diff --git a/cmds/gen.nim b/cmds/gen.nim
index 5104f81..6f27bc0 100644
--- a/cmds/gen.nim
+++ b/cmds/gen.nim
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import base32
 import nuuid
 import os
+import osproc
 import otp
 import random
 import strutils
+import uri
 
 const genUsage =
   """Usage: totptool gen <name>
@@ -14,7 +16,7 @@ to your configured secret store and make it
 available for `totptool code` instantly.
 """
 
-proc help*() =
+proc help*()
   echo genUsage
   quit 2
 
@@ -24,25 +26,39 @@ proc gen*(root: string, args: seq[string]) =
 
 
   var
-    res = generateUUID().replace("-")[0 .. 19]
+    res = generateUUID()[0 .. 19]
     body: string
     name = args[0]
+    reccodes: seq[int]
 
   try:
     discard newTOTP(encode res).now()
   except:
     quit "it failed"
 
-  body = encode res & "\n"
+  body = (encode res) & "\n"
   body = body & """" RATE_LIMIT 3 30 1441950209
   " WINDOW_SIZE 3
   " DISALLOW_REUSE 48065007
   " TOTP_AUTH""" & "\n"
 
   for i in countup(0, 4, 1):
-    body = body & $randomInt(10000000, 99999999) & "\n"
+    var code = randomInt(10000000, 99999999)
+    body = body & $code & "\n"
+    reccodes = reccodes & code
 
   try:
     writeFile(root / name, body)
   except:
     quit getCurrentExceptionMsg()
+
+  var
+    clienturl = parseURI "otpauth://totp/" / name / "?secret=" & encode res
+
+  discard execShellCmd "qrencode -t ansiutf8 '" & $clienturl & "'"
+
+  echo "Success! ", clienturl, "\n"
+  echo "Your recovery codes are:"
+
+  for code in reccodes:
+    echo "  ", code