3 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 84d6919..cbffbfa 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ go 1.15
 
 require (
 	github.com/creasty/defaults v1.8.0
+	github.com/ergochat/irc-go v0.4.0
 	github.com/go-irc/irc v2.1.0+incompatible
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0d79cef..22b3d5e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ github.com/creasty/defaults v1.8.0/go.mod h1:iGzKe6pbEHnpMPtfDXZEr0NVxWnPTjb1bbD
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/ergochat/irc-go v0.4.0 h1:0YibCKfAAtwxQdNjLQd9xpIEPisLcJ45f8FNsMHAuZc=
+github.com/ergochat/irc-go v0.4.0/go.mod h1:2vi7KNpIPWnReB5hmLpl92eMywQvuIeIIGdt/FQCph0=
 github.com/go-irc/irc v2.1.0+incompatible h1:pg7pMVq5OYQbqTxceByD/EN8VIsba7DtKn49rsCnG8Y=
 github.com/go-irc/irc v2.1.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:jJILTRy8s/qOvusiKifAEfhQMVwft1ZwQaVJnnzmyX4=
 github.com/jinzhu/inflection v1.0.0 h1:K317FqzuhWc8YvSVlFMCCUb36O/S9MCKRDI7QkRKD/E=
diff --git a/wat/bot.go b/wat/bot.go
index 41c030f..ffa6d8b 100644
--- a/wat/bot.go
+++ b/wat/bot.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/go-irc/irc"
+	"github.com/ergochat/irc-go/ircfmt"
 )
 
 type WatBot struct {
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ func (w *WatBot) Msg(m *irc.Message) {
 	}
 
 	// fieldsfunc allows you to obtain rune separated fields/args
-	args := strings.FieldsFunc(m.Params[1], func(c rune) bool { return c == ' ' })
+	args := strings.FieldsFunc(ircfmt.Strip(m.Params[1]), func(c rune) bool { return c == ' ' })
 
 	if len(args) == 0 {
 		return