diff --git a/bot.js b/bot.js
index 81c7c04..24f7335 100644
--- a/bot.js
+++ b/bot.js
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ 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)) {
 
                     let messageSplit = message.content.substring(2).split(' ');
                     if (messageSplit.length >= 2) {
@@ -521,9 +521,9 @@ 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);