diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d7b5e8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#tcircv1
+
+the bots that relay in-game chat messages from the minecraft server to irc.
+
+also an exercise in how not to write code.
+
+please dont look at it.
+
+thanks to minerobber for the color stuff.
diff --git a/tcirc.py b/tcirc.py
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 9511e1b..8e1c060
--- a/tcirc.py
+++ b/tcirc.py
@@ -72,6 +72,14 @@ def safeint(v):
 def irc_to_mc_colors(m):
     if m.group(1)=="\x0f":
         return "\xa7r" # reset
+    elif m.group(1)=="\x02":
+        return "\xa7l" # bold
+    elif m.group(1)=="\x1d":
+      	return "\xa7o" # italic
+    elif m.group(1)=="\x1f":
+      	return "\xa7n" # underline
+    elif m.group(1)=="\x1e"
+    	return "\xa7m" # strikethrough
     else:
         return "\xa7"+irc_mc_color_mapping.get(safeint(m.group(2)),"f")
 
@@ -218,7 +226,7 @@ def irc_to_mc():
                     response = str(fsgiven) + ' fs given.'
                     irc.send(bytes('PRIVMSG ' + channel + ' :' + response + '\n', 'utf8'))
             else:
-                text = re.sub("([\x03\x0f])([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,2}(?:,[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,2})?)?",irc_to_mc_colors,text)
+                text = re.sub("([\x02\x03\x0f\x1d\x1e\x1f])([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,2}(?:,[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,2})?)?",irc_to_mc_colors,text)
                 rcon.command('say ' + text[:-2])
                 if re.search(' (f|F) .*', text) is not None:
                     print('someone paid respects.')