diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index fb72a7e..bf4fa14 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -48,15 +48,15 @@ class bird_inst():
                 try: getattr(self, "handle_"+data["type"], None)(data)
                 except Exception as e: print("hey buddy your shits fucked thought you might want to know", e)
     def handle_message(self, ctx):
-        print("btw i just got this", ctx["data"]["message"])
+        print("btw i just got this", ctx["data"]["message"]["text"])
         if ctx["name"] == self.config["deek_user"]: return
-        mesg = ctx["data"]["message"].replace("\n", " ")
+        mesg = ctx["data"]["message"]["text"].replace("\n", " ")
         chunks = list(mesg[0+i:400+i] for i in range(0, len(mesg), 400))
         for m in chunks:
             self.irc.sendraw(privmsg.build(self.config["irc_nick"], self.config["irc_chan"], ctx["name"]+": "+m).msg)
     def handle_avatar(self, ctx): pass
     def handle_files(self, ctx):
-        self.irc.sendraw(privmsg.build(self.config["irc_nick"], self.config["irc_chan"], ctx["name"]+": "+ctx["data"]["message"]).msg)
+        self.irc.sendraw(privmsg.build(self.config["irc_nick"], self.config["irc_chan"], ctx["name"]+": "+ctx["data"]["message"]["text"]).msg)
         for f in ctx["data"]["files"]:
             self.irc.sendraw(privmsg.build(self.config["irc_nick"], self.config["irc_chan"], f"({ctx['name']} uploaded file: {self.httpendpoint}/storage/files/{f['name']})").msg)
     def handle_exit(self, ctx): pass
@@ -84,4 +84,4 @@ while True:
     except Exception as e:
         print("yo ur shits broken", e)
         print(traceback.format_exc())
-        continue
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+        continue