diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index e7dcc3f..a11743c 100755
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ confArgList = ["", ""]
 
 for line in configFile:
     for letter in line:
-        if letter == ' ':
+        if letter == ':':
+            confArgList[confArgNumber] = confArgList[confArgNumber] + ":"
             confArgNumber = confArgNumber + 1
         elif letter == ',':
             confArgList.append(",")
@@ -43,12 +44,12 @@ for line in configFile:
                 confArgList[confArgNumber] = confArgList[confArgNumber] + letter
             except Exception:
                 confArgList.append(letter)
-print(confArgList)
 for word in confArgList:
     if "\n" in word:
         confArgList[confArgList.index(word)] = word.replace("\n", "")
-
-print(confArgList)
+for word in confArgList:
+    if word == "motd:":
+        motd = confArgList[confArgList.index(word) + 1]
 
 # Write the time to the history file
 historyFile = open((expanduser("~") + "/.history.mash"), "a")
@@ -56,8 +57,8 @@ historyFile.write("\n")
 historyFile.write(("Session on " + str(datetime.now())))
 historyFile.write("\n")
 
-# Welcome message. Probably going to be configurable soon enough.
-print("Welcome to Mash, " + user + "@" + socket.gethostname() + "! Mash is currently on version " + version)
+# Welcome message. Configurable with "motd: (your motd here),"
+print(motd)
 
 # Main loop.
 try: