diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
index cae4dc3..6a6290e 100644
--- a/config.json
+++ b/config.json
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@
 
 	"comment": "Follows is the old bot",
 
+	"WelcomeMsgs": [
+			"Real men use screen, %s.",
+			"Joins upset the hivemind's OCD, %s.",
+			"Joins upset the hivemind's CDO, %s.",
+	],
+
 	"bot": {
 		"dbname":	"deepintir",
 		"inchan": 	"out",
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index bfce436..7fe3884 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	Admins             []string
 	UntappdToken       string
 	UntappdFreq        int
+	WelcomeMsgs        []string
 }
 
 // Readconfig loads the config data out of a JSON file located in cfile
diff --git a/plugins/talker.go b/plugins/talker.go
index 4fc96c7..d3ed9cb 100644
--- a/plugins/talker.go
+++ b/plugins/talker.go
@@ -55,11 +55,7 @@ func (p *TalkerPlugin) Help(channel string, parts []string) {
 // Empty event handler because this plugin does not do anything on event recv
 func (p *TalkerPlugin) Event(kind string, message bot.Message) bool {
 	if kind == "JOIN" && message.User.Name != p.Bot.Config.Nick {
-		sayings := []string{
-			"Real men use screen, %s.",
-			"Joins upset the hivemind's OCD, %s.",
-			"Joins upset the hivemind's CDO, %s.",
-		}
+		sayings := p.Bot.Config.WelcomeMsgs
 		msg := fmt.Sprintf(sayings[rand.Intn(len(sayings))], message.User.Name)
 		p.Bot.SendMessage(message.Channel, msg)
 		return true