diff --git a/gen_stats b/gen_stats
index 3338887..4fd53be 100755
--- a/gen_stats
+++ b/gen_stats
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ channels = []
 for schannel in schannels:
 	channel = dict(name=schannel.findall("channelname")[0].text,usercount=int(schannel.findall("usercount")[0].text))
 	channel["topic"] = schannel.findall("./channeltopic/topictext")[0].text if schannel.findall("./channeltopic/topictext")[0].text is not None else "No topic set"
+	# bugfix: if mode s is set and there's a topic, hide the topic
+	if "s" in schannel.findall("./channelmodes")[0].text.split()[0] and channel["topic"]!="No topic set":
+		channel["topic"]="Topic hidden"
 	if channel["name"]=="#secret-sudoers": # no stat output for #secret-sudoers! it's a sekrit club of the ~team sysadmins!
 		continue
 	channels.append(channel)