diff --git a/generate-instances-json.py b/generate-instances-json.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac792e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/generate-instances-json.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/bin/python3
+
+import json
+import requests
+
+instance_list = ['peertube.social', 'tube.tchncs.de', 'vidcommons.org']
+
+json_list = []
+for i in instance_list:
+    r = requests.get('https://' + i + '/api/v1/config')
+    jsonres = r.json()
+
+    data = json.dumps({
+        "id": -1,
+        "host": i,
+        "name": jsonres['instance']['name'],
+        "shortDescription": r.json()['instance']['shortDescription'],
+        "version": jsonres['serverVersion'],
+        "signupAllowed": jsonres['signup']['allowed'],
+        "userVideoQuota": jsonres['user']['videoQuota'],
+        "categories": [],
+        "languages": [],
+        "autoBlacklistUserVideosEnabled": False,
+        "defaultNSFWPolicy": jsonres['instance']['defaultNSFWPolicy'],
+        "isNSFW": jsonres['instance']['isNSFW'],
+        "totalUsers": None,
+        "totalVideos": None,
+        "totalLocalVideos": None,
+        "totalInstanceFollowers": None,
+        "totalInstanceFollowing": None,
+        "health": None,
+        "createdAt": None
+    })
+    json_list.append(data)
+    print(data)
+
+print("\n\n\n")
+
+# TODO: need to dump it all as a single list, no idea why this is not working
+json.dumps(json_list)
diff --git a/public/instances.json b/public/instances.json
index d8802df..6bf4938 100644
--- a/public/instances.json
+++ b/public/instances.json
@@ -1,11 +1,31 @@
 {
-  "total": 1,
-  "data": [
+  "total": 3,
+  "data": [{
+    "id": -1,
+    "host": "peertube.social",
+    "name": "Peertube.social",
+    "shortDescription": "Peertube instance for leftist and non-commercial content. Unlimited uploads (up to 500 MB per day)",
+    "version": "2.0.0",
+    "signupAllowed": false,
+    "userVideoQuota": -1,
+    "categories": [],
+    "languages": [],
+    "autoBlacklistUserVideosEnabled": false,
+    "defaultNSFWPolicy": "do_not_list",
+    "isNSFW": false,
+    "totalUsers": null,
+    "totalVideos": null,
+    "totalLocalVideos": null,
+    "totalInstanceFollowers": null,
+    "totalInstanceFollowing": null,
+    "health": null,
+    "createdAt": null
+  },
     {
-      "id": 1,
-      "host": "peertube.social",
-      "name": "Peertube.social",
-      "shortDescription": "Peertube instance for leftist and non-commercial content. Unlimited uploads (up to 500 MB per day)",
+      "id": -1,
+      "host": "tube.tchncs.de",
+      "name": "tchncs",
+      "shortDescription": "PeerTube instance for your unique Vlogs and what not. 😉",
       "version": "2.0.0",
       "signupAllowed": false,
       "userVideoQuota": -1,
@@ -14,18 +34,16 @@
       "autoBlacklistUserVideosEnabled": false,
       "defaultNSFWPolicy": "do_not_list",
       "isNSFW": false,
-      "totalUsers": 4,
-      "totalVideos": 10282,
-      "totalLocalVideos": 8,
-      "totalInstanceFollowers": 10,
-      "totalInstanceFollowing": 64,
-      "supportsIPv6": true,
-      "country": "US",
-      "health": 100,
-      "createdAt": "2020-02-08T17:52:18.386Z"
+      "totalUsers": null,
+      "totalVideos": null,
+      "totalLocalVideos": null,
+      "totalInstanceFollowers": null,
+      "totalInstanceFollowing": null,
+      "health": null,
+      "createdAt": null
     },
     {
-      "id": 1,
+      "id": -1,
       "host": "vidcommons.org",
       "name": "The VidCommons Project",
       "shortDescription": "A PeerTube instance dedicated to media licensed under the Creative Commons and Public Domain.",
@@ -37,15 +55,13 @@
       "autoBlacklistUserVideosEnabled": false,
       "defaultNSFWPolicy": "do_not_list",
       "isNSFW": false,
-      "totalUsers": 4,
-      "totalVideos": 10282,
-      "totalLocalVideos": 8,
-      "totalInstanceFollowers": 10,
-      "totalInstanceFollowing": 64,
-      "supportsIPv6": true,
-      "country": "US",
-      "health": 100,
-      "createdAt": "2020-02-08T17:52:18.386Z"
+      "totalUsers": null,
+      "totalVideos": null,
+      "totalLocalVideos": null,
+      "totalInstanceFollowers": null,
+      "totalInstanceFollowing": null,
+      "health": null,
+      "createdAt": null
     }
   ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}