diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index dc0cfec..aca3b89 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@ version = "1.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f26201604c87b1e01bd3d98f8d5d9a8fcbb815e8cedb41ffccbeb4bf593a35fe"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "aho-corasick"
+version = "0.7.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1e37cfd5e7657ada45f742d6e99ca5788580b5c529dc78faf11ece6dc702656f"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anyhow"
 version = "1.0.52"
@@ -173,6 +182,8 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "irc",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "regex",
  "serde",
  "serenity",
  "tokio",
@@ -974,6 +985,23 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "regex"
+version = "1.5.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d07a8629359eb56f1e2fb1652bb04212c072a87ba68546a04065d525673ac461"
+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "memchr",
+ "regex-syntax",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-syntax"
+version = "0.6.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f497285884f3fcff424ffc933e56d7cbca511def0c9831a7f9b5f6153e3cc89b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "remove_dir_all"
 version = "0.5.3"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index bd28cc6..09cf20d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ anyhow = "1.0.52"
 irc = "0.15"
 toml = "0.5"
 serde = "1.0"
+regex = "1.5.4"
+lazy_static = "1.4"
 
 [dependencies.tokio]
 version = "1.15.0"
@@ -18,4 +20,4 @@ features = ["full"]
 [dependencies.serenity]
 version = "0.10"
 default-features = false
-features = ["builder", "cache", "client", "gateway", "model", "utils", "native_tls_backend"]
\ No newline at end of file
+features = ["builder", "cache", "client", "gateway", "model", "utils", "native_tls_backend"]
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index f240e39..41c9af1 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ use irc::{
     proto::Command,
 };
 
+use regex::Regex;
+use lazy_static::lazy_static;
+
 use serde::Deserialize;
 
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
@@ -189,6 +192,11 @@ async fn irc_loop(
     members: Vec<Member>,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let mut avatar_cache: HashMap<String, Option<String>> = HashMap::new();
+    let mut id_cache: HashMap<String, Option<u64>> = HashMap::new();
+
+    lazy_static! {
+        static ref PING_NICK_1: Regex = Regex::new(r"^[\w+]+:").unwrap();
+    }
 
     client.identify()?;
     let mut stream = client.stream()?;
@@ -197,6 +205,31 @@ async fn irc_loop(
         print!("{}", orig_message);
         if let Command::PRIVMSG(_, ref message) = orig_message.command {
             let nickname = orig_message.source_nickname().unwrap();
+                if PING_NICK_1.is_match(message) {
+                    if let Some(mat) = PING_NICK_1.find(message) {
+                        let slice = &message[mat.start()..mat.end() - 1];
+                        if id_cache.get(slice).is_none() {
+                            let mut found = false;
+                            for member in &members {
+                                let nick = match &member.nick {
+                                    Some(s) => s.to_owned(),
+                                    None => member.user.name.clone()
+                                };
+
+                                if nick == slice {
+                                    found = true;
+                                    let id = member.user.id.0;
+                                    id_cache.insert(nickname.to_string(), Some(id));
+                                    break;
+                                }
+                            }
+
+                            if !found {
+                                id_cache.insert(nickname.to_string(), None);
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
             if let Some(ref webhook) = webhook {
                 if avatar_cache.get(nickname).is_none() {
                     let mut found = false;
@@ -218,6 +251,8 @@ async fn irc_loop(
                         avatar_cache.insert(nickname.to_string(), None); // user is not in the guild
                     }
                 }
+
+
                 webhook
                     .execute(&http, false, |w| {
                         if let Some(cached) = avatar_cache.get(nickname) {
@@ -225,15 +260,35 @@ async fn irc_loop(
                                 w.avatar_url(url);
                             }
                         }
+                        if let Some(cached) = id_cache.get(nickname) {
+                            if let &Some(id) = cached {
+                                w.content(PING_NICK_1.replace(message, format!("<@{}>", id)));
+                            } else {
+                                w.content(message);
+                            }
+                        } else {
+                            w.content(message);
+                        }
                         w.username(nickname);
-                        w.content(message);
                         w
                     })
                     .await?;
             } else {
-                channel_id
-                    .say(&http, format!("{}: {}", nickname, message))
-                    .await?;
+                if let Some(cached) = id_cache.get(nickname) {
+                    if let &Some(id) = cached {
+                        channel_id
+                            .say(&http, format!("{}: {}", nickname, PING_NICK_1.replace(message, format!("<@{}>", id))))
+                            .await?;
+                    } else {
+                        channel_id
+                            .say(&http, format!("{}: {}", nickname, message))
+                            .await?;
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    channel_id
+                        .say(&http, format!("{}: {}", nickname, message))
+                        .await?;
+                }
             }
         } else if let Command::JOIN(_, _, _) = orig_message.command {
             let nickname = orig_message.source_nickname().unwrap();