diff --git a/bot/bot.go b/bot/bot.go
index d8f5d89..a49bd46 100644
--- a/bot/bot.go
+++ b/bot/bot.go
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@ package bot
 import irc "github.com/fluffle/goirc/client"
 import "labix.org/v2/mgo"
 import "bitbucket.org/phlyingpenguin/godeepintir/config"
+import "strings"
 
 // Bot type provides storage for bot-wide information, configs, and database connections
 type Bot struct {
 	// Each plugin must be registered in our plugins handler. To come: a map so that this
 	// will allow plugins to respond to specific kinds of events
-	Plugins []Handler
+	Plugins map[string]Handler
 
 	// Users holds information about all of our friends
 	Users []User
@@ -21,6 +22,8 @@ type Bot struct {
 	// Mongo connection and db allow botwide access to the database
 	DbSession *mgo.Session
 	Db        *mgo.Database
+
+	Version string
 }
 
 // User type stores user history. This is a vehicle that will follow the user for the active 
@@ -43,9 +46,8 @@ type Message struct {
 	Channel, Body string
 }
 
-// NewBot creates a Bot for a given connection and set of handlers. The handlers must not
-// require the bot as input for their creation (so use AddHandler instead to add handlers)
-func NewBot(config *config.Config, c *irc.Conn, p ...Handler) *Bot {
+// NewBot creates a Bot for a given connection and set of handlers.
+func NewBot(config *config.Config, c *irc.Conn) *Bot {
 	session, err := mgo.Dial(config.DbServer)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
@@ -55,15 +57,16 @@ func NewBot(config *config.Config, c *irc.Conn, p ...Handler) *Bot {
 
 	return &Bot{
 		Config:    config,
-		Plugins:   p,
+		Plugins:   make(map[string]Handler),
 		Users:     make([]User, 10),
 		Conn:      c,
 		DbSession: session,
 		Db:        db,
+		Version:   config.Version,
 	}
 }
 
 // Adds a constructed handler to the bots handlers list
-func (b *Bot) AddHandler(h Handler) {
-	b.Plugins = append(b.Plugins, h)
+func (b *Bot) AddHandler(name string, h Handler) {
+	b.Plugins[strings.ToLower(name)] = h
 }
diff --git a/bot/handlers.go b/bot/handlers.go
index d311fc5..c010685 100644
--- a/bot/handlers.go
+++ b/bot/handlers.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import irc "github.com/fluffle/goirc/client"
 // Interface used for compatibility with the Plugin interface
 type Handler interface {
 	Message(message Message) bool
+	Help(channel string, parts []string)
 }
 
 // Checks to see if our user exists and if any changes have occured to it
@@ -40,9 +41,35 @@ func (b *Bot) Msg_recieved(conn *irc.Conn, line *irc.Line) {
 
 	channel := line.Args[0]
 	message := line.Args[1]
+	parts := strings.Fields(strings.ToLower(message))
 
 	user.MessageLog = append(user.MessageLog, message)
 
+	if len(parts) > 0 && parts[0] == "help" {
+		if len(parts) == 1 {
+			// just print out a list of help topics
+			topics := "Help topics: About"
+			for name, _ := range b.Plugins {
+				topics = fmt.Sprintf("%s, %s ", topics, name)
+			}
+			b.SendMessage(channel, topics)
+		} else {
+			// trigger the proper plugin's help response
+			if parts[1] == "about" {
+				b.Help(channel, parts)
+				return
+			}
+			plugin := b.Plugins[parts[1]]
+			if plugin != nil {
+				plugin.Help(channel, parts)
+			} else {
+				msg := fmt.Sprintf("I'm sorry, I don't know what %s is!", parts[1])
+				b.SendMessage(channel, msg)
+			}
+		}
+		return
+	}
+
 	fmt.Printf("In %s, %s said: '%s'\n", channel, line.Nick, message)
 	for _, p := range b.Plugins {
 		msg := Message{
@@ -72,3 +99,10 @@ func (b *Bot) Filter(message Message, input string) string {
 func (b *Bot) SendMessage(channel, message string) {
 	b.Conn.Privmsg(channel, message)
 }
+
+func (b *Bot) Help(channel string, parts []string) {
+	msg := fmt.Sprintf("Hi, I'm based on godeepintir version %s. I'm written in Go, and you "+
+		"can find my source code on the internet here: "+
+		"http://bitbucket.org/phlyingpenguin/godeepintir", b.Version)
+	b.SendMessage(channel, msg)
+}
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 0bc9a55..b4ecdf0 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@ type Config struct {
 	MainChannel        string
 	Plugins            []string
 	Nick, Server, Pass string
+	Version            string
 }
 
 // Readconfig loads the config data out of a JSON file located in cfile
-func Readconfig(cfile string) *Config {
+func Readconfig(version, cfile string) *Config {
 	fmt.Printf("Using %s as config file.\n", cfile)
 	file, e := ioutil.ReadFile(cfile)
 	if e != nil {
@@ -28,5 +29,6 @@ func Readconfig(cfile string) *Config {
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
+	c.Version = version
 	return &c
 }
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 2497c0c..dec5e34 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"flag"
-	"fmt"
 	"bitbucket.org/phlyingpenguin/godeepintir/bot"
 	"bitbucket.org/phlyingpenguin/godeepintir/config"
 	"bitbucket.org/phlyingpenguin/godeepintir/plugins"
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
 )
 import irc "github.com/fluffle/goirc/client"
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ func main() {
 	var cfile = flag.String("config", "config.json", "Config file to load. (Defaults to config.json)")
 	flag.Parse() // parses the logging flags.
 
-	config := config.Readconfig(*cfile)
+	config := config.Readconfig(Version, *cfile)
 	fmt.Println(config)
 
 	c := irc.SimpleClient(config.Nick)
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	b := bot.NewBot(config, c)
 	// b.AddHandler(plugins.NewTestPlugin(b))
-	b.AddHandler(plugins.NewTalkerPlugin(b))
+	b.AddHandler("Talker", plugins.NewTalkerPlugin(b))
 
 	c.AddHandler("PRIVMSG", func(conn *irc.Conn, line *irc.Line) {
 		b.Msg_recieved(conn, line)
diff --git a/plugins/plugins.go b/plugins/plugins.go
index 068f92d..28bec68 100644
--- a/plugins/plugins.go
+++ b/plugins/plugins.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import "bitbucket.org/phlyingpenguin/godeepintir/bot"
 type Plugin interface {
 	Message(message bot.Message) bool
 	LoadData()
+	Help()
 }
 
 // ---- Below are some example plugins
@@ -25,12 +26,16 @@ type TestPlugin struct {
 	Responds []string
 	Name     string
 	Feces    string
+	helpmsg  []string
 }
 
 func (p *TestPlugin) LoadData() {
 	config := GetPluginConfig("TestPlugin")
 	p.Name = config.Name
 	p.Feces = config.Values["Feces"].(string)
+	p.helpmsg = []string{
+		"TestPlugin just shows off how shit works.",
+	}
 }
 
 func (p *TestPlugin) Message(message bot.Message) bool {
@@ -44,6 +49,12 @@ func (p *TestPlugin) Message(message bot.Message) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
+func (p *TestPlugin) Help(message bot.Message) {
+	for _, msg := range p.helpmsg {
+		p.Bot.SendMessage(message.Channel, msg)
+	}
+}
+
 type PluginConfig struct {
 	Name   string
 	Values map[string]interface{}
diff --git a/plugins/talker.go b/plugins/talker.go
index 5ef6f43..23de2e0 100644
--- a/plugins/talker.go
+++ b/plugins/talker.go
@@ -37,3 +37,7 @@ func (p *TalkerPlugin) Message(message bot.Message) bool {
 func (p *TalkerPlugin) LoadData() {
 	// no data to load yet?
 }
+
+func (p *TalkerPlugin) Help(channel string, parts []string) {
+	p.Bot.SendMessage(channel, "Hi, this is talker. I like to talk about FredFelps!")
+}
diff --git a/version.go b/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a88acac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+package main
+
+const Version = "0.1"