diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 322a323..e0e0ce7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,4 +8,6 @@ venv/
 
 chatlogs/
 db.sqlite3
+db.sqlite3-shm
+db.sqlite3-wal
 config.yml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config.yml b/config.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4e9e452..0000000
--- a/config.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-botname: "ChatBot"
-excludeprefix: "!"
-filterpings: True
-usechannels: []
-trainchannels: [[]]
-corpus: ["chatterbot.english"]
-token: "TOKEN"
diff --git a/run.py b/run.py
index 52466de..e08ae70 100644
--- a/run.py
+++ b/run.py
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ async def on_ready():
         chatbot = ChatBot(config["botname"])
     global finished
     finished = True
+    print("Starting to listen to messages...")
 
 
 @bot.event
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ async def on_message(message):
     if finished:
         if message.author != bot.user:
             if message.channel.id in config["usechannels"]:
-                if message.content.startswith(config["exclutionprefix"]):
+                if message.content.startswith(config["excludeprefix"]):
                     return
                 else:
                     response = chatbot.get_response(message.content)