diff --git a/bot.cfg b/bot.cfg
index c8c939d..452dc31 100644
--- a/bot.cfg
+++ b/bot.cfg
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ curseKicker=true
 botCaller=",.!+?"
 # People who are allowed to private message the bot separate multiple names with |
 allowList=""
+ignoreList="storm_bot"
diff --git a/bot.sh b/bot.sh
index ec9dff3..8a5453e 100755
--- a/bot.sh
+++ b/bot.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ fi
 input=".botinput"
 
 close_bot() {
-    echo -en "QUIT :$quitMessage\r\n" >> "$input"
+    echo -en "QUIT :${quitMessage}\r\n" | telnet "$server" "$port"
     rm "$input"
     exit 0
 }
@@ -78,6 +78,22 @@ tail -f "$input" | telnet "$server" "$port" | while read -r result ; do
                 set +f
             fi
         ;;
+        # run when a private message is seen
+        *"PRIVMSG "[[:alnum:]-_]*)
+            echo "$result" >> "$log"
+            who="${result%%!*}"
+            who="${who:1}"
+            from="${who%!*}"
+            command="${result#:* PRIVMSG [[:alnum:]_-]*:}"
+            command="${command//# /}"
+            will="${command#* }"
+            command="${command%% *}"
+            if [[ "$from" =~ $allowList ]]; then
+                ./modules/say/say.sh "$who" "#$channel" $from really loves me, they sent me a private message saying $command $will
+            else
+                reply "$who" "You are not in the allowed list for this bot. If you think this is an error, please contact the bot's administrator."
+            fi
+        ;;
         # run when a message is seen
         *PRIVMSG*)
             echo "$result" >> "$log"
@@ -110,9 +126,11 @@ tail -f "$input" | telnet "$server" "$port" | while read -r result ; do
                     ./modules/say/say.sh "$who" "$from" "$who: $(shuf -n1 "response/error.txt")"
                 fi
             else
-                set -f
-                ./triggers/keywords/keywords.sh "$who" "$from" "$result"
-                set +f
+                if ! [[ "$who" =~ $ignoreList ]]; then
+                    set -f
+                    ./triggers/keywords/keywords.sh "$who" "$from" "$result"
+                    set +f
+                fi
             fi
         ;;
         *)