diff --git a/IRC/ForgeBot.cs b/IRC/ForgeBot.cs
index bf9f5f703..f7512d904 100644
--- a/IRC/ForgeBot.cs
+++ b/IRC/ForgeBot.cs
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ namespace MCGalaxy {
         private string server;
         private bool reset = false;
         private byte retries = 0;
-        public string usedCmd = "";
         Dictionary<string, List<string>> users = new Dictionary<string, List<string>>();
         static char[] trimChars = { ' ' };
         
@@ -285,14 +284,15 @@ namespace MCGalaxy {
             Command cmd = Command.all.Find(ircCmd);
             if (cmd != null) {
                 Server.s.Log("IRC Command: /" + message + " (by " + user.Nick + ")");
-                usedCmd = user.Nick;
                 string args = parts.Length > 1 ? parts[1] : "";
+                Player p = MakeIRCPlayer(user.Nick);
+                
                 try {
-                    cmd.Use(new Player("IRC"), args);
+                    if (!p.group.CanExecute(cmd)) { cmd.MessageCannotUse(p); return; }
+                    cmd.Use(p, args);
                 } catch (Exception e) {
                     Pm(user.Nick, "CMD Error: " + e.ToString());
                 }
-                usedCmd = "";
             }
             else
                 Pm(user.Nick, "Unknown command!");
@@ -325,14 +325,15 @@ namespace MCGalaxy {
                 Command cmd = Command.all.Find(cmdName);
                 if (cmdName != "" && cmd != null) {
                     Server.s.Log("IRC Command: /" + message.Replace(".x ", "") + " (by " + user.Nick + ")");
-                    usedCmd = "";
                     string args = parts.Length > 2 ? parts[2] : "";
+                    Player p = MakeIRCPlayer("#@public@#");
+                    
                     try {
-                        cmd.Use(new Player("IRC"), args);
+                        if (!p.group.CanExecute(cmd)) { cmd.MessageCannotUse(p); return; }
+                        cmd.Use(p, args);
                     } catch (Exception e) {
                         Say("CMD Error: " + e.ToString());
                     }
-                    usedCmd = "";
                 } else {
                     Say("Unknown command!");
                 }
@@ -367,6 +368,15 @@ namespace MCGalaxy {
             return true;
         }
         
+        static Player MakeIRCPlayer(string ircNick) {
+            Player p = new Player("IRC");
+            p.group = Group.findPerm(Server.ircControllerRank);
+            if (p.group == null)
+                p.group = Group.findPerm(LevelPermission.Nobody);
+            p.ircNick = ircNick;
+            p.color = "&a"; return p;
+        }
+        
         void Listener_OnRegistered() {
             Server.s.Log("Connected to IRC!");
             reset = false;
diff --git a/Network/Player.Networking.cs b/Network/Player.Networking.cs
index 22680dd87..c81d4a91f 100644
--- a/Network/Player.Networking.cs
+++ b/Network/Player.Networking.cs
@@ -183,11 +183,11 @@ namespace MCGalaxy {
                     storedHelp += message + "\r\n";
                 else
                     Server.s.Log(message);
-            } else if (p.name == "IRC") {
-                if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(Server.IRC.usedCmd))
+            } else if (p.ircNick != null) {
+                if (p.ircNick == "#@public@#")
                     Server.IRC.Say(message, false, true);
                 else
-                    Server.IRC.Pm(Server.IRC.usedCmd, message);
+                    Server.IRC.Pm(p.ircNick, message);
             } else {
                 p.SendMessage(0, Server.DefaultColor + message, colorParse);
             }
diff --git a/Player/Player.cs b/Player/Player.cs
index c7b3fbb4d..5955f9aad 100644
--- a/Player/Player.cs
+++ b/Player/Player.cs
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ namespace MCGalaxy {
         public DateTime NextReviewTime, NextEat;
         public float ReachDistance = 5;
         public bool hackrank;
+        internal string ircNick;
         
         public string FullName { get { return color + prefix + DisplayName; } }
         
@@ -167,8 +168,6 @@ namespace MCGalaxy {
         public int totalKicked = 0;
         public int overallDeath = 0;
 
-        public string savedcolor = "";
-
         public bool staticCommands = false;
         internal bool outdatedClient = false; // for ClassicalSharp 0.98.5, which didn't reload map for BlockDefinitions
 
@@ -341,8 +340,9 @@ namespace MCGalaxy {
         //They would still have to do p.Dispose()..
         public Player(string playername) { 
             name = playername;
+            truename = playername;
+            DisplayName = playername;
             SessionID = Interlocked.Increment(ref sessionCounter);
-            if (playername == "IRC") { group = Group.Find("nobody"); color = Colors.lime; } 
         }
 
         public Player(Socket s) {
@@ -350,15 +350,9 @@ namespace MCGalaxy {
                 socket = s;
                 ip = socket.RemoteEndPoint.ToString().Split(':')[0];
                 SessionID = Interlocked.Increment(ref sessionCounter);
-
-                /*if (IPInPrivateRange(ip))
-                    exIP = ResolveExternalIP(ip);
-                else
-                    exIP = ip;*/
-
                 Server.s.Log(ip + " connected to the server.");
 
-                for ( byte i = 0; i < 128; ++i ) bindings[i] = i;
+                for (byte i = 0; i < 128; i++) bindings[i] = i;
 
                 socket.BeginReceive(tempbuffer, 0, tempbuffer.Length, SocketFlags.None, new AsyncCallback(Receive), this);
                 InitTimers();
diff --git a/Server/Server.cs b/Server/Server.cs
index 92a3d231a..a23af2e1b 100644
--- a/Server/Server.cs
+++ b/Server/Server.cs
@@ -255,13 +255,15 @@ namespace MCGalaxy
         public static string ircPassword = "";
         [ConfigEnum("irc-controller-verify", "IRC bot", null, IRCControllerVerify.HalfOp, typeof(IRCControllerVerify))]
         public static IRCControllerVerify IRCVerify = IRCControllerVerify.HalfOp;
+        [ConfigPerm("irc-controller-rank", "IRC bot", null, LevelPermission.Nobody)]
+        public static LevelPermission ircControllerRank = LevelPermission.Nobody;   
         
         [ConfigBool("admin-verification", "Admin", null, true)]        
         public static bool verifyadmins = true;
         [ConfigPerm("verify-admin-perm", "Admin", null, LevelPermission.Operator)]
         public static LevelPermission verifyadminsrank = LevelPermission.Operator;
 
-        [ConfigBool("restart-on-error", "Error handling", null, true)]           
+        [ConfigBool("restart-on-error", "Error handling", null, true)]
         public static bool restartOnError = true;
         [ConfigInt("rplimit", "Other", null, 500, 0, 50000)]
         public static int rpLimit = 500;