diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 344deab..dbf2fd5 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
   "nodes": {
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1760524057,
-        "narHash": "sha256-EVAqOteLBFmd7pKkb0+FIUyzTF61VKi7YmvP1tw4nEw=",
+        "lastModified": 1770197578,
+        "narHash": "sha256-AYqlWrX09+HvGs8zM6ebZ1pwUqjkfpnv8mewYwAo+iM=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "544961dfcce86422ba200ed9a0b00dd4b1486ec5",
+        "rev": "00c21e4c93d963c50d4c0c89bfa84ed6e0694df2",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index d0d3e32..ab6e3c9 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
               virtualenv
               requests
               pandas 
+              types-requests
               # Optional: Add other helpful dev tools outside of the python-pkgs set if needed
               # (e.g., git, pre-commit, bash-completion)
             ]))
diff --git a/src/dad_joke.py b/src/dad_joke.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7d566e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/dad_joke.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import requests
+
+def get_joke():
+    try:
+        api_url = "https://icanhazdadjoke.com/"
+
+        # VERY IMPORTANT: request JSON response
+        headers = {
+            "Accept": "application/json",
+            "User-Agent": "python-script (learning requests)"
+        }
+
+        # Send GET request
+        response = requests.get(api_url, headers=headers)
+
+        if response.status_code == 200:
+            joke_data = response.json()
+
+            print("Joke:")
+            print(joke_data.get("joke", "No joke found."))
+
+        else:
+            print(f"Error: {response.status_code}")
+            print(response.text)  # useful debugging
+
+    except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
+        print(f"Network error: {e}")
+    except ValueError as e:
+        # This is the JSON decode error you were hitting
+        print("Server did not return valid JSON!")
+        print("Raw response was:")
+        print(response.text)
+
+get_joke()
+