diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fc52e1e..4130340 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -410,6 +410,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "chrono",
  "futures",
+ "irc",
  "once_cell",
  "reqwest 0.12.5",
  "rustls 0.23.12",
@@ -432,6 +433,70 @@ version = "1.13.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "60b1af1c220855b6ceac025d3f6ecdd2b7c4894bfe9cd9bda4fbb4bc7c0d4cf0"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "encoding"
+version = "0.2.33"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6b0d943856b990d12d3b55b359144ff341533e516d94098b1d3fc1ac666d36ec"
+dependencies = [
+ "encoding-index-japanese",
+ "encoding-index-korean",
+ "encoding-index-simpchinese",
+ "encoding-index-singlebyte",
+ "encoding-index-tradchinese",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "encoding-index-japanese"
+version = "1.20141219.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "04e8b2ff42e9a05335dbf8b5c6f7567e5591d0d916ccef4e0b1710d32a0d0c91"
+dependencies = [
+ "encoding_index_tests",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "encoding-index-korean"
+version = "1.20141219.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4dc33fb8e6bcba213fe2f14275f0963fd16f0a02c878e3095ecfdf5bee529d81"
+dependencies = [
+ "encoding_index_tests",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "encoding-index-simpchinese"
+version = "1.20141219.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d87a7194909b9118fc707194baa434a4e3b0fb6a5a757c73c3adb07aa25031f7"
+dependencies = [
+ "encoding_index_tests",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "encoding-index-singlebyte"
+version = "1.20141219.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3351d5acffb224af9ca265f435b859c7c01537c0849754d3db3fdf2bfe2ae84a"
+dependencies = [
+ "encoding_index_tests",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "encoding-index-tradchinese"
+version = "1.20141219.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fd0e20d5688ce3cab59eb3ef3a2083a5c77bf496cb798dc6fcdb75f323890c18"
+dependencies = [
+ "encoding_index_tests",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "encoding_index_tests"
+version = "0.1.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a246d82be1c9d791c5dfde9a2bd045fc3cbba3fa2b11ad558f27d01712f00569"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "encoding_rs"
 version = "0.8.34"
@@ -936,6 +1001,43 @@ version = "2.9.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8f518f335dce6725a761382244631d86cf0ccb2863413590b31338feb467f9c3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "irc"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b59a23035df48e37386a6d03dc084fbab6ab835134bb99d081954199d7dd20df"
+dependencies = [
+ "chrono",
+ "encoding",
+ "futures-util",
+ "irc-proto",
+ "log",
+ "native-tls",
+ "parking_lot",
+ "pin-project",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_derive",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-native-tls",
+ "tokio-stream",
+ "tokio-util",
+ "toml",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "irc-proto"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "72b5c7fb0c03989e8b31de1c91d0f625057887677e387448e7fc10a6afd4d9e1"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "encoding",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-util",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itertools"
 version = "0.12.1"
@@ -1743,6 +1845,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_spanned"
+version = "0.6.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "eb5b1b31579f3811bf615c144393417496f152e12ac8b7663bf664f4a815306d"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_urlencoded"
 version = "0.7.1"
@@ -2076,6 +2187,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-stream"
+version = "0.1.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "267ac89e0bec6e691e5813911606935d77c476ff49024f98abcea3e7b15e37af"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-tungstenite"
 version = "0.21.0"
@@ -2121,6 +2243,40 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "toml"
+version = "0.7.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dd79e69d3b627db300ff956027cc6c3798cef26d22526befdfcd12feeb6d2257"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+ "serde_spanned",
+ "toml_datetime",
+ "toml_edit",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "toml_datetime"
+version = "0.6.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0dd7358ecb8fc2f8d014bf86f6f638ce72ba252a2c3a2572f2a795f1d23efb41"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "toml_edit"
+version = "0.19.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1b5bb770da30e5cbfde35a2d7b9b8a2c4b8ef89548a7a6aeab5c9a576e3e7421"
+dependencies = [
+ "indexmap",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_spanned",
+ "toml_datetime",
+ "winnow",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tower"
 version = "0.4.13"
@@ -2653,6 +2809,15 @@ version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "589f6da84c646204747d1270a2a5661ea66ed1cced2631d546fdfb155959f9ec"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winnow"
+version = "0.5.40"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f593a95398737aeed53e489c785df13f3618e41dbcd6718c6addbf1395aa6876"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winreg"
 version = "0.50.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7141bcf..b3f2fd5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ anyhow = "1.0.86"
 async-trait = "0.1.81"
 tokio-tungstenite = { version = "0.23.1", features = ["rustls-tls-native-roots"] }
 rustls = { version = "0.23.12", features = ["ring"] }
+irc = "1.0.0"
diff --git a/src/twitch_handler/chat.rs b/src/twitch_handler/chat.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59bbb77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/twitch_handler/chat.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+use anyhow::bail;
+use anyhow::Result;
+
+use irc::client::data::Config as IrcConfig;
+use irc::client::prelude::Capability as IrcCap;
+use irc::client::Client as IrcClient;
+use irc::client::ClientStream as IrcStream;
+
+use super::auth;
+use super::helix;
+
+
+impl<T: auth::TokenStorage> helix::Client<T> {
+    pub async fn connect_chat(&mut self, channels: Vec<String>) -> Result<(IrcClient, IrcStream)> {
+        match self.validate_token().await {
+            Err(e) => {
+                println!("{e:?}");
+                bail!("Invalid refresh token or no internet");
+            }
+            _ => {}
+        };
+
+        let channels = channels
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|c| {
+                format!(
+                    "{0}{1}",
+                    if c.starts_with("#") { "" } else { "#" },
+                    c.to_lowercase()
+                )
+            })
+            .collect();
+
+        let config = IrcConfig {
+            server: Some("irc.chat.twitch.tv".to_owned()),
+            port: Some(6697),
+            use_tls: Some(true),
+            nickname: Some(self.get_token_user_login().await?.to_lowercase().to_owned()),
+            password: Some(format!("oauth:{0}", self.token.access_token)),
+            channels: channels,
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+
+        let mut client = match IrcClient::from_config(config).await {
+            Ok(v) => v,
+            Err(e) => {
+                println!("{e:?}");
+                bail!("IrcClient::from_config failed");
+            }
+        };
+        match client.send_cap_req(&[
+            IrcCap::Custom("twitch.tv/tags"),
+            IrcCap::Custom("twitch.tv/commands"),
+        ]) {
+            Err(e) => {
+                println!("{e:?}");
+                bail!("IrcClient.send_cap_req failed");
+            }
+            _ => {}
+        };
+        match client.identify() {
+            Err(e) => {
+                println!("{e:?}");
+                bail!("IrcClient.identify failed");
+            }
+            _ => {}
+        };
+
+        let stream = match client.stream() {
+            Ok(v) => v,
+            Err(e) => {
+                println!("{e:?}");
+                bail!("IrcClient.stream failed");
+            }
+        };
+
+        Ok((client, stream))
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/twitch_handler/mod.rs b/src/twitch_handler/mod.rs
index ad8495d..e0e14b2 100644
--- a/src/twitch_handler/mod.rs
+++ b/src/twitch_handler/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 pub mod eventsub;
 pub mod helix;
 pub mod auth;
+pub mod chat;
 
 use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
 use futures::StreamExt;
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ pub async fn notify_stream_online(title: String, game: String) {
 
 
 impl TwitchBot {
-    pub async fn start() {
+    pub async fn start_twitch_eventsub() {
         println!("Starting Twitch bot...");
 
         let token_storage = TokenStorage {
@@ -103,8 +104,11 @@ impl TwitchBot {
             ],
             config::CONFIG.twitch_channel_id.clone()
         ).await.unwrap();
-
         println!("Connected to Twitch EventSub...");
+
+        let (_chat_client, mut chat_stream) = client.connect_chat(vec![config::CONFIG.twitch_channel_id.clone()]).await.unwrap();
+        println!("Connected to Twitch Chat...");
+
         client.validate_token().await.unwrap();
 
         loop {
@@ -160,6 +164,15 @@ impl TwitchBot {
                 }
             }
 
+            if let Some(event) = chat_stream.next().await {
+                match event {
+                    Ok(v) => {
+                        println!("{:?}", v);
+                    },
+                    Err(_) => {},
+                }
+            }
+
             client.validate_token().await.unwrap();
         }
     }