diff --git a/irc-daemon.service b/irc-daemon.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=irc-daemon für türschalter
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/ircbot.py
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+
diff --git a/ircbot.py b/ircbot.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+import socket
+import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
+import time
+
+
+ircsock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+server = "irc.freenode.net" # Server
+channel = "#yanniktest" # Channel
+botnick = "yanniksBot" # Your bots nick
+adminname = "yannik_" #Your IRC nickname. 
+exitcode = "bye " + botnick
+
+
+
+ircsock.connect((server, 6667)) # Here we connect to the server using the port 6667
+ircsock.send(bytes("USER "+ botnick +" "+ botnick +" "+ botnick + " " + botnick + "\n", "UTF-8")) #We are basically filling out a form with this line and saying to set all the fields to the bot nickname.
+ircsock.send(bytes("NICK "+ botnick +"\n", "UTF-8")) # assign the nick to the bot
+
+def joinchan(chan): # join channel(s).
+  ircsock.send(bytes("JOIN "+ chan +"\n", "UTF-8")) 
+  ircmsg = "hey, ircmsg!"
+  while ircmsg.find("End of /NAMES list.") == -1:  
+    ircmsg = ircsock.recv(2048).decode("UTF-8")
+    ircmsg = ircmsg.strip('\n\r')
+    print(ircmsg)
+
+
+def ping(): # respond to server Pings.
+  ircsock.send(bytes("PONG :pingis\n", "UTF-8"))
+
+def sendmsg(msg, target=channel): # sends messages to the target.
+  ircsock.send(bytes("PRIVMSG "+ target +" :"+ msg +"\n", "UTF-8"))
+
+def main():
+  GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM)
+  GPIO.setup(18, GPIO.IN, pull_up_down=GPIO.PUD_UP)
+
+  joinchan(channel)
+  prev=None
+  while 1:
+    #print("ein weiterer durchlauf der main-schleiffe")
+    current=GPIO.input(18)
+#    liste[i%2] = GPIO.input(18)
+    if ( current != prev) :
+      if( prev != None): 
+        sendmsg("schalter wurde betätigt! {}".format(current))
+        if (current == 0):
+          sendmsg("es ist nun offen!")
+        if (current == 1):
+          sendmsg("es ist nun zu, gute nacht!")
+      prev=current
+    ircmsg=" "    
+    time.sleep(10)
+    #ircmsg = ircsock.recv(2048).decode("UTF-8")
+    #ircmsg = ircmsg.strip('\n\r')
+    print(ircmsg)
+
+    if ircmsg.find("PRIVMSG") != -1:
+      name = ircmsg.split('!',1)[0][1:]
+      message = ircmsg.split('PRIVMSG',1)[1].split(':',1)[1]
+
+      if len(name) < 17:
+        if message.find('Hi ' + botnick) != -1:
+          sendmsg("Hello " + name + "!")
+        if message[:5].find('.tell') != -1:
+          target = message.split(' ', 1)[1]
+          if target.find(' ') != -1:
+              message = target.split(' ', 1)[1]
+              target = target.split(' ')[0]
+          else:
+              target = name
+              message = "Could not parse. The message should be in the format of ‘.tell [target] [message]’ to work properly."
+          sendmsg(message, target)
+
+        if name.lower() == adminname.lower() and message.rstrip() == exitcode:
+          sendmsg("oh...okay. :'(")
+          ircsock.send(bytes("QUIT \n", "UTF-8"))
+          return
+    else:
+      if ircmsg.find("PING :") != -1:
+        ping()
+  
+main()
+