diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 23f6a97..c0f04bb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ cold hard bot for cold hard chats
 
 ## Commands
 
-- $flood [TEXT] [AMOUNT] - Floods the channel with a specific line x amount of times
+- $flood [AMOUNT] [TEXT] - Floods the channel with a specific line x amount of times
 - $ctcpflood [TARGET] [TEXT (one word)] [AMOUNT] - Sends x amount of CTCP requests to a target.
 - $sneed - Pastes the Sneed's Feed and Seed copypasta.
 - $rspam [LINES] - Spams x lines of random characters
diff --git a/bot.js b/bot.js
index a71122d..f337cec 100644
--- a/bot.js
+++ b/bot.js
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ const generateRandomString = (amt) => {
 
 async function help(chan) {
     bot.say(chan, 'Fascinus - https://git.supernets.org/hogwart7/fascinus')
-    bot.say(chan, "$flood [TEXT] [AMOUNT] - Floods the channel with a specific line x amount of times")
+    bot.say(chan, "$flood [AMOUNT] [TEXT] - Floods the channel with a specific line x amount of times")
     bot.say(chan, "$ctcpflood [TARGET] [TEXT (one word)] [AMOUNT] - Sends x amount of CTCP requests to a target.")
     bot.say(chan, "$sneed - Pastes the Sneed's Feed and Seed copypasta.")
     bot.say(chan, "$rspam [LINES] - Spams x lines of random characters")
@@ -99,7 +99,10 @@ bot.addListener('message', function(nick, to, text, from) {
     if (args[0] === '$help') {
         help(to);
     } else if (args[0] === '$flood') {
-        flood(args[1], to, args[2]);
+        args.shift()
+        let amt = args.shift()
+        var string = args.join(" ")
+        flood(string, to, amt);
     } else if (args[0] === '$sneed') {
         sneed(to);
     } else if (args[0] === '$ctcpflood') {