diff --git a/bot.py b/bot.py
index ad67009..1ab0f7b 100755
--- a/bot.py
+++ b/bot.py
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ class Server(BaseServer):
         nick = line.source.split('!')[0]
         msg = line.params[1]
 
+        if nick == self.nickname:
+            return
         if channel == self.nickname:
             channel = nick
 
diff --git a/modules/nlp.py b/modules/nlp.py
index f81c760..01a9443 100644
--- a/modules/nlp.py
+++ b/modules/nlp.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ async def init(self):
   # sentance ending weight, lower means longer sentances,
   # higher means shorter sentances. this will need to slowly
   # get larger as the database grows
-  shared.enmul = 6
+  shared.enmul = 7
   
 
   shared.rawm['nlp'] = filter