diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 919fa70..df4ee2b 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ type Config struct {
 	Version     string
 	CommandChar string
 	RatePerSec  float64
-	QuoteChance float64
-	QuoteTime   int
 	LogLength   int
 	Admins      []string
 	HttpAddr    string
@@ -45,7 +43,6 @@ type Config struct {
 	TwitterConsumerSecret string
 	TwitterUserKey        string
 	TwitterUserSecret     string
-	StartupFact           string
 	BadMsgs               []string
 	Bad                   struct {
 		Msgs  []string
@@ -61,6 +58,12 @@ type Config struct {
 		MaxLen int
 		Who    string
 	}
+	Factoid struct {
+		MinLen      int
+		QuoteChance float64
+		QuoteTime   int
+		StartupFact string
+	}
 }
 
 // Readconfig loads the config data out of a JSON file located in cfile
diff --git a/example_config.json b/example_config.json
index bb76074..08eb01b 100644
--- a/example_config.json
+++ b/example_config.json
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
 	"FullName": "CatBase",
 	"CommandChar": "!",
 	"RatePerSec": 10.0,
-	"QuoteChance": 0.99,
-	"QuoteTime": 1,
 	"LogLength": 50,
 	"Admins": ["<Admin Nick>"],
 	"HttpAddr": "127.0.0.1:1337",
@@ -35,8 +33,6 @@
 	"TwitterUserKey": "<User Key>",
 	"TwitterUserSecret": "<User Secret>",
 
-	"StartupFact": "speed test",
-
 	"WelcomeMsgs": [
 			"Real men use screen, %s.",
 			"Joins upset the hivemind's OCD, %s.",
@@ -56,5 +52,11 @@
 	"LeftPad": {
 		"MaxLen": 50,
 		"Who": "person"
+	},
+	"Factoid": {
+		"QuoteChance": 0.99,
+		"QuoteTime": 1,
+		"StartupFact": "speed test",
+		"MinLen": 5
 	}
 }
diff --git a/plugins/fact/factoid.go b/plugins/fact/factoid.go
index 60c9730..35c528b 100644
--- a/plugins/fact/factoid.go
+++ b/plugins/fact/factoid.go
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ func New(botInst bot.Bot) *FactoidPlugin {
 		go func(ch string) {
 			// Some random time to start up
 			time.Sleep(time.Duration(15) * time.Second)
-			if ok, fact := p.findTrigger(p.Bot.Config().StartupFact); ok {
+			if ok, fact := p.findTrigger(p.Bot.Config().Factoid.StartupFact); ok {
 				p.sayFact(msg.Message{
 					Channel: ch,
 					Body:    "speed test", // BUG: This is defined in the config too
@@ -355,7 +355,8 @@ func (p *FactoidPlugin) sayFact(message msg.Message, fact factoid) {
 // trigger checks the message for its fitness to be a factoid and then hauls
 // the message off to sayFact for processing if it is in fact a trigger
 func (p *FactoidPlugin) trigger(message msg.Message) bool {
-	if len(message.Body) > 4 || message.Command || message.Body == "..." {
+	minLen := p.Bot.Config().Factoid.MinLen
+	if len(message.Body) > minLen || message.Command || message.Body == "..." {
 		if ok, fact := p.findTrigger(message.Body); ok {
 			p.sayFact(message, *fact)
 			return true
@@ -597,7 +598,7 @@ func (p *FactoidPlugin) randomFact() *factoid {
 
 // factTimer spits out a fact at a given interval and with given probability
 func (p *FactoidPlugin) factTimer(channel string) {
-	duration := time.Duration(p.Bot.Config().QuoteTime) * time.Minute
+	duration := time.Duration(p.Bot.Config().Factoid.QuoteTime) * time.Minute
 	myLastMsg := time.Now()
 	for {
 		time.Sleep(time.Duration(5) * time.Second)
@@ -610,7 +611,7 @@ func (p *FactoidPlugin) factTimer(channel string) {
 		tdelta := time.Since(lastmsg.Time)
 		earlier := time.Since(myLastMsg) > tdelta
 		chance := rand.Float64()
-		success := chance < p.Bot.Config().QuoteChance
+		success := chance < p.Bot.Config().Factoid.QuoteChance
 
 		if success && tdelta > duration && earlier {
 			fact := p.randomFact()
diff --git a/plugins/fact/remember.go b/plugins/fact/remember.go
index 8039972..74f6024 100644
--- a/plugins/fact/remember.go
+++ b/plugins/fact/remember.go
@@ -168,8 +168,8 @@ func (p *RememberPlugin) quoteTimer(channel string) {
 	for {
 		// this pisses me off: You can't multiply int * time.Duration so it
 		// has to look ugly as shit.
-		time.Sleep(time.Duration(p.Bot.Config().QuoteTime) * time.Minute)
-		chance := 1.0 / p.Bot.Config().QuoteChance
+		time.Sleep(time.Duration(p.Bot.Config().Factoid.QuoteTime) * time.Minute)
+		chance := 1.0 / p.Bot.Config().Factoid.QuoteChance
 		if rand.Intn(int(chance)) == 0 {
 			msg := p.randQuote()
 			p.Bot.SendMessage(channel, msg)