diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 407e601..68091b4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # DougleyBot
-[![Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-1.2.9-green.svg?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/SteamingMutt/DougleyBot/releases)
+[![Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-1.2.10-green.svg?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/SteamingMutt/DougleyBot/releases)
 [![Status](https://img.shields.io/badge/Status-Ready-green.svg?style=flat-square)]()
 [![Node](https://img.shields.io/badge/Node-4.2.2-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](http://nodejs.org)
 [![NPM](https://img.shields.io/badge/NPM-3.5.0-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](http://nodejs.org)
diff --git a/discord_bot.js b/discord_bot.js
index cee0ba1..3df1f05 100644
--- a/discord_bot.js
+++ b/discord_bot.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ var VersionChecker	= require("./versioncheck");
 
 var maintenance;
 
-var version = "1.2.9";
+var version = "1.2.10";
 
 var Discord = require("discord.js");
 
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ var youtube_plugin = new yt();
 var min = 1;
 var max = 671;
 
+var cmdPrefix = '!'
+
 //Allowed send file types for !iff
 var ext = [".jpg",".jpeg",".gif",".png"]
 var imgDirectory = "./images/"
@@ -892,10 +894,9 @@ This will check if given message will correspond to a command defined in the com
 This will work, so long as the bot isn't overloaded or still busy.
 ========================
 */
-
 bot.on("message", function (msg) {
 	// check if message is a command
-	if(msg.author.id != bot.user.id && (msg.content[0] === '!')){
+	if(msg.author.id != bot.user.id && (msg.content[0] === cmdPrefix)){
         if(msg.author.equals(bot.user)) { return; }
         if (maintenance == "true") {
           bot.sendMessage(msg.channel, "Hey "+msg.sender + ", I'm in maintenance mode, I can't take commands right now.");
@@ -909,7 +910,7 @@ bot.on("message", function (msg) {
             //help is special since it iterates over the other commands
             bot.sendMessage(msg.channel, "Ok "+msg.sender+", I've send you a list of commands via DM.");
             for(var cmd in commands) {
-                var info = "!" + cmd;
+                var info = cmdPrefix + cmd;
                 var usage = commands[cmd].usage;
                 if(usage){
                     info += " " + usage;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 19c3386..1448052 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "DougleyBot",
-  "version": "1.2.9",
+  "version": "1.2.10",
   "description": "Bot for Discord app",
   "readme": "README.md",
   "maintainers": [],