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@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ You will need to run `autogen.sh` to build the autotools files prior to building
 
 # tips
 
- * To report bugs in charybdis, visit us at irc.freenode.net #charybdis
+ * To report bugs in charybdis, visit us at irc.charybdis.io #charybdis
 
  * Please read doc/index.txt to get an overview of the current documentation.