diff --git a/bridge/discord/discord.go b/bridge/discord/discord.go
index 66c8134c..1ae655bf 100644
--- a/bridge/discord/discord.go
+++ b/bridge/discord/discord.go
@@ -95,12 +95,10 @@ func (b *Bdiscord) Connect() error {
 	b.channelsMutex.Lock()
 	for _, guild := range guilds {
 		if guild.Name == serverName || guild.ID == serverName {
-			var chans []*discordgo.Channel
-			chans, err = b.c.GuildChannels(guild.ID)
+			b.channels, err = b.c.GuildChannels(guild.ID)
 			if err != nil {
 				break
 			}
-			b.channels = filterChannelsByType(chans, discordgo.ChannelTypeGuildText, false)
 			b.guildID = guild.ID
 			guildFound = true
 		}
diff --git a/bridge/discord/helpers.go b/bridge/discord/helpers.go
index 5bf6931d..cf12c952 100644
--- a/bridge/discord/helpers.go
+++ b/bridge/discord/helpers.go
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ func (b *Bdiscord) getGuildMemberByNick(nick string) (*discordgo.Member, error)
 }
 
 func (b *Bdiscord) getChannelID(name string) string {
+	if strings.Contains(name, "/") {
+		return b.getCategoryChannelID(name)
+	}
 	b.channelsMutex.RLock()
 	defer b.channelsMutex.RUnlock()
 
@@ -60,25 +63,70 @@ func (b *Bdiscord) getChannelID(name string) string {
 		return idcheck[1]
 	}
 	for _, channel := range b.channels {
-		if channel.Name == name {
+		if channel.Name == name && channel.Type == discordgo.ChannelTypeGuildText {
 			return channel.ID
 		}
 	}
 	return ""
 }
 
+func (b *Bdiscord) getCategoryChannelID(name string) string {
+	b.channelsMutex.RLock()
+	defer b.channelsMutex.RUnlock()
+	res := strings.Split(name, "/")
+	// shouldn't happen because function should be only called from getChannelID
+	if len(res) != 2 {
+		return ""
+	}
+	catName, chanName := res[0], res[1]
+	for _, channel := range b.channels {
+		// if we have a parentID, lookup the name of that parent (category)
+		// and if it matches return it
+		if channel.Name == chanName && channel.ParentID != "" {
+			for _, cat := range b.channels {
+				if cat.ID == channel.ParentID && cat.Name == catName {
+					return channel.ID
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
 func (b *Bdiscord) getChannelName(id string) string {
 	b.channelsMutex.RLock()
 	defer b.channelsMutex.RUnlock()
 
 	for _, channel := range b.channels {
 		if channel.ID == id {
-			return channel.Name
+			return b.getCategoryChannelName(channel.Name, channel.ParentID)
 		}
 	}
 	return ""
 }
 
+func (b *Bdiscord) getCategoryChannelName(name, parentID string) string {
+	var usesCat bool
+	// do we have a category configuration in the channel config
+	for _, c := range b.channelInfoMap {
+		if strings.Contains(c.Name, "/") {
+			usesCat = true
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	// configuration without category, return the normal channel name
+	if !usesCat {
+		return name
+	}
+	// create a category/channel response
+	for _, c := range b.channels {
+		if c.ID == parentID {
+			name = c.Name + "/" + name
+		}
+	}
+	return name
+}
+
 var (
 	// See https://discordapp.com/developers/docs/reference#message-formatting.
 	channelMentionRE = regexp.MustCompile("<#[0-9]+>")
@@ -93,8 +141,8 @@ func (b *Bdiscord) replaceChannelMentions(text string) string {
 
 		// If we don't have the channel refresh our list.
 		if channelName == "" {
-			chans, err := b.c.GuildChannels(b.guildID)
-			b.channels = filterChannelsByType(chans, discordgo.ChannelTypeGuildCategory, true)
+			var err error
+			b.channels, err = b.c.GuildChannels(b.guildID)
 			if err != nil {
 				return "#unknownchannel"
 			}
@@ -211,19 +259,3 @@ func (b *Bdiscord) webhookExecute(webhookID, token string, wait bool, data *disc
 
 	return st, nil
 }
-
-func filterChannelsByType(chans []*discordgo.Channel, t discordgo.ChannelType, filterOut bool) []*discordgo.Channel {
-	cs := []*discordgo.Channel{}
-	for _, c := range chans {
-		keep := c.Type == t
-		if filterOut {
-			keep = c.Type != t
-		}
-
-		if keep {
-			cs = append(cs, c)
-		}
-	}
-	return cs
-
-}
diff --git a/matterbridge.toml.sample b/matterbridge.toml.sample
index 2aa203db..4a50aed1 100644
--- a/matterbridge.toml.sample
+++ b/matterbridge.toml.sample
@@ -1553,6 +1553,7 @@ enable=true
     # discord    - channel (without the #)
     #            - ID:123456789 (where 123456789 is the channel ID)
     #               (https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge/issues/57)
+    #            - category/channel (without the #) if you're using discord categories to group your channels
     # telegram   - chatid (a large negative number, eg -123456789)
     #             see (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/telegram-bots-beginners-marco-frau)
     # hipchat    - id_channel (see https://www.hipchat.com/account/xmpp for the correct channel)