diff --git a/config.default b/config.default
index 5fc5ac3..98ac5e3 100644
--- a/config.default
+++ b/config.default
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   },
   "permissions": {
     "admins": {
-      "perms": ["addfactoid", "delfactoid", "ignore", "botcontrol"],
+      "perms": ["addfactoid", "delfactoid", "ignore", "botcontrol", "permissions_users"],
       "users": ["examplea!user@example.com", "exampleb!user@example.com"]
     },
     "moderators": {
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
       "users": ["examplec!user@example.com"]
     }
   },
-  plugins":
+  "plugins":
   {
     "factoids":
     {
diff --git a/plugins/admin.py b/plugins/admin.py
index fccbce2..61c693b 100755
--- a/plugins/admin.py
+++ b/plugins/admin.py
@@ -5,6 +5,99 @@ import json
 import time
 import subprocess
 
+@hook.command(autohelp=False, permissions=["permissions_users"])
+def permissions(inp, bot=None, notice=None):
+    "permissions [group] -- lists the users and their permission level who have permissions."
+    permissions = bot.config.get("permissions", [])
+    groups = []
+    if inp:
+        for k in permissions:
+	    if inp == k:
+	        groups.append(k)
+    else:
+	for k in permissions:
+	    groups.append(k)
+    if not groups:
+	notice("%s is not a group with permissions" % inp)
+	return None
+
+    for v in groups:
+        members = ""
+        for value in permissions[v]["users"]:
+            members = members + ", " + value
+        if members:
+            notice("the members in the %s group are.." % v)
+            notice(members)
+        else:
+            notice("there are no members in the %s group" % v)
+
+
+@hook.command(permissions=["permissions_users"])
+def deluser(inp, bot=None, notice=None):
+    "deluser [user] [group] -- removes elevated permissions from [user]. " \
+    "If [group] is specified, they will only be removed from [group]."
+    permissions = bot.config.get("permissions", [])
+    inp = inp.split(" ")
+    groups = []
+    try:
+	specgroup = inp[1]
+    except IndexError:
+	specgroup = None
+	for k in permissions:
+	    groups.append(k)
+    else:
+	for k in permissions:
+	    if specgroup == k:
+		groups.append(k)
+    if not groups:
+	notice("%s is not a group with permissions" % inp[1])
+	return None
+
+    removed = 0
+    for v in groups:
+	users = permissions[v]["users"]
+	for value in users:
+	    if inp[0] == value:
+		users.remove(inp[0])
+		removed = 1
+		notice("%s has been removed from the group %s" % (inp[0], v))
+		json.dump(bot.config, open('config', 'w'), sort_keys=True, indent=2)
+    if specgroup:
+	if removed == 0:
+	    notice("%s is not in the group %s" % (inp[0], specgroup))
+    else:
+	if removed == 0:
+	    notice("%s is not in any groups" % inp[0])
+
+@hook.command(permissions=["permissions_users"])
+def adduser(inp, bot=None, notice=None):
+    "adduser [user] [group] -- adds elevated permissions to [user]. " \
+    "[group] must be specified."
+    permissions = bot.config.get("permissions", [])
+    inp = inp.split(" ")
+    try:
+	user = inp[0]
+	targetgroup = inp[1]
+    except IndexError:
+	notice("the group must be specified")
+	return None
+    if not re.search('.+!.+@.+', user):
+	notice("the user must be in the form of \"nick!user@host\"")
+	return None
+    try:
+        users = permissions[targetgroup]["users"]
+    except KeyError:
+	notice("no such group as %s" % targetgroup)
+	return None
+    if user in users:
+	notice("%s is already in %s" % (user, targetgroup))
+	return None
+
+    users.append(user)
+    notice("%s has been added to the group %s" % (user, targetgroup))
+    users.sort()
+    json.dump(bot.config, open('config', 'w'), sort_keys=True, indent=2)
+
 
 @hook.command("quit", autohelp=False, permissions=["botcontrol"])
 @hook.command(autohelp=False, permissions=["botcontrol"])