diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 688b8b7c..5875f1ff 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -56,12 +56,6 @@ SkipTLSVerify=true
 nick="matterbot"
 channel="#matterbridge"
 UseSlackCircumfix=false
-#whether to prefix messages from IRC to mattermost with the sender's nick. Useful if username overrides for incoming webhooks isn't enabled on the mattermost server
-PrefixMessagesWithNick=false
-#how to format the list of IRC nicks when displayed in mattermost. Possible options are "table" and "plain"
-NickFormatter=plain
-#how many nicks to list per row for formatters that support this
-NicksPerRow=4
 
 [mattermost]
 #url is your incoming webhook url (account settings - integrations - incoming webhooks)
@@ -76,6 +70,12 @@ showjoinpart=true #show irc users joining and parting
 token=yourtokenfrommattermost
 #disable certificate checking (selfsigned certificates)
 #SkipTLSVerify=true
+#whether to prefix messages from IRC to mattermost with the sender's nick. Useful if username overrides for incoming webhooks isn't enabled on the mattermost server
+PrefixMessagesWithNick=false
+#how to format the list of IRC nicks when displayed in mattermost. Possible options are "table" and "plain"
+NickFormatter=plain
+#how many nicks to list per row for formatters that support this
+NicksPerRow=4
 
 #multiple channel config
 #token you can find in your outgoing webhook
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 5732d051..e3fba6c9 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -8,28 +8,28 @@ import (
 
 type Config struct {
 	IRC struct {
-		UseTLS                 bool
-		SkipTLSVerify          bool
-		Server                 string
+		UseTLS            bool
+		SkipTLSVerify     bool
+		Server            string
+		Port              int
+		Nick              string
+		Password          string
+		Channel           string
+		UseSlackCircumfix bool
+	}
+	Mattermost struct {
+		URL                    string
 		Port                   int
-		Nick                   string
-		Password               string
+		ShowJoinPart           bool
+		Token                  string
+		IconURL                string
+		SkipTLSVerify          bool
+		BindAddress            string
 		Channel                string
-		UseSlackCircumfix      bool
 		PrefixMessagesWithNick bool
 		NicksPerRow            int
 		NickFormatter          string
 	}
-	Mattermost struct {
-		URL           string
-		Port          int
-		ShowJoinPart  bool
-		Token         string
-		IconURL       string
-		SkipTLSVerify bool
-		BindAddress   string
-		Channel       string
-	}
 	Token map[string]*struct {
 		IRCChannel string
 		MMChannel  string
diff --git a/matterbridge.conf.sample b/matterbridge.conf.sample
index 4caf6c86..0420a1c7 100644
--- a/matterbridge.conf.sample
+++ b/matterbridge.conf.sample
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ SkipTLSVerify=true
 nick="matterbot"
 channel="#matterbridge"
 UseSlackCircumfix=false
-PrefixMessagesWithNick=false
-NickFormatter=plain
-NicksPerRow=4
 
 [mattermost]
 url="http://yourdomain/hooks/yourhookkey"
@@ -19,6 +16,9 @@ token=yourtokenfrommattermost
 IconURL="http://youricon.png"
 #SkipTLSVerify=true
 #BindAddress="0.0.0.0"
+PrefixMessagesWithNick=false
+NickFormatter=plain
+NicksPerRow=4
 
 [general]
 GiphyAPIKey=dc6zaTOxFJmzC
diff --git a/matterbridge.go b/matterbridge.go
index d2b996a4..6638c2c1 100644
--- a/matterbridge.go
+++ b/matterbridge.go
@@ -108,11 +108,11 @@ func plainformatter (nicks string, nicksPerRow int) string {
 }
 
 func (b *Bridge) formatnicks (nicks string) string {
-	switch (b.Config.IRC.NickFormatter) {
+	switch (b.Config.Mattermost.NickFormatter) {
 	case "table":
-		return tableformatter(nicks, b.Config.IRC.NicksPerRow)
+		return tableformatter(nicks, b.Config.Mattermost.NicksPerRow)
 	default:
-		return plainformatter(nicks, b.Config.IRC.NicksPerRow)
+		return plainformatter(nicks, b.Config.Mattermost.NicksPerRow)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ func (b *Bridge) SendType(nick string, message string, channel string, mtype str
 	matterMessage.Channel = channel
 	matterMessage.UserName = nick
 	matterMessage.Type = mtype
-	if (b.Config.IRC.PrefixMessagesWithNick) {
+	if (b.Config.Mattermost.PrefixMessagesWithNick) {
 		matterMessage.Text = nick + ": " + message
 	} else {
 		matterMessage.Text = message