diff --git a/rowbot b/rowbot
index 631b4db..0724ece 100755
--- a/rowbot
+++ b/rowbot
@@ -458,6 +458,11 @@ on_msg_354_privmagic() {
   fi
 }
 
+on_msg_396_privmagic() {
+  config[host]=${msg_args[1]}
+  log_debug "config host has been changed to %s" "${msg_args[1]}"
+}
+
 ###
 # irc receive handlers
 ###
@@ -616,6 +621,10 @@ irc_on_376() {
   log_debug %s "${msg_args[1]}"
 }
 
+irc_on_396() {
+  log_info "%s %s" "${msg_args[1]}" "${msg_args[-1]}"
+}
+
 irc_on_433() {
   log_info "somebody is already using %s" "${msg_args[1]}"
 }