@Pinned
+@FunctionalInterface
+@JvmDefaultWithoutCompatibility
+fun interface OnSlothLoad {
+    val adjacencyRule: AdjacencyRule<OnSlothLoad, Graph<OnSlothLoad>>
+        get() = INDEPENDENT
+
+    fun onSlothLoad()
+
+    companion object {
+        @JvmStatic
+        val INDEPENDENT: AdjacencyRule<OnSlothLoad, Graph<OnSlothLoad>> = independent()
+    }
+}
+
+@Suppress("unused")
+object OnSlothLoadScanner : AppHookScanner<OnSlothLoad>() {
+    private val TAG = javaClass.simpleName
+    override fun scan(
+        cls: Class<*>,
+        registrationHelper: AppHookScanner<OnSlothLoad>.RegistrationHelper
+    ) {
+        cls.staticInstancesOf(OnSlothLoad::class.java).forEach { registrationHelper.register(it) }
+        Logger.v(TAG, "Running hooks")
+        try {
+            val set = mutableSetOf<OnSlothLoad>()
+            iterateAppHooks(set::add)
+            set.emitGraph { it.adjacencyRule }.sort().forEach {
+                Logger.v(TAG, "running OnSlothLoad hook $it")
+                try {
+                    it.onSlothLoad()
+                }
+                catch (e: Throwable) {
+                    Logger.e(
+                        TAG,
+                        "something went wrong running OnSlothLoad hook $it",
+                        e,
+                    )
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        catch (e: Throwable) {
+            Logger.e(
+                TAG,
+                "something went wrong running the OnSlothLoad hooks",
+                e,
+            )
+        }
+    }
+}
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