diff --git a/config.yml.example b/config.yml.example
index 1907b09..7eca2fa 100644
--- a/config.yml.example
+++ b/config.yml.example
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ server:
     # SID - required for InspIRCd and TS6 based servers. This must be three characters long.
     # The first char must be a digit [0-9], and the remaining two chars may be letters [A-Z] or digits.
     sid: "0AL"
-    channel: "#pylink"
+    # Autojoin channels
+    channels: ["#pylink"]
 
 # Plugins to load (omit the .py extension)
 plugins:
diff --git a/proto.py b/proto.py
index 5a7a47a..fb31eae 100644
--- a/proto.py
+++ b/proto.py
@@ -80,8 +80,9 @@ def connect(irc):
                                host=host,
                                uid=uid))
     f(':%s ENDBURST' % (irc.sid))
-    _sendFromUser(irc, "JOIN {channel} {ts} +nt :,{uid}".format(sid=irc.sid,
-             ts=int(time.time()), uid=irc.pseudoclient.uid, channel=irc.serverdata['channel']))
+    for channel in irc.serverdata['channels']:
+        _sendFromUser(irc, "JOIN {channel} {ts} +nt :,{uid}".format(sid=irc.sid,
+            ts=int(time.time()), uid=irc.pseudoclient.uid, channel=channel))
 
 # :7NU PING 7NU 0AL
 def handle_ping(irc, servernumeric, command, args):