diff --git a/plugins/tell/tell.go b/plugins/tell/tell.go
index 9b7d003..05bab8a 100644
--- a/plugins/tell/tell.go
+++ b/plugins/tell/tell.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package tell
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"log"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/velour/catbase/bot"
@@ -21,21 +20,21 @@ func New(b bot.Bot) *TellPlugin {
 }
 
 func (t *TellPlugin) Message(message msg.Message) bool {
-	if strings.HasPrefix(message.Body, "tell") {
+	if strings.HasPrefix(strings.ToLower(message.Body), "tell") {
 		parts := strings.Split(message.Body, " ")
-		target := parts[1]
+		target := strings.ToLower(parts[1])
 		newMessage := strings.Join(parts[2:], " ")
 		newMessage = fmt.Sprintf("Hey, %s. %s said: %s", target, message.User.Name, newMessage)
 		t.users[target] = append(t.users[target], newMessage)
 		t.b.SendMessage(message.Channel, fmt.Sprintf("Okay. I'll tell %s.", target))
 		return true
 	}
-	log.Printf("current pending tells: %+v\nuser is: %s", t.users, message.User.Name)
-	if msg, ok := t.users[message.User.Name]; ok {
+	uname := strings.ToLower(message.User.Name)
+	if msg, ok := t.users[uname]; ok && len(msg) > 0 {
 		for _, m := range msg {
 			t.b.SendMessage(message.Channel, string(m))
 		}
-		t.users[message.User.Name] = []string{}
+		t.users[uname] = []string{}
 		return true
 	}
 	return false