diff --git a/discord/discordread.go b/discord/discordread.go
index 3e82e98..4c1faf0 100644
--- a/discord/discordread.go
+++ b/discord/discordread.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func (d *discord) read(tweetchannel chan<- string) {
 	}
 
 	dgsession.AddHandler(func(s *discordgo.Session, m *discordgo.MessageCreate) {
-		if m.ChannelID == d.ChannelID {
+		if m.ChannelID == d.ChannelID && m.Author.ID != s.State.User.ID {
 			tweetchannel <- m.Content
 		}
 	})
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 4057932..ce9ce85 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ func main() {
 	tweetchannel := make(chan string, 1)
 	d.BeginRead(tweetchannel)
 
+	d.Write("Tweetdistributor Started")
+
 	var outputs []output.OutputInterface
 	outputs = append(outputs, output.TwitterOutput(os.Getenv("TW_ACCESS_TOKEN"), os.Getenv("TW_ACCESS_SECRET")))
 	outputs = append(outputs, output.BlueskyOutput(os.Getenv("BSKY_IDENTIFIER"), os.Getenv("BSKY_PASSWORD")))