diff --git a/nagios-irc-bot.pl b/nagios-irc-bot.pl
index 1701105..129aeba 100755
--- a/nagios-irc-bot.pl
+++ b/nagios-irc-bot.pl
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ sub on_connect {
     # FIXME: this is broken right now.  when this is re-added, it has to happen
     # before we try to join channels.
     #print "Identifying to NickServ...\n";
-    $self->privmsg('nickserv', $viviviConf->param("irc.password"));
+    $self->privmsg('nickserv', "identify ".$viviviConf->param("irc.password"));
 #    $self->privmsg('nickserv',"VERIFY REGISTER vivivi kwvxbsmjjiam");
 
     # CONFIG: channels you want us to announce to ...