diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fada742..4f177bd 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -328,6 +328,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "slab",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "gethostname"
+version = "0.4.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0176e0459c2e4a1fe232f984bca6890e681076abb9934f6cea7c326f3fc47818"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "windows-targets 0.48.5",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "gimli"
 version = "0.28.1"
@@ -415,6 +425,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "failure",
  "futures",
+ "gethostname",
  "irc",
  "tokio",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e547ac9..5d22fa9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ edition = "2021"
 irc = "0.15.0"
 tokio = { version = "1.0.0", features = ["rt", "rt-multi-thread", "macros", "net", "time"] }
 futures = "0.3.0"
-failure = "0.1.8"
\ No newline at end of file
+failure = "0.1.8"
+gethostname = "*"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index ba53353..cdd2165 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use std::process;
 async fn main() -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
     // We can also load the Config at runtime via Config::load("path/to/config.toml")
     let config = Config {
-        nickname: Some("irc-rpc".to_owned()),
+        nickname: Some(gethostname::gethostname().to_str().unwrap().to_owned()),
         server: Some("irc.ouch.chat".to_owned()),
         channels: vec!["#testing".to_owned()],
         ..Config::default()