diff --git a/bot.properties b/bot.properties
index 158b8da..60fc456 100644
--- a/bot.properties
+++ b/bot.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 server="irc.freenode.net"
 channel="linux"
-nick="irc-bash-bot"
+nick="bashbot"
 user="username hostname servername :realname"
diff --git a/bot.sh b/bot.sh
index 52ed022..465561d 100755
--- a/bot.sh
+++ b/bot.sh
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ do
       echo "JOIN #$channel" >> $input
     ;;
     # run when someone joins
-    *JOIN*)
-      who=$(echo "$res" | perl -pe "s/:(.*)\!.*@.*/\1/")
+    *JOIN*) who=$(echo "$res" | perl -pe "s/:(.*)\!.*@.*/\1/")
       if [ "$who" = "$nick" ]
       then
        continue 
diff --git a/modules/talk.sh b/modules/talk.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..96cb852
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/talk.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+arg1=$1 # sender (the person I am talking to)
+arg2=$2 # unclear????
+
+user_dir=modules/talk/logs/$1
+if [ ! -d "$user_dir" ]; then
+    mkdir $user_dir
+fi
+
+# if the user said goodbye and changed her mind!
+if [ -f "$user_dir/GOODBYE" ]; then
+    echo "PRIVMSG $arg2 :$arg1: I thought you just said goodbye!"
+    rm $user_dir/GOODBYE
+fi
+
+shift 3  # chop off the first two args
+echo "$@" >> $user_dir/input
+cat $user_dir/input | java -jar modules/talk/talk_bot.jar > $user_dir/output
+
+# retcode of value 1 means the user said goodbye
+retcode="${PIPESTATUS[1]}"
+
+echo "PRIVMSG $arg2 :$arg1: `tail -n 1 $user_dir/output`"
+
+if [ $retcode -eq "1" ]; then
+    echo "PRIVMSG $arg2 :$arg1: That was a joke! It's free to talk to me. But we do accept donations! ;D"
+    # clean up old conversations
+    stamp="`date +%s`"
+    mv $user_dir/input $user_dir/"input_$stamp"
+    mv $user_dir/output $user_dir/"output_$stamp"
+    # leave good-bye flag (indicating the user already said goodbye)
+    touch $user_dir/GOODBYE
+fi
diff --git a/modules/talk/talk_bot.jar b/modules/talk/talk_bot.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12e89c3
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