diff --git a/bridge/discord/discord.go b/bridge/discord/discord.go
index a4eb2bfd..e6f939e6 100644
--- a/bridge/discord/discord.go
+++ b/bridge/discord/discord.go
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ func (b *Bdiscord) Connect() error {
 	if !strings.HasPrefix(b.GetString("Token"), "Bot ") {
 		token = "Bot " + b.GetString("Token")
 	}
+	// if we have a User token, remove the `Bot` prefix
+	if strings.HasPrefix(b.GetString("Token"),"User ") {
+	   token = strings.Replace(token,"Bot ","",-1)
+	}
+	
 	b.c, err = discordgo.New(token)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err