diff --git a/.idea/jarRepositories.xml b/.idea/jarRepositories.xml
index 78b7d7a..9030eee 100644
--- a/.idea/jarRepositories.xml
+++ b/.idea/jarRepositories.xml
@@ -56,5 +56,10 @@
       <option name="name" value="maven" />
       <option name="url" value="https://repo.opencollab.dev/main/" />
     </remote-repository>
+    <remote-repository>
+      <option name="id" value="maven" />
+      <option name="name" value="maven" />
+      <option name="url" value="https://jitpack.io" />
+    </remote-repository>
   </component>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index cdfc0ba..50e9e41 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ repositories {
 
     mavenCentral()
 
+    maven {
+        url = uri('https://jitpack.io')
+    }
+
     maven {
         url = uri('https://repo.opencollab.dev/main/')
     }
@@ -46,6 +50,8 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.10.1'
     implementation 'com.google.guava:guava:31.1-jre'
     implementation 'org.jline:jline:3.23.0'
+    implementation 'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.5.11'
+    implementation 'com.github.pircbotx:pircbotx:2.3.1'
     implementation 'com.github.ricksbrown:cowsay:1.1.0'
     implementation 'org.yaml:snakeyaml:2.0'
     implementation 'org.luaj:luaj-jse:3.0.1'
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/chayapak1/chomens_bot/Configuration.java b/src/main/java/me/chayapak1/chomens_bot/Configuration.java
index e58cdc7..6027377 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/chayapak1/chomens_bot/Configuration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/chayapak1/chomens_bot/Configuration.java
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ public class Configuration {
         public EmbedColors embedColors = new EmbedColors();
         public String trustedRoleName = "Trusted";
         public String adminRoleName = "Admin";
-        public String statusMessage = "Gay Sex";
+        public String statusMessage = "Oh hi!";
         public String inviteLink = "https://discord.gg/xdgCkUyaA4";
     }
 
@@ -106,11 +106,8 @@ public class Configuration {
         public String prefix = "!";
         public String host;
         public int port;
-        public String nickname = "chomens-bot";
-        public String username = "chomens-bot";
-        public String realName = "chomens-bot";
-        public String hostName = "null";
-        public String serverName = "null";
+        public String name = "chomens-bot";
+        public String password = "";
         public Map<String, String> servers = new HashMap<>();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/chayapak1/chomens_bot/irc/IRCMessageLoop.java b/src/main/java/me/chayapak1/chomens_bot/irc/IRCMessageLoop.java
deleted file mode 100644
index b2c579d..0000000
--- a/src/main/java/me/chayapak1/chomens_bot/irc/IRCMessageLoop.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,128 +0,0 @@
-package me.chayapak1.chomens_bot.irc;
-
-import me.chayapak1.chomens_bot.data.IRCMessage;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.OutputStream;
-import java.net.Socket;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.List;
-
-// https://gist.github.com/kaecy/286f8ad334aec3fcb588516feb727772#file-ircmessageloop-java
-public abstract class IRCMessageLoop implements Runnable {
-    private Socket socket;
-    private OutputStream out;
-
-    public List<String> channelList;
-
-    protected boolean initialSetupStatus = false;
-
-    public IRCMessageLoop (String host, int port) {
-        channelList = new ArrayList<>();
-        try {
-            socket = new Socket(host, port);
-            out = socket.getOutputStream();
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-        }
-    }
-
-    public void send(String text) {
-        byte[] bytes = (text + "\r\n").getBytes();
-
-        try {
-            out.write(bytes);
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-        }
-    }
-
-    public void nick(String nickname) {
-        final String msg = "NICK " + nickname;
-        send(msg);
-    }
-
-    public void user(String username, String hostname, String serverName, String realName) {
-        final String msg = "USER " + username + " " + hostname + " " + serverName +  " :" + realName;
-        send(msg);
-    }
-
-    public void join(String channel) {
-        if (!initialSetupStatus) {
-            channelList.add(channel);
-            return;
-        }
-
-        final String msg = "JOIN " + channel;
-        send(msg);
-    }
-
-    public void part(String channel) {
-        final String msg = "PART " + channel;
-        send(msg);
-    }
-
-    public void channelMessage (String channel, String message) {
-        final String msg = "PRIVMSG " + channel + " :" + message;
-        send(msg);
-    }
-
-    public void pong (String server) {
-        final String msg = "PONG " + server;
-        send(msg);
-    }
-
-    public void quit (String reason) {
-        final String msg = "QUIT :Quit: " + reason;
-        send(msg);
-    }
-
-    protected abstract void onMessage (IRCMessage message);
-
-    private void initialSetup() {
-        initialSetupStatus = true;
-
-        // now join the channels. you need to wait for message 001 before you join a channel.
-        for (String channel: channelList) {
-            join(channel);
-        }
-    }
-
-    private void processMessage(String ircMessage) {
-        final IRCMessage message = MessageParser.message(ircMessage);
-
-        switch (message.command) {
-            case "privmsg" -> onMessage(message);
-            case "001" -> initialSetup();
-            case "ping" -> pong(message.content);
-        }
-    }
-
-    public void run() {
-        final InputStream stream;
-
-        try {
-            stream = socket.getInputStream();
-            final MessageBuffer messageBuffer = new MessageBuffer();
-            final byte[] buffer = new byte[512];
-
-            int count;
-
-            while (true) {
-                count = stream.read(buffer);
-                if (count == -1) break;
-                messageBuffer.append(Arrays.copyOfRange(buffer, 0, count));
-                while (messageBuffer.hasCompleteMessage()) {
-                    String ircMessage = messageBuffer.getNextMessage();
-
-                    processMessage(ircMessage);
-                }
-            }
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            quit("Internal Error: " + e);
-            e.printStackTrace();
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/chayapak1/chomens_bot/irc/MessageBuffer.java b/src/main/java/me/chayapak1/chomens_bot/irc/MessageBuffer.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c862e3..0000000
--- a/src/main/java/me/chayapak1/chomens_bot/irc/MessageBuffer.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-package me.chayapak1.chomens_bot.irc;
-
-public class MessageBuffer {
-    private String buffer;
-
-    public MessageBuffer() {
-        buffer = "";
-    }
-
-    public void append (byte[] bytes) {
-        buffer += new String(bytes);
-    }
-
-    public boolean hasCompleteMessage() {
-        return buffer.contains("\r\n");
-    }
-
-    public String getNextMessage() {
-        int index = buffer.indexOf("\r\n");
-        String message = "";
-
-        if (index > -1) {
-            message = buffer.substring(0, index);
-            buffer = buffer.substring(index + 2);
-        }
-
-        return message;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/chayapak1/chomens_bot/irc/MessageParser.java b/src/main/java/me/chayapak1/chomens_bot/irc/MessageParser.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 21dda2d..0000000
--- a/src/main/java/me/chayapak1/chomens_bot/irc/MessageParser.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-package me.chayapak1.chomens_bot.irc;
-
-import me.chayapak1.chomens_bot.data.IRCMessage;
-
-// https://gist.github.com/kaecy/286f8ad334aec3fcb588516feb727772#file-messageparser-java
-public class MessageParser {
-    public static IRCMessage message (String ircMessage) {
-        final IRCMessage message = new IRCMessage();
-
-        int spIndex;
-
-        if (ircMessage.startsWith(":")) {
-            spIndex = ircMessage.indexOf(' ');
-            if (spIndex > -1) {
-                message.origin = ircMessage.substring(1, spIndex);
-                ircMessage = ircMessage.substring(spIndex + 1);
-
-                int uIndex = message.origin.indexOf('!');
-                if (uIndex > -1) {
-                    message.nickName = message.origin.substring(0, uIndex);
-
-                    message.origin = message.origin.substring(uIndex + 1);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        spIndex = ircMessage.indexOf(' ');
-        if (spIndex == -1) {
-            message.command = "null";
-            return message;
-        }
-
-        message.command = ircMessage.substring(0, spIndex).toLowerCase();
-        ircMessage = ircMessage.substring(spIndex + 1);
-
-        // parse privmsg params
-        if (message.command.equals("privmsg")) {
-            spIndex = ircMessage.indexOf(' ');
-            message.channel = ircMessage.substring(0, spIndex);
-            ircMessage = ircMessage.substring(spIndex + 1);
-
-            if (ircMessage.startsWith(":")) {
-                message.content = ircMessage.substring(1);
-            } else {
-                message.content = ircMessage;
-            }
-        }
-
-        // parse quit/join
-        if (message.command.equals("quit") || message.command.equals("join")) {
-            if (ircMessage.startsWith(":")) {
-                message.content = ircMessage.substring(1);
-            } else {
-                message.content = ircMessage;
-            }
-        }
-
-        // parse ping params
-        if (message.command.equals("ping")) {
-            spIndex = ircMessage.indexOf(' ');
-            if (spIndex > -1) {
-                message.content = ircMessage.substring(0, spIndex);
-            } else {
-                message.content = ircMessage;
-            }
-        }
-
-        return message;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/chayapak1/chomens_bot/plugins/IRCPlugin.java b/src/main/java/me/chayapak1/chomens_bot/plugins/IRCPlugin.java
index 1f0ee36..70c3e2b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/chayapak1/chomens_bot/plugins/IRCPlugin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/chayapak1/chomens_bot/plugins/IRCPlugin.java
@@ -4,41 +4,60 @@ import me.chayapak1.chomens_bot.Bot;
 import me.chayapak1.chomens_bot.Configuration;
 import me.chayapak1.chomens_bot.Main;
 import me.chayapak1.chomens_bot.command.IRCCommandContext;
-import me.chayapak1.chomens_bot.data.IRCMessage;
-import me.chayapak1.chomens_bot.data.chat.PlayerMessage;
-import me.chayapak1.chomens_bot.irc.IRCMessageLoop;
+import me.chayapak1.chomens_bot.util.ColorUtilities;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.event.HoverEvent;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.format.NamedTextColor;
 import org.geysermc.mcprotocollib.network.event.session.ConnectedEvent;
+import org.pircbotx.PircBotX;
+import org.pircbotx.User;
+import org.pircbotx.cap.SASLCapHandler;
+import org.pircbotx.hooks.ListenerAdapter;
+import org.pircbotx.hooks.events.MessageEvent;
 
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
-public class IRCPlugin extends IRCMessageLoop {
+public class IRCPlugin extends ListenerAdapter {
     private final Configuration.IRC ircConfig;
 
     private final Map<String, String> servers;
 
-    private final Map<String, List<String>> messageQueue = new HashMap<>();
+    public final Map<String, List<String>> messageQueue = new HashMap<>();
 
-//    private String lastMessage = "";
+    private PircBotX bot;
 
     public IRCPlugin (Configuration config) {
-        super(config.irc.host, config.irc.port);
-
         this.ircConfig = config.irc;
 
         this.servers = ircConfig.servers;
 
         if (!ircConfig.enabled) return;
 
-        nick(ircConfig.nickname);
-        user(ircConfig.username, ircConfig.hostName, ircConfig.serverName, ircConfig.realName);
+        final org.pircbotx.Configuration.Builder builder = new org.pircbotx.Configuration.Builder()
+                .setName(ircConfig.name)
+                .setLogin("bot@chomens-bot")
+                .addServer(ircConfig.host, ircConfig.port)
+                .setSocketFactory(SSLSocketFactory.getDefault())
+                .setAutoReconnect(true)
+                .addListener(this);
 
-        for (Map.Entry<String, String> entry : ircConfig.servers.entrySet()) join(entry.getValue());
+        if (!ircConfig.password.isEmpty()) builder.addCapHandler(new SASLCapHandler(ircConfig.name, ircConfig.password, true));
 
-        Main.executorService.submit(this);
+        for (Map.Entry<String, String> entry : ircConfig.servers.entrySet()) builder.addAutoJoinChannel(entry.getValue());
+
+        final org.pircbotx.Configuration configuration = builder.buildConfiguration();
+
+        bot = new PircBotX(configuration);
+
+        new Thread(() -> {
+            try {
+                bot.startBot();
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        }).start();
 
         for (Bot bot : Main.bots) {
             bot.addListener(new Bot.Listener() {
@@ -51,8 +70,8 @@ public class IRCPlugin extends IRCMessageLoop {
                 public void loadedPlugins() {
                     bot.chat.addListener(new ChatPlugin.Listener() {
                         @Override
-                        public boolean playerMessageReceived(PlayerMessage message) {
-                            IRCPlugin.this.playerMessageReceived(bot, message);
+                        public boolean systemMessageReceived(Component component, String string, String ansi) {
+                            IRCPlugin.this.systemMessageReceived(bot, ansi);
 
                             return true;
                         }
@@ -67,18 +86,19 @@ public class IRCPlugin extends IRCMessageLoop {
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected void onMessage (IRCMessage message) {
+    public void onMessage(MessageEvent event) {
         Bot serverBot = null;
 
-        String channel = null;
+        String targetChannel = null;
 
         for (Map.Entry<String, String> entry : servers.entrySet()) {
-            if (entry.getValue().equals(message.channel)) {
+            if (entry.getValue().equals(event.getChannel().getName())) {
                 serverBot = Main.bots.stream()
                         .filter(eachBot -> entry.getKey().equals(eachBot.host + ":" + eachBot.port))
-                        .toArray(Bot[]::new)[0];
+                        .findFirst()
+                        .orElse(null);
 
-                channel = entry.getValue();
+                targetChannel = entry.getValue();
 
                 break;
             }
@@ -88,10 +108,17 @@ public class IRCPlugin extends IRCMessageLoop {
 
         final String commandPrefix = ircConfig.prefix;
 
-        if (message.content.startsWith(commandPrefix)) {
-            final String noPrefix = message.content.substring(commandPrefix.length());
+        final User user = event.getUser();
 
-            final IRCCommandContext context = new IRCCommandContext(serverBot, commandPrefix, message.nickName);
+        if (user == null) return;
+
+        final String name = user.getRealName();
+        final String message = event.getMessage();
+
+        if (message.startsWith(commandPrefix)) {
+            final String noPrefix = message.substring(commandPrefix.length());
+
+            final IRCCommandContext context = new IRCCommandContext(serverBot, commandPrefix, name);
 
             final Component output = serverBot.commandHandler.executeCommand(noPrefix, context, null);
 
@@ -101,7 +128,7 @@ public class IRCPlugin extends IRCMessageLoop {
         }
 
         final Component prefix = Component
-                .text(channel)
+                .text(targetChannel)
                 .hoverEvent(
                         HoverEvent.showText(
                                 Component
@@ -116,12 +143,12 @@ public class IRCPlugin extends IRCMessageLoop {
                 .color(NamedTextColor.BLUE);
 
         final Component username = Component
-                .text(message.nickName)
-                .hoverEvent(HoverEvent.showText(Component.text(message.origin).color(NamedTextColor.RED)))
+                .text(name)
+                .hoverEvent(HoverEvent.showText(Component.text(event.getUser().getHostname()).color(NamedTextColor.RED)))
                 .color(NamedTextColor.RED);
 
         final Component messageComponent = Component
-                .text(message.content)
+                .text(message)
                 .color(NamedTextColor.GRAY);
 
         final Component component = Component.translatable(
@@ -134,31 +161,17 @@ public class IRCPlugin extends IRCMessageLoop {
         serverBot.chat.tellraw(component);
     }
 
-    private void playerMessageReceived (Bot bot, PlayerMessage message) {
-        // best fix in 2023
-
-        /*
-        final String stringifiedName = ComponentUtilities.stringify(message.displayName);
-        final String stringifiedContents = ComponentUtilities.stringify(message.contents);
-
-        final String toSend = String.format(
-                "<%s> %s",
-                stringifiedName,
-                stringifiedContents
-        );
-
-        if (lastMessage.equals(toSend)) return;
-
-        lastMessage = toSend;
-
-        addMessageToQueue(
+    private void systemMessageReceived (Bot bot, String ansi) {
+        sendMessage(
                 bot,
-                toSend
+                ansi
         );
-        */
     }
 
-    // i only have listened to connected because the ratelimit
+    public void quit (String reason) {
+        bot.sendIRC().quitServer(reason);
+    }
+
     private void connected (Bot bot) {
         sendMessage(
                 bot,
@@ -171,18 +184,24 @@ public class IRCPlugin extends IRCMessageLoop {
     }
 
     private void queueTick () {
-        if (!initialSetupStatus || messageQueue.isEmpty()) return;
+        if (!bot.isConnected() || messageQueue.isEmpty()) return;
 
-        for (Map.Entry<String, List<String>> entry : messageQueue.entrySet()) {
-            final List<String> logs = entry.getValue();
+        try {
+            for (Map.Entry<String, List<String>> entry : messageQueue.entrySet()) {
+                final List<String> logs = entry.getValue();
 
-            if (logs.isEmpty()) continue;
+                if (logs.isEmpty()) continue;
 
-            final String firstLog = logs.get(0);
+                final String firstLog = logs.get(0);
 
-            logs.remove(0);
+                logs.remove(0);
 
-            channelMessage(entry.getKey(), firstLog);
+                final String withIRCColors = ColorUtilities.convertAnsiToIrc(firstLog);
+
+                bot.sendIRC().message(entry.getKey(), withIRCColors);
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/chayapak1/chomens_bot/util/ColorUtilities.java b/src/main/java/me/chayapak1/chomens_bot/util/ColorUtilities.java
index 19b2227..fa47b0b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/chayapak1/chomens_bot/util/ColorUtilities.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/chayapak1/chomens_bot/util/ColorUtilities.java
@@ -4,8 +4,12 @@ import net.kyori.adventure.text.format.NamedTextColor;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.format.TextColor;
 
 import java.awt.*;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 public class ColorUtilities {
+    private static final Map<Integer, String> ansiToIrcMap = new HashMap<>();
+
     public static TextColor getColorByString (String _color) {
         final String color = _color.toLowerCase();
 
@@ -87,6 +91,65 @@ public class ColorUtilities {
         return closest.colorName;
     }
 
+    // Author: ChatGPT
+    static {
+        ansiToIrcMap.put(30, "01"); // Black -> IRC Black
+        ansiToIrcMap.put(31, "04"); // Red -> IRC Red
+        ansiToIrcMap.put(32, "09"); // Green -> IRC Green
+        ansiToIrcMap.put(33, "08"); // Yellow -> IRC Yellow
+        ansiToIrcMap.put(34, "02"); // Blue -> IRC Blue
+        ansiToIrcMap.put(35, "13"); // Magenta -> IRC Magenta (Purple)
+        ansiToIrcMap.put(36, "11"); // Cyan -> IRC Cyan
+        ansiToIrcMap.put(37, "00"); // White -> IRC White
+        ansiToIrcMap.put(39, "00"); // White -> IRC White
+
+        final Map<Integer, String> clone = new HashMap<>(ansiToIrcMap);
+
+        for (Map.Entry<Integer, String> entry : clone.entrySet()) {
+            ansiToIrcMap.put(entry.getKey() + 10, ansiToIrcMap.get(entry.getKey()));
+        }
+
+        ansiToIrcMap.put(49, "01");
+    }
+
+    public static String convertAnsiToIrc(String input) {
+        StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
+        boolean insideEscape = false;
+        StringBuilder ansiCode = new StringBuilder();
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < input.length(); i++) {
+            char c = input.charAt(i);
+            if (insideEscape) {
+                if (c == 'm') {
+                    insideEscape = false;
+                    // Parse the ANSI color code and map it to IRC color
+                    String[] codes = ansiCode.toString().split(";");
+                    for (String code : codes) {
+                        try {
+                            int ansiColorCode = Integer.parseInt(code);
+                            if (ansiToIrcMap.containsKey(ansiColorCode)) {
+                                result.append("\u0003").append(ansiToIrcMap.get(ansiColorCode));
+                            }
+                        } catch (NumberFormatException ignored) {
+                        }
+                    }
+                    ansiCode.setLength(0); // Clear the buffer
+                } else {
+                    ansiCode.append(c); // Collect the rest of the ANSI sequence
+                }
+            } else {
+                if (c == '\u001B' && i + 1 < input.length() && input.charAt(i + 1) == '[') {
+                    insideEscape = true;
+                    i++; // Skip the '[' character
+                } else {
+                    result.append(c); // Append non-ANSI characters directly
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return result.toString();
+    }
+
     public static final class ChatColor {
 
         private final String colorName;
diff --git a/src/main/resources/default-config.yml b/src/main/resources/default-config.yml
index 17a54dc..dd4778f 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/default-config.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/default-config.yml
@@ -39,13 +39,10 @@ irc:
   prefix: '!'
   host: 'irc.libera.chat'
   port: 6665
-  nickname: 'chomens-bot'
-  username: 'chomens-bot'
-  realName: 'chomens-bot'
-  hostName: 'null'
-  serverName: 'null'
+  name: 'chomens_bot'
+  password: ''
   servers:
-    localhost:25565: '#chomens-localhost' # channel name
+    localhost:25565: '#chomens/localhost' # channel name
 
 music:
   urlRatelimit:
diff --git a/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/src/main/resources/logback.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e06ec00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<configuration>
+    <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+        <encoder>
+            <pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} %boldCyan(%-34.-34thread) %red(%10.10X{jda.shard}) %boldGreen(%-15.-15logger{0}) %highlight(%-6level) %msg%n</pattern>
+        </encoder>
+    </appender>
+
+    <root level="OFF">
+        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
+    </root>
+</configuration>