diff --git a/modules/users/commands.js b/modules/users/commands.js
index 8a89e97..1a96e53 100644
--- a/modules/users/commands.js
+++ b/modules/users/commands.js
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ var commands = function(dbot) {
                         } 
                     });
                 } else {
-                    event.reply(dbot.t('unknown_alias', { 'alias': newPrimary }));
+                    event.reply(dbot.t('unknown_alias', { 'alias': newPrimarj }));
                 }
             }.bind(this));
         },
@@ -94,15 +94,16 @@ var commands = function(dbot) {
 
             this.api.resolveUser(event.server, primaryUser, function(user) {
                 if(user) {
-                    this.api.resolveUser(event.server, secondaryUser, function(secondaryUser) {
+                    this.api.resolveUser(event.server, secondaryUser, function(oldUser) {
                         if(secondaryUser) {
-                            user.aliases.push(secondaryUser.primaryNick);
-                            user.aliases.concat(secondaryUser.aliases);
-                            this.db.del('users', secondaryUser.id, function(err) {
+                            user.aliases.push(oldUser.primaryNick);
+                            user.aliases.concat(oldUser.aliases);
+                            this.internalAPI.mergeChannelUsers(event.server, oldUser, primaryUser);
+                            this.db.del('users', oldUser.id, function(err) {
                                 if(!err) {
                                     this.db.save('users', user.id, user, function(err) {
                                         if(!err) {
-                                            this.updateChannels(event, secondaryUser, primaryUser);
+                                            this.internalAPI.mergeChannelUsers(event.server, secondaryUser, primaryUser);
                                             event.reply(dbot.t('merged_users', { 
                                                 'old_user': secondaryUser,
                                                 'new_user': primaryUser
@@ -116,11 +117,11 @@ var commands = function(dbot) {
                                 }
                             }.bind(this));
                         } else {
-                            event.reply(dbot.t('unprimary_error'));
+                            event.reply(dbot.t('unprimary_error', { 'nick': secondaryUser }));
                         }
                     }.bind(this));
                 } else {
-                    event.reply(dbot.t('unprimary_error'));
+                    event.reply(dbot.t('unprimary_error', { 'nick': primaryUser }));
                 }
             }.bind(this));
         }
diff --git a/modules/users/strings.json b/modules/users/strings.json
index a8f60f1..fe9f79d 100644
--- a/modules/users/strings.json
+++ b/modules/users/strings.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         "nl": "{newParent} is nu de bovenliggende gebruiker, en {newAlias} is een alias."
     },
     "unprimary_error": {
-        "en": "One of those users isn't currently recorded as a primary user.",
+        "en": "{nick} isn't recorded as a primary user.",
         "na'vi": "fo sute txin ke lu.",
         "nl": "Een van deze gebruikers is nog niet bekend als een primaire gebruiker."
     },
diff --git a/modules/users/users.js b/modules/users/users.js
index b40f937..5612521 100644
--- a/modules/users/users.js
+++ b/modules/users/users.js
@@ -67,7 +67,26 @@ var users = function(dbot) {
                     // QQ
                 }
             });
-        }.bind(this)
+        }.bind(this),
+
+        'mergeChannelUsers': function(server, oldUser, newUser) {
+            newUser.channels = _.union(oldUser.channels, newUser.channels);
+            _.each(newUser.channels, function(name) {
+                this.api.getChannel(server, name, function(channel) {
+                    if(_.include(channel.users, oldUser.id)) {
+                        channel.users = _.without(channel.users, oldUser.id);
+                    }
+                    if(!_.include(channel.users, newUser.id)) {
+                        channel.users.push(newUser.id);
+                    }
+                    this.db.save('channel_users', channel.id, channel, function(err) {
+                        if(err) {
+                            // QQ
+                        }
+                    });
+                });
+            }, this);
+        }
     };
 
     this.listener = function(event) {