diff --git a/bot.js b/bot.js
index 914a43c..3e990c2 100644
--- a/bot.js
+++ b/bot.js
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ client.on('message', message => {
                 // Checks for banned author's using a hard coded list of discord ids.
                 // Also rudely cleans garbage entries.
                 let banned_authors = ['143999140878090240', '517182806359801857'];
-                //if (~banned_authors.includes(message.author)) {
+                if (~banned_authors.includes(message.author.id)) {
 
                     let messageSplit = message.content.substring(2).split(' ');
                     if (messageSplit.length >= 2) {
@@ -555,9 +555,9 @@ client.on('message', message => {
                             message.channel.send('wut do i summon?');
                         }
                     }
-                //} else {
-                //    message.channel.send("You're a bad boi and a banned author, you can't summon til you learn to behave.");
-                //}
+                } else {
+                    message.channel.send("You're a bad boi and a banned author, you can't summon til you learn to behave.");
+                }
             } catch (error) {
                 //message.channel.send(error.stack);
                 //message.channel.send(error.name);