diff --git a/README b/README
index 1db83b0..a88554a 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ trusted.txt: People that have access to #op and friends. Format is
              sensitive.
 gods.txt: Same as above, except can't be #untrust'ed
 msgs.txt: Messages that haven't been delivered. Leave it empty
-startcmd.txt: Raw IRC messages to send to the server after USER and NICK. Used
-              to authenticate with NickServ
 bot.conf: See bot.conf.example
 
 Run `python3 ircbot.py`
diff --git a/bot.conf.example b/bot.conf.example
index 20233d2..6fee1ed 100644
--- a/bot.conf.example
+++ b/bot.conf.example
@@ -5,3 +5,7 @@ nick = oonbotti2
 username = oonbotti2
 realname = oonbotti2
 channels = ##ingsoc
+
+[auth]
+user = oonbotti2
+password = nicetryofficer
diff --git a/botcmd.py b/botcmd.py
index ff8b28b..b8d89e2 100644
--- a/botcmd.py
+++ b/botcmd.py
@@ -13,10 +13,7 @@ def initialize(*, config):
 # Blocks the bot until it's done, including PING/PONG handling
 # irc is the IRC API object
 def on_connect(*, irc):
-	with open('startcmd.txt', 'r') as f:
-		for i in f:
-			while i[-1:] == '\n': i = i[:-1]
-			irc.send_raw(i.encode())
+	pass
 
 # on_quit(*, irc)
 # Called just before IRC bot sends QUIT