diff --git a/bot.py b/bot.py
index c9afe50..510d127 100644
--- a/bot.py
+++ b/bot.py
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ botnick = "WelcomeBot"
 channel_greeters = ['shauna', 'paulproteus', 'marktraceur']
 wait_time = 60
 hello_list = [r'hello', r'hi', r'hey', r'yo', r'sup'] 
-help_list = [r'help', r'info', r'faq', r'explain yourself']
+help_list = [r'help', r'info', r'faq', r'explain yourself'] 
+registered = true # If users don't want to identify, change the value to false. 
 
 
 #########################
@@ -71,6 +72,10 @@ def join_irc(ircsock):
     ircsock.send("USER {0} {0} {0} :This is http://openhatch.org/'s greeter bot"
              ".\n".format(botnick))  # bot authentication
     ircsock.send("NICK {}\n".format(botnick))  # Assign the nick to the bot.
+    with open("password.txt", 'r') as f:
+        password = f.read()
+    if registered == true: 
+        ircsock.send("PRIVMSG {} {} {} {}".format("NickServ","IDENTIFY", botnick, password))
     ircsock.send("JOIN {} \n".format(channel)) # Joins channel
 
 # Reads the messages from the server and adds them to the Queue and prints
@@ -220,7 +225,7 @@ def wait_time_change(actor, ircmsg, ircsock):
 def pong(ircsock):
     ircsock.send("PONG :pingis\n") 
 
-
+    
 ##########################
 ### The main function. ###
 ##########################