diff --git a/code/modules/ext_scripts/irc.dm b/code/modules/ext_scripts/irc.dm
index 955f24400c..db01eec296 100644
--- a/code/modules/ext_scripts/irc.dm
+++ b/code/modules/ext_scripts/irc.dm
@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
 /proc/send2irc(var/channel, var/msg)
-	if(config.use_irc_bot && config.irc_bot_host)
-		for(var/IP in config.irc_bot_host)
-			spawn(0)
-				log_debug("send2irc: Sending [msg] to [channel]")
-				paranoid_sanitize(msg)
-				ext_python("ircbot_message.py", "[config.comms_password] [IP] [channel] [dbcon.Quote(msg)]")
+	if(config.use_irc_bot)
+		log_debug("send2irc: Sending [msg] to [channel]")
+		paranoid_sanitize(msg)
+		ext_python("ircbot_message.py", "[config.comms_password] [config.irc_bot_host] [channel] [dbcon.Quote(msg)]")
 	return
 
 /proc/send2mainirc(var/msg)
 	if(config.main_irc)
+		log_debug("send2mainirc: Sending [msg] to send2irc")
 		send2irc(config.main_irc, msg)
 	return
 
 /proc/send2adminirc(var/msg)
 	var/queuedmsg = "ADMIN - [msg]"
-
+	log_debug("send2adminirc: Sending [queuedmsg] to send2irc")
 	send2irc(config.admin_irc, queuedmsg)
 	return
 
diff --git a/code/modules/ext_scripts/python.dm b/code/modules/ext_scripts/python.dm
index 8f822c7193..7be3b25c92 100644
--- a/code/modules/ext_scripts/python.dm
+++ b/code/modules/ext_scripts/python.dm
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 /proc/ext_python(var/script, var/args, var/scriptsprefix = 1)
 	if(scriptsprefix) script = "scripts/" + script
-
 	if(world.system_type == MS_WINDOWS)
 		script = replacetext(script, "/", "\\")
 
 	var/command = config.python_path + " " + script + " " + args
+	log_debug("ext_python: Sending [command] to shell")
 	shell("[command]")
 	return