diff --git a/bot.lua b/bot.lua
index 91670b8..994307c 100644
--- a/bot.lua
+++ b/bot.lua
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ math.randomseed(seed)
 
 function messageDectection (message, search)
   distinctMessage = message.content
-  if string.find(distinctMessage, search) == 1 then
+  key = "!"
+  keyedSearch = key .. search
+  if string.find(distinctMessage, keyedSearch) == 1 then
     return true
   else
     return false
@@ -18,13 +20,13 @@ client:on('ready', function()
 end)
 
 client:on('messageCreate', function(message)
-	if messageDectection(message, "!ping") == true then
+	if messageDectection(message, "ping") == true then
 		message.channel:send('Pong!')
 	end
 end)
 
 client:on('messageCreate', function(message)
-	if messageDectection(message, "!roll") == true then
+	if messageDectection(message, "roll") == true then
     dice = math.random(20)
 		message.channel:send('You rolled a ' .. dice .. ' out of 20')
     if dice==20 then
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ end)
 
 --Replacing the above with a more tolerant version
 client:on('messageCreate', function(message)
-  if messageDectection(message, "!time") == true then
+  if messageDectection(message, "time") == true then
     message.channel:send('The current time in military time is ' .. os.date() .. ' atleast in Chicago!')
   end
 end)