diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index f649660..0000000
--- a/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# bot6
-
diff --git a/commands.py b/commands.py
index 6a8f0a7..a89b6df 100644
--- a/commands.py
+++ b/commands.py
@@ -16,13 +16,15 @@ class Command:
         self.util.mesg(cmd.split(" ",1)[1])
     def help(self,prefix,cmd,pm,line,admin,extra):
         mesg=self.mesg
-        prefixes=", ".join(extra[0])
+        prefixes="\""+"\", \"".join(extra[0])+"\""
         enabled_commands=extra[1]
         admin_commands=", ".join(extra[2])
         try: topic=extra[3]
         except IndexError: topic=None
+        try: self_nick=extra[4]
+        except IndexError: self_nick=None
         abs_topics={
-            "prefixes":"available prefixes are {prefixes} or my name"
+            "prefixes":f"available prefixes are {prefixes} or \"{self_nick}\""
         }
         if topic==None:
             mesg(f"available topics: "+", ".join(enabled_commands+list(abs_topics.keys())))
@@ -30,12 +32,13 @@ class Command:
                 mesg(f"admin commands: {admin_commands}")
         else:
             try: mesg(f"{topic}: "+eval(f"self.{topic}.__doc__"))
-            except TypeError:
+#            except Exception as e:
+            except (TypeError,AttributeError):
+#                mesg(str( e.__class__.__name__ ))
                 if topic in abs_topics:
                     mesg(f"{topic}: "+abs_topics[topic])
                 else:
                     mesg(f"no help available for \"{topic}\"...")
-            except AttributeError: mesg(f"there's no such thing as \"{topic}\"!")
             except Exception as e: mesg(str(e.__class__)+" "+str(e))
     def reload(self,prefix,cmd,pm,line,admin):
         mesg=self.mesg
diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index 521d4d2..fa595fe 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ class config:
     class cmd:
         prefixes=["6","'"]
         enabled_commands=["help","echo"]
-        admin_commands=["eval","exec","quit"]
+        admin_commands=["eval","exec","quit","reload"]
diff --git a/stuff.py b/stuff.py
index aa4d251..f65d4bb 100755
--- a/stuff.py
+++ b/stuff.py
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ def stuff(bot,sock):
                 send(f"PONG :{line.params[0]}")
 
             if mode=="init":
+                if line.command == "433":
+                    util.nick(config.self.nick+"_")
                 if line.command == "376":
                     send(irctokens.build("CAP", ["LS","302"]).format())
                 elif line.command=="CAP" and line.params[1]=="LS":
@@ -75,18 +77,21 @@ def stuff(bot,sock):
                         util.target=target
                         command.util.target=target
                         if is_pm or line.params[1].startswith(self_nick) or line.params[1][0] in prefixes:
-                            cmd=line.params[1]
-                            #if message in a channel, remove prefixes
-                            if not is_pm:
-                                if cmd[0] in prefixes:
-                                    cmd=cmd.replace(cmd[0], '', 1)
-                                    command.prefix=cmd[0]
-                                elif cmd.startswith(self_nick+":"):
-                                    cmd=cmd.replace(self_nick+":", '', 1)
-                                    command.prefix=self_nick
-                                elif cmd.startswith(self_nick):
-                                    cmd=cmd.replace(self_nick, '', 1)
-                                    command.prefix=self_nick
+                            try:
+                                cmd=line.params[1]
+                                #if message in a channel, remove prefixes
+                                if not is_pm:
+                                    if cmd[0] in prefixes:
+                                        cmd=cmd.replace(cmd[0], '', 1)
+                                        command.prefix=cmd[0]
+                                    elif cmd.startswith(self_nick+":"):
+                                        cmd=cmd.replace(self_nick+":", '', 1)
+                                        command.prefix=self_nick
+                                    elif cmd.startswith(self_nick):
+                                        cmd=cmd.replace(self_nick, '', 1)
+                                        command.prefix=self_nick
+                            except IndexError:
+                                cmd="none of yer biznez"
                             cmd=cmd.strip()
                             is_adm=line.source in admin_users or line.tags["account"] in admin_accounts
                             command.line=line
@@ -100,7 +105,7 @@ def stuff(bot,sock):
                                 command.exec_cmd("help",[prefixes,enabled_commands,admin_commands])
                             if cmd.startswith("help "):
                                 topic=cmd.split(" ",1)[1]
-                                command.exec_cmd("help",[prefixes,enabled_commands,admin_commands,topic])
+                                command.exec_cmd("help",[prefixes,enabled_commands,admin_commands,topic,self_nick])
                             elif is_adm and (cmd=="q" or cmd=="quit"):
                                 quit()
                             elif is_adm and (cmd.startswith("q ") or cmd.startswith("quit")):
diff --git a/util.py b/util.py
index f3d7485..b0ed7c9 100644
--- a/util.py
+++ b/util.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class Util:
         else:          self.send("NICK "+nick)
     def mesg(self,msg: str,t=None):
         if t==None: t=self.target
-        msg=msg.partition("\n")[0]
+        msg=str(msg).partition("\n")[0]
         if len(msg)>=900:
             msg=msg[:900]
             mesg("message too long!")