2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/bocelli/base.rb b/bocelli/base.rb
index bea8959..e4998c1 100644
--- a/bocelli/base.rb
+++ b/bocelli/base.rb
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ module Bocelli
       end
 
       def process(str)
-        if str =~ /\A(\S+) PRIVMSG (\S+) :?(.*)/
+        if str =~ /\A:?(\S+) PRIVMSG (\S+) :?(.*)/
           metadata = {
             user: $1,
             channel: $2,
diff --git a/example.rb b/example.rb
index cd09859..6308cce 100644
--- a/example.rb
+++ b/example.rb
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ class TestBot < Bocelli::Base
   on 'current' do
     out '%s %s' % [@bocelli[:str].inspect, @bocelli[:route].inspect]
   end
+
+  on 'user' do
+    out @bocelli[:metadata][:user]
+  end
 end
 
 TestBot.configure('chat.freenode.net', 6667, 'bocelli%03d' % rand(1000))