diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/matterlink/bridge/BridgeCommand.kt b/src/main/kotlin/matterlink/bridge/BridgeCommand.kt
index db300e8..c5157a2 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/matterlink/bridge/BridgeCommand.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/matterlink/bridge/BridgeCommand.kt
@@ -1,18 +1,25 @@
 package matterlink.bridge
 
 import matterlink.cfg
+import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.FMLCommonHandler
+import java.util.regex.Pattern
 
-class BridgeCommand(val name: String, command: (List<String>) -> Boolean) {
-    val execute: (List<String>) -> Boolean = command //return true for success and false for failure
+class BridgeCommand(val name: String, command: (String) -> Boolean) {
+    val execute: (String) -> Boolean = command //return true for success and false for failure
+
+    init {
+        registerCommand(this)
+    }
 
     companion object Handler {
         private val commandMap: HashMap<String, BridgeCommand> = HashMap()
 
         fun handleCommand(input: String): Boolean {
-            if (input[0] != cfg!!.command.prefix[0]) return false
+            if (input[0] != cfg!!.command.prefix[0] || input.length < 2) return false
 
-            val cmd = ArrayList(input.substring(1).split(" "))
-            val args = cmd.subList(1, cmd.size - 1)
+            //if you can get it to accept just a char instead of a stupid Pattern that would be great
+            val cmd = input.substring(1).split(Pattern.compile(" "), 2)
+            val args = if (cmd.size > 1) cmd[1] else ""
 
             return if (commandMap.containsKey(cmd[0])) (commandMap[cmd[0]]!!.execute)(args) else false
         }
@@ -23,4 +30,28 @@ class BridgeCommand(val name: String, command: (List<String>) -> Boolean) {
             return true
         }
     }
+
+    private val commands = object {
+        private val playerlist = BridgeCommand(
+                "players",
+                fun(args: String): Boolean {
+                    if (args.isNotEmpty()) return false
+
+                    var output: String = ""
+
+                    for (player: String in FMLCommonHandler.instance().minecraftServerInstance.playerList.onlinePlayerNames) {
+                        output = output + player + " "
+                    }
+
+                    MessageHandler.transmit(ApiMessage(
+                            username = cfg!!.relay.systemUser,
+                            text = output
+                    ))
+
+                    return true
+                }
+        )
+
+
+    }
 }
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