diff --git a/lib/formatter.ex b/lib/formatter.ex
index d404493..c5cc3ee 100644
--- a/lib/formatter.ex
+++ b/lib/formatter.ex
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ defmodule Discordirc.Formatter do
     case ctcp do
       true ->
         case fmsg do
-          x when is_binary(x) -> "\\* #{nick} _#{x}_"
-          x when is_list(x) -> "\\* #{nick} _#{List.to_string(x)}_"
+          x when is_binary(x) -> "_#{x}_"
+          x when is_list(x) -> "_#{List.to_string(x)}_"
         end
 
       false ->
         case fmsg do
-          x when is_binary(x) -> "<#{nick}> #{x}"
-          x when is_list(x) -> "<#{nick}> #{List.to_string(x)}"
+          x when is_binary(x) -> "#{x}"
+          x when is_list(x) -> "#{List.to_string(x)}"
         end
     end
   end
diff --git a/lib/irc_bot.ex b/lib/irc_bot.ex
index 0f7780a..d0e7d12 100644
--- a/lib/irc_bot.ex
+++ b/lib/irc_bot.ex
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ defmodule Discordirc.IRC do
 
   def init([state]) do
     {:ok, client} = ExIRC.start_link!()
-
+    Process.flag(:trap_exit, true)
     Client.add_handler(client, self())
 
     Logger.debug(
@@ -96,7 +96,10 @@ defmodule Discordirc.IRC do
 
     case discordid do
       {:ok, x} ->
-        DiscordAPI.create_message(x, fmsg)
+        send(
+          :WebhookService,
+          {:irc, %{channel_id: x, nick: "#{nick}@#{state.network}", content: fmsg}}
+        )
     end
 
     {:noreply, state}
@@ -108,7 +111,10 @@ defmodule Discordirc.IRC do
 
     case discordid do
       {:ok, x} ->
-        DiscordAPI.create_message(x, fmsg)
+        send(
+          :WebhookService,
+          {:irc, %{channel_id: x, nick: "#{nick}@#{state.network}", content: fmsg}}
+        )
     end
 
     {:noreply, state}
diff --git a/lib/webhookservice.ex b/lib/webhookservice.ex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c23f0b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/webhookservice.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+defmodule Discordirc.WebhookService do
+  use GenServer
+  require Logger
+  alias Nostrum.Api, as: DiscordAPI
+  alias Nostrum.Cache, as: DiscordCache
+  alias Nostrum.Error.ApiError
+
+  defmodule State do
+    defstruct hooks: nil
+
+    def clear_old_hooks(channel_id) do
+      {:ok, webhooks} = DiscordAPI.get_channel_webhooks(channel_id)
+
+      webhooks
+      |> Enum.filter(fn wh ->
+        wh.user.id == Nostrum.Snowflake.dump(DiscordAPI.get_current_user!().id)
+      end)
+      |> Enum.map(&DiscordAPI.delete_webhook(&1.id, "clearing old hooks"))
+
+      :ok
+    end
+
+    def create_hook(state, channel_id, retry \\ 0) do
+      avatar = Base.encode64(File.read!("defaultavatar.jpg"))
+
+      case DiscordAPI.create_webhook(
+             channel_id,
+             %{name: "otherbot hook", avatar: avatar},
+             "otherbot proxy hook"
+           ) do
+        {:ok, hook} ->
+          case state.hooks do
+            nil ->
+              {:ok, %State{state | :hooks => %{channel_id => hook}}}
+
+            %{} ->
+              hooks = Map.put(state.hooks, channel_id, hook)
+              {:ok, %State{state | :hooks => hooks}}
+          end
+
+        {:error, e} ->
+          case e.response.code do
+            10003 ->
+              raise "unknown channel"
+
+            30007 ->
+              if retry < 1 do
+                clear_old_hooks(channel_id)
+                create_hook(state, channel_id, retry + 1)
+              else
+                raise "too many webhooks"
+              end
+
+            40001 ->
+              raise "no permissions"
+          end
+      end
+    end
+
+    def get_channel_hook(state, channel_id) do
+      case state.hooks[channel_id] do
+        nil ->
+          {:ok, newstate} = create_hook(state, channel_id)
+          get_channel_hook(newstate, channel_id)
+
+        x ->
+          {x, state}
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def start_link([]) do
+    GenServer.start_link(__MODULE__, [%State{}], name: :WebhookService)
+  end
+
+  def init([state]) do
+    {:ok, state}
+  end
+
+  # relay from an IRC channel.
+  def handle_info({:irc, msgargs}, state) do
+    {wh, state} = State.get_channel_hook(state, msgargs.channel_id)
+    args = %{tts: false, username: msgargs.nick, avatar_url: nil, content: msgargs.content}
+
+    try do
+      DiscordAPI.execute_webhook(wh.id, wh.token, args)
+    rescue
+      e in MatchError ->
+	Logger.warn("MatchError from nostrum workaround in place.")
+    end
+
+    {:noreply, state}
+  end
+
+end