diff --git a/botcmd.py b/botcmd.py
index b8d89e2..27c7f97 100644
--- a/botcmd.py
+++ b/botcmd.py
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ def initialize(*, config):
 # Blocks the bot until it's done, including PING/PONG handling
 # irc is the IRC API object
 def on_connect(*, irc):
-	pass
+	with open('startcmd.txt', 'r'):
+		for i in f:
+			while i[-1:] == '\n': i = i[:-1]
+			irc.send_raw(i.encode())
 
 # on_quit(*, irc)
 # Called just before IRC bot sends QUIT