diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a1855e3..bf6a53f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 log
+subscribers.json
 
 # Created by https://www.gitignore.io/api/visualstudiocode,node
 
diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
index 2c22df0..c9b7e6d 100644
--- a/config.json
+++ b/config.json
@@ -4,5 +4,7 @@
     "pollingInterval": 5000,
     "numLinksToCache": 10,
     "youtubeMode": true,
-    "logRequestMessage": "!logsplease"
+    "logRequestMessage": "!logsplease",
+    "subscribeRequestMessage": "!subscribe",
+    "unsubscribeRequestMessage": "!unsubscribe"
 }
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diff --git a/feed-bot.js b/feed-bot.js
index 717357a..aba5cc5 100644
--- a/feed-bot.js
+++ b/feed-bot.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ var Url = require("url"); //for url parsing
 var Uri = require("urijs"); //for finding urls within message strings
 var Discord = require("discord.io"); //for obvious reasons
 var FeedRead = require("feed-read"); //for rss feed reading
+var JsonFile = require("jsonfile"); //reading/writing json
 
 //my imports
 var Log = require("./log.js"); //some very simple logging functions I made
@@ -48,22 +49,30 @@ var DiscordClient = {
 		intervalFunc = DiscordClient.startup; //reassign the interval function to try restart the bot every 5 sec
 	},
 	onMessage: function (user, userID, channelID, message) {
-		//check if the message is in the right channel, contains a link, and is not the latest link from the rss feed
-		if (channelID === Config.channelID && Links.messageContainsLink(message) && (message !== Links.latestFromFeedlatestFeedLink)) {
-			Log.event("Detected posted link in this message: " + message, "Discord.io");
+		if (channelID === Config.channelID) {
+			//contains a link, and is not the latest link from the rss feed
+			if (Links.messageContainsLink(message) && (message !== Links.latestFromFeedlatestFeedLink)) {
+				Log.event("Detected posted link in this message: " + message, "Discord.io");
 
-			//extract the url from the string, and cache it
-			Uri.withinString(message, function (url) {
-				Links.cache(Links.standardise(url));
-				return url;
-			});
+				//extract the url from the string, and cache it
+				Uri.withinString(message, function (url) {
+					Links.cache(Links.standardise(url));
+					return url;
+				});
+			}
+			else if (message == Config.subscribeRequestMessage) {
+				Subscriptions.subscribe(userID, user);
+			}
+			else if (message == Config.unsubscribeRequestMessage) {
+				Subscriptions.unsubscribe(userID, user);
+			}
 		}
 		else if (message == Config.logRequestMessage) {
 			DiscordClient.bot.uploadFile({
 				to: channelID,
 				file: "./log"
 			}, (err, message) => {
-				if(err) Log.error("Failed to upload log file: " + message, err);
+				if (err) Log.error("Failed to upload log file: " + message, err);
 				else Log.event("Uploaded log file for user " + user + "(" + userID + ")");
 			});
 		}
@@ -97,10 +106,14 @@ var DiscordClient = {
 		});
 	},
 	post: function (link) {
+		var tags = "";
+		for (var userID in Subscriptions.subscribers)
+			tags += "<@" + Subscriptions.subscribers[userID] + "> ";
+
 		//send a messsage containing the new feed link to our discord channel
 		DiscordClient.bot.sendMessage({
 			to: Config.channelID,
-			message: link
+			message: tags + link
 		}, function (err, message) {
 			if (err) {
 				Log.error("ERROR: Failed to send message: " + message.substring(0, 15) + "...", err);
@@ -111,6 +124,26 @@ var DiscordClient = {
 	}
 };
 
+var Subscriptions = {
+	subscribers: [],
+	parse: function () {
+		JsonFile.readFile("./subscribers.json", (err, obj) => {
+			if (err) Log.error("Unable to parse json subscribers file", err);
+			this.subscribers = obj || [];
+		});
+	},
+	subscribe: function (userID, user) {
+		this.subscribers.push(userID);
+		JsonFile.writeFile("./subscribers.json", this.subscribers, (err) => { if (err) Log.error("Unable to write subscribers to json file", err); });
+		Log.event("Subscribed user " + (user ? user + "(" + userID + ")" : userID));
+	},
+	unsubscribe: function (userID, user) {
+		this.subscribers.splice(this.subscribers.indexOf(userID));
+		JsonFile.writeFile("./subscribers.json", this.subscribers, (err) => { if (err) Log.error("Unable to write subscribers to json file", err); });
+		Log.event("Unsubscribed user " + (user ? user + "(" + userID + ")" : userID));
+	}
+};
+
 var YouTube = {
 	url: {
 		share: "http://youtu.be/",
@@ -200,6 +233,7 @@ var intervalFunc = () => { }; //do nothing by default
 
 //IIFE to kickstart the bot when the app loads
 (function () {
+	Subscriptions.parse();
 	DiscordClient.startup();
 	setInterval(() => { intervalFunc(); }, Config.pollingInterval);
 })();
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3f8879d..975aff7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     "discord.io": "^2.2.4",
     "feed-read": "0.0.1",
     "simple-file-writer": "^2.0.0",
+    "jsonfile": "^2.4.0",
     "urijs": "^1.18.2"
   }
 }