diff --git a/config.json.example b/config.json.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2395f76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.json.example
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+    "llama_key": "Bearer $KEY",
+    "nick": "test_cube",
+    "channels": [
+      	"#test"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 539a343..7789c6b 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -1,33 +1,20 @@
-# what you have:
-# QuizBot:   answer "true" or "false": tilde.town is primarily run by ~vilmibomb
-# QuizBot:   AI response: TRUE
-# RealHuman: false
-# QuizBot:   the correct answer is FALSE!
-#
-# what I'd prefer:
-# QuizBot:   will LLM answer "correct" or "incorrect": tilde.town is primarily run by ~vilmibomb
-# RealHuman: correct
-# QuizBot:   your guess is CORRECT! the LLM answered: "TRUE! tilde.town is run by vilmibm"
-
-
 from random import choice
 import requests
 from time import sleep
 import socket
 import re
-from base64 import b64decode
 from json import dump, load, dumps
 
 try:
-    with open("secrets.json", "r") as f:
-        secrets = load(f)
+    with open("config.json", "r") as f:
+        config = load(f)
 except FileNotFoundError:
-    exit("Please create secrets.json with api key(s)")
+    exit("Please create config.json with api key(s) and channels")
 
 llama_url = "https://llama.mcopp.com/v1/chat/completions"
 llama_headers = {
     "Content-Type": "application/json",
-    "Authorization": secrets["llama_key"]
+    "Authorization": config["llama_key"]
 }
 
 channel_re = re.compile(r"PRIVMSG (#\w+)")
@@ -36,13 +23,10 @@ llm_answer_re = re.compile(r"^(true|false)")
 
 host = "localhost"
 port = 6667
-nick = "the_cube"
+nick = config["nick"]
 realname = "a bot by ~nebula"
 helptext = "!trivia, !trscores, !aitrivia, !aiscores for trivia game. contact ~nebula for help, feedback or problem reports."
-channels = [
-    "#tildetown",
-    "#bots"
-]
+channels = config["channels"]
 
 url = "https://opentdb.com/api.php?amount=50&type=boolean&encode=base64"
 questions_file = "trivia.questions"
@@ -277,13 +261,14 @@ def llama_response(question):
     return response["choices"][0]["message"]["content"]
 
 class IRCBot():
-    def __init__(self, nick, realname, helptext, commands, channels):
+    def __init__(self, nick, realname, helptext, commands, searchers, channels):
         self.s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
         self.s.connect((host, port))
         self.nick = nick
         self.realname = realname
         self.helptext = helptext
         self.commands = commands
+        self.searchers = searchers
         self.channels = channels
         self.sendline(f"NICK {self.nick}")
         self.sendline(f"USER {self.nick} 0 * :{self.realname}")
@@ -316,28 +301,38 @@ class IRCBot():
                     self.sendline(pong)
                     continue
                 channel_search = channel_re.search(line)
-                if channel_search:
-                    channel = channel_search.group(1)
-                    if line.endswith("!rollcall"):
-                        self.send(channel, self.helptext)
-                        continue
-                    for command, callback in self.commands:
-                        name_search = name_re.search(line)
-                        if name_search:
-                            name = name_search.group(1)
-                        else:
-                            name = None
-                        if line.lower().endswith(command):
-                            result = callback(channel, name)
-                            if result:
-                                self.send(channel, result)
+                if not channel_search:
+                    continue
+                channel = channel_search.group(1)
+                try:
+                    message_body = line[line.index(" :") + 2:]
+                except Exception as e:
+                    print(e)
+                    message_body = ""
+                if line.endswith("!rollcall"):
+                    self.send(channel, self.helptext)
+                    continue
+                for command, callback in self.commands:
+                    name_search = name_re.search(line)
+                    if name_search:
+                        name = name_search.group(1)
+                    else:
+                        name = None
+                    if line.lower().endswith(command):
+                        result = callback(channel, name)
+                        if result:
+                            self.send(channel, result)
+                if message_body:
+                    for callback in self.searchers:
+                        callback(message_body)
+                        
 
 def run():
     bot = IRCBot(
         nick,
         realname,
         helptext,
-        [
+        [ # endswith commands
             ("!trivia", post_question),
             ("!aitrivia", post_ai_question),
             ("!trscores", post_top_scores),
@@ -347,6 +342,9 @@ def run():
             ("right", answer_correct),
             ("wrong", answer_incorrect)
         ],
+        [ # message searchers
+            # empty
+        ],
         channels
     )