diff --git a/rowbot b/rowbot
index 0f3d047..4b097cd 100755
--- a/rowbot
+++ b/rowbot
@@ -692,10 +692,18 @@ irc_on_473() {
   log_error "%s: %s" "${msg_args[1]}" "${msg_args[2]}"
 }
 
+irc_on_718() {
+  log_info "%s %s" "${msg_args[1]}" "${msg_args[-1]}"
+}
+
 ###
 # irc send handlers
 ###
 
+irc_accept() {
+  net_send "ACCEPT $1"
+}
+
 irc_join() {
   local chans
   printf -v chans %s, "$@"
@@ -1053,6 +1061,7 @@ on_register_mode_getter() {
   fi
 
   irc_mode "${config[modes]}"
+  irc_accept "${config[owner]}"
 }
 
 ###