diff --git a/lib/irc.h b/lib/irc.h
index 6916472..85177d8 100755
--- a/lib/irc.h
+++ b/lib/irc.h
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ struct irc_conn
 	FILE *srv_fd;
 #endif
 
-    char nick[32];
+    char nick[50];
+    char user[50];
     char admin[256];
     char host[256];
     char port[5];
diff --git a/src/config.c b/src/config.c
index 0594aba..4c99f95 100755
--- a/src/config.c
+++ b/src/config.c
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ struct irc_conn read_config(struct irc_conn bot, char *file)
     if (config_lookup_string(cf, "bot.nick", &base))
         strlcpy(bot.nick, base, sizeof bot.nick);
 
+    if (config_lookup_string(cf, "bot.user", &base))
+        strlcpy(bot.user, base, sizeof bot.user);
+
+    if (config_lookup_string(cf, "bot.real", &base))
+        strlcpy(bot.real_name, base, sizeof bot.real_name);
+
     if (config_lookup_string(cf, "server.host", &base))
         strlcpy(bot.host, base, sizeof bot.host);
 
diff --git a/src/irc.c b/src/irc.c
index 3cc3143..b7762b8 100755
--- a/src/irc.c
+++ b/src/irc.c
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ void irc_connect(struct irc_conn *bot)
 void irc_auth(struct irc_conn *bot)
 {
     irc_raw(bot, "NICK %s", bot->nick);
-    irc_raw(bot, "USER %s \" %s :xbot v%s (https://github.com/ablakely/xbot)", bot->nick, bot->host, VERSION);
+    irc_raw(bot, "USER %s \" %s :%s", bot->user, bot->host, bot->real_name);
 
 #ifndef _WIN32
     fflush(bot->srv_fd);
@@ -291,9 +291,9 @@ void irc_parse_raw(struct irc_conn *bot, char *raw)
                 if (!strcmp("VERSION", ctcp))
                 {
 #ifdef _WIN32
-                    irc_notice(bot, user, "VERSION xbot: v%s (Windows)", VERSION);
+                    irc_notice(bot, user, "VERSION xbot: v%s [Windows] (https://github.com/ablakely/xbot)", VERSION);
 #else
-                    irc_notice(bot, user, "VERSION xbot: v%s (Linux)", VERSION);
+                    irc_notice(bot, user, "VERSION xbot: v%s [Linux] (https://github.com/ablakely/xbot)", VERSION);
 #endif
                 }
                 else
diff --git a/xbot.cfg b/xbot.cfg
index 78eddf1..fe9d7aa 100755
--- a/xbot.cfg
+++ b/xbot.cfg
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ bot:
 	verbose = 1;
 	nick = "xbot";
 	user = "xbot";
+    real = "xbot";
 
     # owner of the bot (nick!user@host)
 	admin = "ab3800!*@owner.ephasic.org";