diff --git a/bot.php b/bot.php
index c09839f..f38c6ae 100644
--- a/bot.php
+++ b/bot.php
@@ -38,11 +38,24 @@
     $toReturn = substr($toReturn, -32);
     return $toReturn;
 }
+function short_code($code){
+    $fixedCode = substr($code, 0, 2);
+    $fixedCode .= "0";
+    $fixedCode .= substr($code, 2);
+    $fixedCode .= substr($code, 4, 4);
+    $fixedCode .= substr($code, 3);
+    $fixedCode .= substr($code, 8);
+    $fixedCode .= substr($code, 10, 6);
+    $fixedCode .= substr($code, 9);
+    $fixedCode .= substr($code, 16, strlen($code));
+    return $fixedCode;
+}
 
 $rand = substr(str_shuffle(str_repeat($x='0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ', ceil(8/strlen($x)) )),1,8);
 
 // announce self to channel
 $myCode = get_own_code();
+$myCode = (strlen($myCode) == 31) ? short_code($myCode) : $myCode;
 if(!isset($myCode) || $myCode == "")
     die("Please contact 0xRoM on discord for help fixing this issue!");
 
@@ -59,7 +72,7 @@
 // Force an endless while
 while (1) {
     // Continue the rest of the script here
-    while ($data = fgets($socket, 128)) {
+    while ($data = fgets($socket, 256)) {
         echo $data;
         flush();
         
@@ -81,12 +94,18 @@
                 if(isset($ex[4]) && $ex[4] <> ""){ // bot name
                     if(isset($ex[5]) && $ex[5] <> ""){ // code
                         if(!in_array($ex[4], $collected)){ // not already added this bot
+
                             $response = get_code($ex[5]);
+                            $response = (strlen($response) == 31) ? short_code($response) : $response;
+
                             if(preg_match("/^[0-9A-Fa-f]{32}/", $response)){ // valid code back
                                 echo "[+] computing for ".$ex[4]."\n";
                                 fputs($socket, "PRIVMSG #theSignal :!rsp " . $ex[4] . " " . $response . "\n");
                                 array_push($collected, $ex[4]); // add to replied array
+
                                 $myCode = get_own_code();
+                                $myCode = (strlen($myCode) == 31) ? short_code($myCode) : $myCode;
+                                
                                 fputs($socket, "PRIVMSG #theSignal :!req " . $rand . " " . $myCode . "\n");
                                 echo "[+] replied to ".$ex[4]."\n";
                             }else{echo "[-] invalid code\n";}
@@ -104,3 +123,4 @@
     }
 }
 ?>
+