diff --git a/config.gcfg b/config.gcfg
index d039490..6ce1952 100644
--- a/config.gcfg
+++ b/config.gcfg
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [lorebot]
   loglevel        = "debug"
   bootstrapdelay  = 1
-  APIToken        = ""
+  APIToken        = "xoxb-189788161987-7FK5NKnBtrFGGtv4yszr2URb"
 
 [redis]
   host            = "localhost:6379"
diff --git a/lorebot/lorebot.go b/lorebot/lorebot.go
index 260f061..c3cc4ff 100644
--- a/lorebot/lorebot.go
+++ b/lorebot/lorebot.go
@@ -70,8 +70,11 @@ Loop:
 					if ev.Text == "test" {
 						rtm.SendMessage(rtm.NewOutgoingMessage("MY NAME IS ..JHEFFFFF", ev.Channel))
 					}
-					if strings.Contains(ev.Text, "lore") {
-						rtm.SendMessage(rtm.NewOutgoingMessage("THA LORE", ev.Channel))
+					if strings.Contains(ev.Text, ".lore") {
+						//rtm.SendMessage(rtm.NewOutgoingMessage("THA LORE", ev.Channel))
+						s := strings.SplitN(string(ev.Text), " ", 2)
+						//command, content := s[0], s[1]
+						lorehandler(rtm, ev, s[1])
 					}
 				}
 			case *slack.RTMError:
@@ -119,3 +122,9 @@ func initRedisConnection() (*redis.Client, error) {
 	_, redisErr := redisClient.Ping().Result()
 	return redisClient, redisErr
 }
+
+func lorehandler(rtm *slack.RTM, ev *slack.MessageEvent, rawMessage string) {
+	loreTerm := strings.Replace(rawMessage, ".lore", "", -1)
+	println("searching for:", loreTerm)
+	rtm.SendMessage(rtm.NewOutgoingMessage(fmt.Sprintf("searching for '%s'\n", loreTerm), ev.Channel))
+}