diff --git a/client.js b/client.js
index 0554436..aae12c6 100644
--- a/client.js
+++ b/client.js
@@ -215,6 +215,17 @@ async function send(channel, text, file = null, forcemime = null){
 		channel = channel.channel;
 	}
 	
+	if(channel === -1){
+		
+		channel = 1;
+	}else{
+		
+		if(channel === 1){
+			
+			irc_client.say("#deekchat", text);
+		}
+	}
+	
 	if(file === null){
 		
 		ws.send(JSON.stringify({
@@ -585,7 +596,7 @@ function init_irc(){
 		switch(to){
 			
 			case "#deekchat":
-				send(1, "<" + from + "> " + message);
+				send(-1, "<" + from + "> " + message);
 				
 				deek.emit(
 					"message",
@@ -607,7 +618,7 @@ function init_irc(){
 		}
 	});
 	
-	irc_client.addListener("error", function(message){
+	irc_client.addListener("close", function(message){
 		
 		console.log("IRC error");
 		console.log(message);
@@ -616,10 +627,7 @@ function init_irc(){
 		irc_debounce = false;
 		//irc_client.disconnect();
 		
-		setTimeout(function(){
-			
-			init_irc();
-		}, 2000);
+		init_irc();
 	});
 }
 
@@ -673,6 +681,19 @@ deek.on("message", async function(msg, user){
 		return;
 	}
 	
+	if(
+		user.id === userid &&
+		irc_bridge_enabled &&
+		msg.channel === 1 &&
+		msg.files.length !== 0
+	){
+		
+		for(var i=0; i<msg.files.length; i++){
+			
+			irc_client.say("#deekchat", msg.files[i]);
+		}
+	}
+	
 	if(
 		user.id === userid ||
 		user.name == name
@@ -771,7 +792,21 @@ deek.on("message", async function(msg, user){
 		
 		try{
 			
-			if(tweet = link.match(/https?:\/\/(?:www\.)?(?:twitter|x)\.com\/[A-Za-z0-9_]+\/status\/([0-9]+)/i)){
+			if(reddit = link.match(/^https?:\/\/(?:old\.|www\.|m\.)?reddit\.com(\/r\/[^\/]+.*)/i)){
+				
+				//
+				// reddit embed
+				//
+				
+				reddit = reddit[1];
+				
+				var res = await fetch("https://www.reddit.com/oembed?url=" + reddit);
+				var json = await res.json();
+				
+				var title = json.title;
+				var description = "By " + json.author_name;
+				
+			}else if(tweet = link.match(/^https?:\/\/(?:www\.)?(?:twitter|x)\.com\/[A-Za-z0-9_]+\/status\/([0-9]+)/i)){
 				
 				//
 				// twitter embed
@@ -794,16 +829,31 @@ deek.on("message", async function(msg, user){
 					mimetype = ["image/jpeg", "jpeg", true];
 				}
 				
-			}else if(watch = link.match(/(?:youtube\.com\/(?:[^\/]+\/.+\/|(?:v|e(?:mbed)?)\/|.*[?&]v=)|youtu\.be\/)([^"&?\/\s]{11})/i)){
+			}else if(watch = link.match(/^https?:\/\/(?:www\.|m\.)?youtu(?:(?:\.be\/([A-z0-9_-]{11}))|be\.[a-z]+\/(?:watch.*(?:\?|&)v=|shorts\/|embed\/|e\/)([A-z0-9_-]{11}))/i)){
+				
+				//
+				// youtube embed
+				//
+				
+				if(typeof watch[1] !== "undefined"){
+					
+					watch = watch[1];
+				}else if(typeof watch[2] !== "undefined"){
+					
+					watch = watch[2];
+				}
 				
-				watch = watch[1];
 				var res = await fetch("https://youtube.com/oembed?url=/watch?v=" + watch);
 				var json = await res.json();
 				
 				var title = json.title;
 				var description = "By " + json.author_name;
 				
-			}else if(bsky = link.match(/https?:\/\/bsky\.app\/profile\/([^\/]+)\/post\/([^?]+)/)){
+			}else if(bsky = link.match(/^https?:\/\/bsky\.app\/profile\/([^\/]+)\/post\/([^?]+)/)){
+				
+				//
+				// bluesky embed
+				//
 				
 				var bsky_profile = bsky[1];
 				var bsky_post = bsky[2];
@@ -854,6 +904,10 @@ deek.on("message", async function(msg, user){
 				}
 			}else{
 				
+				//
+				// link parser fallback
+				//
+				
 				var res = await fetch(
 					link,
 					{