diff --git a/bot.py b/bot.py
index 1aea8bc..d79b4e7 100755
--- a/bot.py
+++ b/bot.py
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ bot.conns = {}
 try:
     for name, conf in bot.config['connections'].iteritems():
         if conf.get('ssl'):
-            bot.conns[name] = SSLIRC(conf['server'], conf['nick'], conf=conf,
+            bot.conns[name] = SSLIRC(name, conf['server'], conf['nick'], conf=conf,
                     port=conf.get('port', 6667), channels=conf['channels'],
                     ignore_certificate_errors=conf.get('ignore_cert', True))
         else:
-            bot.conns[name] = IRC(conf['server'], conf['nick'], conf=conf,
+            bot.conns[name] = IRC(name, conf['server'], conf['nick'], conf=conf,
                     port=conf.get('port', 6667), channels=conf['channels'])
 except Exception, e:
     print 'ERROR: malformed config file', e