# Upgrading to a BOT account
**WARNING: This is irreversible. [Read more about upgrading to bot account](https://lichess.org/api#operation/botAccountUpgrade).**
- run `python3 lichess-bot.py -u`.

If successful, this step will start a lichess session and the bot will start playing games. In the future, only the commands in the next step will have to be run.

**Next step**: [Run lichess-bot](https://github.com/lichess-bot-devs/lichess-bot/wiki/How-to-Run-lichess%E2%80%90bot)

**Previous step**: [Configure lichess-bot](https://github.com/lichess-bot-devs/lichess-bot/wiki/Configure-lichess-bot)