diff --git a/nodes/social/91-irc.html b/nodes/social/91-irc.html
index 10f062ec9..7e0fa3cbc 100644
--- a/nodes/social/91-irc.html
+++ b/nodes/social/91-irc.html
@@ -65,12 +65,12 @@
         <label for="node-input-name"><i class="icon-tag"></i> Name</label>
         <input type="text" id="node-input-name" placeholder="Name">
     </div>
-    <div class="form-tips">Sending complete object will stringify the whole msg object before sending.</div>
+    <div class="form-tips">Sending the complete object will stringify the whole msg object before sending.</div>
 </script>
 
 <script type="text/x-red" data-help-name="irc out">
-	<p>Connects to a channel on an IRC server</p>
-	<p>If you send something with NO msg.topic it will go to the channel - otherwise it will go to the id in the <b>msg.topic</b> field.</p>
+	<p>Sends messages to a channel on an IRC server</p>
+	<p>If you send something with NO <b>msg.topic</b> it will go to the configured channel - otherwise it will go to the id in the <b>msg.topic</b> field.</p>
 	<p>You can either just send the <b>msg.payload</b>, or you can send the complete <b>msg</b> object.</p>
 </script>
 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
     </div>
     <div class="form-row">
         <label for="node-config-input-channel"><i class="icon-tasks"></i> Channel</label>
-        <input type="text" id="node-config-input-channel" placeholder="#testing1234">
+        <input type="text" id="node-config-input-channel" placeholder="#node-red">
     </div>
     <div class="form-row">
         <label for="node-config-input-nickname"><i class="icon-tasks"></i> Nickname</label>
diff --git a/nodes/social/91-irc.js b/nodes/social/91-irc.js
index 4041147dc..acc7fc974 100644
--- a/nodes/social/91-irc.js
+++ b/nodes/social/91-irc.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 var RED = require("../../red/red");
 var irc = require("irc");
+var util = require("util");
 
 // The Server Definition - this opens (and closes) the connection
 function IRCServerNode(n) {
@@ -26,13 +27,15 @@ function IRCServerNode(n) {
 	this.ircclient = new irc.Client(this.server, this.nickname, {
 		channels: [this.channel]
 	});
+	this.ircclient.addListener('error', function(message) {
+		util.log('[irc] '+ JSON.stringify(message));
+	});
 	this._close = function() {
 		this.ircclient.disconnect();
 	}
 }
 
 RED.nodes.registerType("irc-server",IRCServerNode);
-
 IRCServerNode.prototype.close = function() {
 	this._close();
 }
@@ -46,17 +49,12 @@ function IrcInNode(n) {
 	this.ircclient = this.serverConfig.ircclient;
 	var node = this;
 
-
 	this.ircclient.addListener('message', function (from, to, message) {
 		console.log(from + ' => ' + to + ': ' + message);
 		var msg = { "topic":from, "to":to, "payload":message };
 		node.send(msg);
 	});
 
-	this.ircclient.addListener('error', function(message) {
-		node.error(JSON.stringify(message));
-	});
-
 }
 RED.nodes.registerType("irc in",IrcInNode);
 
@@ -71,7 +69,7 @@ function IrcOutNode(n) {
 	var node = this;
 
 	this.on("input", function(msg) {
-		console.log(msg);
+		//console.log(msg,node.channel);
 		if (node.sendAll) {
 			node.ircclient.say(node.channel, JSON.stringify(msg));
 		}