diff --git a/myapp.pl b/myapp.pl
index d16e081..1b08c53 100755
--- a/myapp.pl
+++ b/myapp.pl
@@ -8,18 +8,18 @@
 #
 # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.	See the
 # GNU General Public License for more details.
 #
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# along with this program.	If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 use Mojolicious::Lite -signatures;
 use Mojo::JSON qw(decode_json);
 use Mojo::UserAgent;
 use Mojo::IRC;
 use Carp qw(croak);
-#use Smart::Comments;
+use Smart::Comments;
 use MIME::Base64 qw(encode_base64);
 ## no critic (prototype)
 
@@ -31,23 +31,49 @@ my $owncast_chat_closes = 60 * 5; # 5 minutes
 
 # yoinked from IRC::Utils
 use constant {
-    # cancel all formatting and colors
-    NORMAL      => "\x0f",
+	# cancel all formatting and colors
+	NORMAL		=> "\x0f", # 0
 
-    # mIRC colors
-    WHITE       => "\x0300",
-    BLUE        => "\x0302",
-    RED         => "\x0304",
-    BROWN       => "\x0305",
-    PURPLE      => "\x0306",
-    YELLOW      => "\x0308",
-    LIGHT_GREEN => "\x0309",
-    TEAL        => "\x0310",
-    PINK        => "\x0313",
+	# formatting
+	BOLD		=> "\x02", # 1
+	UNDERLINE	=> "\x1f", # 2
+	REVERSE		=> "\x16", # 3
+	ITALIC		=> "\x1d", # 4
+	FIXED		=> "\x11", # 5
+	BLINK		=> "\x06", # 6
+
+	# mIRC colors
+	WHITE		=> "\x0300", # 7
+	BLACK		=> "\x0301", # 8 
+	BLUE		=> "\x0302", # 9
+	GREEN		=> "\x0303", # 10
+	RED			=> "\x0304", # 11
+	BROWN		=> "\x0305", # 12
+	PURPLE		=> "\x0306", # 13
+	ORANGE		=> "\x0307", # 14
+	YELLOW		=> "\x0308", # 15
+	LIGHT_GREEN => "\x0309", # 16
+	TEAL		=> "\x0310", # 17
+	LIGHT_CYAN	=> "\x0311", # 18
+	LIGHT_BLUE	=> "\x0312", # 19
+	PINK		=> "\x0313", # 20
+	GREY		=> "\x0314", # 21
+	LIGHT_GREY	=> "\x0315", # 22
 };
 
+my %colors = (
+	0 => RED,
+	1 => YELLOW,
+	2 => BROWN,
+	3 => LIGHT_GREEN,
+	4 => TEAL,
+	5 => BLUE,
+	6 => PURPLE,
+	7 => PINK,
+);
+
 {
-	# OWNCAST_URL:  should not have '/' at end, eg 'http://hostname'
+	# OWNCAST_URL:	should not have '/' at end, eg 'http://hostname'
 	my $death_string = '';
 	for my $e (qw(OWNCAST_ACCESS_TOKEN OWNCAST_URL IRC_CHANNEL IRC_NICK IRC_USER IRC_SERVER))
 	{
@@ -82,6 +108,15 @@ $irc->on(irc_privmsg => sub ($self, $message) {
 		#say $name[0] . " said: " . $message->{params}[1];
 		# ACTION in owncast chat is ugly
 		$message->{params}[1] =~ s|^\x01ACTION|/me|; # ty for the \x01 hint, Irish
+
+		# strip IRC codes because owncast seems to treat it as emoji
+		for my $irc_code (NORMAL, BOLD, UNDERLINE, REVERSE, ITALIC, FIXED, BLINK)
+		{
+			$message->{params}[1] =~ s|$irc_code||g;
+		}
+		$message->{params}[1] =~ s|\x03\d?\d||g; # colors
+		$message->{params}[1] =~ s|\x03||g; # bare color code ????
+
 		send_chat_to_owncast($message->{params}[1], $name[0]);
 	}
 });
@@ -121,17 +156,6 @@ my %events = (
 	#'VISIBILITY-UPDATE' => \&visibility-update  # don't care.
 );
 
-my %colors = (
-	0 => RED,
-	1 => YELLOW,
-	2 => BROWN,
-	3 => LIGHT_GREEN,
-	4 => TEAL,
-	5 => BLUE,
-	6 => PURPLE,
-	7 => PINK,
-);
-
 # TODO: actually parse this.  it'll do for now™, I guess. (Aug 2024)
 if ($ENV{ IRC_SERVER } =~ m/:6697$/) {
 	$irc->tls({});