diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index eb1d5827938d71b807602b3ef249faed7a6ee534..a445c5eca2a9b6605260a1b04c58bb921734985b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 *.sqlite
 *.pid
 *.pyc
+bot.cfg
 build/
 logs/
diff --git a/ffpb.cfg b/bot.cfg.example
similarity index 84%
rename from ffpb.cfg
rename to bot.cfg.example
index a569dfbe21e435be1730f21c3371a8237498ff34..d047d02acc6d1f81f7fd3e0852a15c06dadda5ce 100644
--- a/ffpb.cfg
+++ b/bot.cfg.example
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ port = 9999
 owner = HeJ
 admins = oscar-, Barbarossa
 
-channels = #ffpb-gurus, #ffpb
+channels = #ffpb
 prefix = !
 enable = admin,ffpb,ip,reload
 timeout = 120
@@ -26,3 +26,7 @@ pid_dir = .
 userdb_type = sqlite
 userdb_file = ffpb.sqlite
 
+[ffpb]
+msg_enable = 1
+msg_port = 2342
+msg_target = #ffpb
diff --git a/bot.sh b/bot.sh
index e2ca1ddb95967d4ec7e885a82960f35700ce9979..8040203a51898ba44c42cb92ad1b66b9c4d967b0 100755
--- a/bot.sh
+++ b/bot.sh
@@ -12,14 +12,19 @@ if [ -z "$python3" ]; then
 	fi
 fi
 
+if [ ! -r "${mydir}/bot.cfg" ]; then
+	echo "'bot.cfg' is missing. Have you copied 'bot.cfg.example'?"
+	exit 2
+fi
+
 case $1 in
 	start)
 		[ ! -d "${mydir}/logs" ] && mkdir "${mydir}/logs"
 
-		$python3 "${mydir}/willie/willie.py" -c "${mydir}/ffpb.cfg" --fork
+		$python3 "${mydir}/willie/willie.py" -c "${mydir}/bot.cfg" --fork
 		;;
 	stop)
-		$python3 "${mydir}/willie/willie.py" -c "${mydir}/ffpb.cfg" --quit
+		$python3 "${mydir}/willie/willie.py" -c "${mydir}/bot.cfg" --quit
 		;;
 
 	restart)