diff --git a/Dockerfile-test-env b/Dockerfile-test-env
index 34a6ed38..a324dac5 100755
--- a/Dockerfile-test-env
+++ b/Dockerfile-test-env
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ RUN pip install --disable-pip-version-check --no-compile --no-cache-dir -q -r re
 
 FROM python:3.8-slim
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends imagemagick
-RUN pip install black
+RUN pip install black && echo  "find . -name \"*sync-conflict*\" -delete; black .; ./bot.py" > /usr/local/bin/start && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/start
 COPY --from=0 /usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages /usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages
 ADD app /app
 WORKDIR /app
diff --git a/app/cogs/actual_utils.py b/app/cogs/actual_utils.py
index d6fb8502..db792d8a 100644
--- a/app/cogs/actual_utils.py
+++ b/app/cogs/actual_utils.py
@@ -117,15 +117,25 @@ class ActualUtils(commands.Cog):
                 )
             await ctx.send(embed=embed)
 
-    @commands.command(name="corona", aliases=["covid"])
-    async def corona(self, ctx: commands.Context, *, location=None):
+    @commands.slash_command(
+        guild_ids=None,
+        name="corona",
+        description="Query Johns hopkins online covid stats. Requires a location",
+    )
+    @option(
+        name="location",
+        required=True,
+        description="The location you want to see covid stats for",
+        default="California",
+    )
+    async def corona(self, ctx: commands.Context, location):
 
         import corona
 
-        async with ctx.message.channel.typing():
-            result = corona.parse_message(location)
+        await ctx.defer()
+        result = corona.parse_message(location)
 
-            await ctx.send(embed=result)
+        await ctx.send_followup(embed=result)
 
     @commands.slash_command(
         guld_ids=None,