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-![#thelounge IRC channel on freenode](https://img.shields.io/badge/irc%20channel-%23thelounge%20on%20freenode-blue.svg)
+[![#thelounge IRC channel on freenode](https://img.shields.io/badge/irc%20channel-%23thelounge%20on%20freenode-blue.svg)](http://avatar.playat.ch:1000/)
 [![npm version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/thelounge.svg)](https://www.npmjs.org/package/thelounge)
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/thelounge/lounge.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/thelounge/lounge)
 [![Dependency Status](https://david-dm.org/thelounge/lounge.svg)](https://david-dm.org/thelounge/lounge)