diff --git a/src/main_chat_gateway.rs b/src/main_chat_gateway.rs
index deb601cd2f..99ac10c7bc 100644
--- a/src/main_chat_gateway.rs
+++ b/src/main_chat_gateway.rs
@@ -27,28 +27,6 @@ use crate::twitch_client::TwitchClient;
 use crate::secrets::Secrets;
 use crate::redis_client::RedisClient;
 
-async fn connect(user_config: &UserConfig, channels: &[String]) -> anyhow::Result<AsyncRunner> {
-  let connector = connector::tokio::Connector::twitch()?;
-
-  println!("Connecting...");
-  let mut runner = AsyncRunner::connect(connector, user_config).await?;
-
-  println!("Connected.");
-
-  println!("Our Twitch identity: {:#?}", runner.identity);
-
-  for channel in channels {
-    // the runner itself has 'blocking' join/part to ensure you join/leave a channel.
-    // these two methods return whether the connection was closed early.
-    // we'll ignore it for this demo
-    println!("attempting to join '{}'", channel);
-    let _ = runner.join(&channel).await?;
-    println!("joined '{}'!", channel);
-  }
-
-  Ok(runner)
-}
-
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
   let secrets = Secrets::from_file("secrets.toml")?;
@@ -72,92 +50,3 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 
   Ok(())
 }
-
-pub async fn main_loop(mut runner: AsyncRunner, secrets: &Secrets) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-  println!("Connect to redis: {}", secrets.redis.connection_url());
-  let client = redis::Client::open(secrets.redis.connection_url())?;
-  let mut connection = client.get_async_connection().await?;
-
-  //let mut con = client.get_connection()?;
-  //let mut pubsub = con.as_pubsub();
-
-  loop {
-    match runner.next_message().await? {
-      // this is the parsed message -- across all channels (and notifications from Twitch)
-      Status::Message(msg) => {
-        println!("Handle message time!");
-        handle_message(msg , &mut connection ).await;
-      }
-
-      // you signaled a quit
-      Status::Quit => {
-        println!("we signaled we wanted to quit");
-        break;
-      }
-      // the connection closed normally
-      Status::Eof => {
-        println!("we got a 'normal' eof");
-        break;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  Ok(())
-}
-
-
-// Oh my god I'm lazy
-// https://stackoverflow.com/a/41517340
-fn split_once(in_string: &str) -> AnyhowResult<(&str, &str)> {
-  let mut splitter = in_string.splitn(2, ' ');
-  let first = splitter.next().ok_or(anyhow!("no match"))?;
-  let second = splitter.next().ok_or(anyhow!("no match"))?;
-  Ok((first, second))
-}
-
-// you can generally ignore the lifetime for these types.
-async fn handle_message(msg: messages::Commands<'_> , connection: &mut Connection  ) {
-  use messages::Commands::*;
-  // All sorts of messages
-  match msg {
-    // This is the one users send to channels
-    Privmsg(msg) => {
-      println!("[{}] {}: {}", msg.channel(), msg.name(), msg.data());
-
-      if let Ok((command, message)) = split_once(msg.data()) {
-        println!("Command: {} message: {}", command, message);
-
-        let result : RedisResult<u32> = connection.publish(command, message).await;
-        result.expect("Should work");
-      }
-    },
-
-    // This one is special, if twitch adds any new message
-    // types, this will catch it until future releases of
-    // this crate add them.
-    Raw(_) => {}
-
-    // These happen when you initially connect
-    IrcReady(_) => {}
-    Ready(_) => {}
-    Cap(_) => {}
-
-    // and a bunch of other messages you may be interested in
-    ClearChat(_) => {}
-    ClearMsg(_) => {}
-    GlobalUserState(_) => {}
-    HostTarget(_) => {}
-    Join(_) => {}
-    Notice(_) => {}
-    Part(_) => {}
-    Ping(_) => {}
-    Pong(_) => {}
-    Reconnect(_) => {}
-    RoomState(_) => {}
-    UserNotice(_) => {}
-    UserState(_) => {}
-    Whisper(_) => {}
-
-    _ => {}
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/twitch_client.rs b/src/twitch_client.rs
index 823b7e4e34..f2e2e253cc 100644
--- a/src/twitch_client.rs
+++ b/src/twitch_client.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-use crate::secrets::TwitchSecrets;
+use anyhow::anyhow;
 use twitchchat::{AsyncRunner, Status};
 use twitchchat::messages::Commands::*;
 use std::thread;
 use std::time::Duration;
+
+use crate::secrets::TwitchSecrets;
 use crate::AnyhowResult;
 use crate::redis_client::RedisClient;
 
@@ -86,7 +88,14 @@ impl TwitchClient {
       // This is the one users send to channels
       Privmsg(msg) => {
         println!("[{}] {}: {}", msg.channel(), msg.name(), msg.data());
-        let _r = self.redis_client.publish("foo", "bar").await;
+
+        if let Ok((command, remaining_message)) = split_once(msg.data()) {
+          let channel = command.to_lowercase();
+          let username = msg.name().trim();
+          let command_payload= format!("{}|{}", username, remaining_message); // Payload: USERNAME|DATA
+          println!("Publish: {} - {}", channel, command_payload);
+          let _r = self.redis_client.publish(&channel, &command_payload).await;
+        }
       },
 
       // This one is special, if twitch adds any new message
@@ -118,3 +127,12 @@ impl TwitchClient {
     }
   }
 }
+
+// Oh my god I'm lazy
+// https://stackoverflow.com/a/41517340
+fn split_once(in_string: &str) -> AnyhowResult<(&str, &str)> {
+  let mut splitter = in_string.trim().splitn(2, ' ');
+  let first = splitter.next().ok_or(anyhow!("no match"))?;
+  let second = splitter.next().ok_or(anyhow!("no match"))?;
+  Ok((first, second))
+}