diff --git a/PBot/ChanOps.pm b/PBot/ChanOps.pm
index 0bb9ea76..d7ee08f8 100644
--- a/PBot/ChanOps.pm
+++ b/PBot/ChanOps.pm
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ sub initialize {
 
   $self->{op_commands} = {};
   $self->{is_opped} = {};
+  $self->{op_requested} = {};
 
   $self->{commands} = PBot::ChanOpCommands->new(pbot => $self->{pbot});
 
@@ -50,9 +51,12 @@ sub gain_ops {
   my $self = shift;
   my $channel = shift;
   
+  return if exists $self->{op_requested}->{$channel};
+  return if not exists $self->{pbot}->{channels}->{channels}->hash->{$channel} or not $self->{pbot}->{channels}->{channels}->hash->{$channel}{chanop};
+
   if(not exists $self->{is_opped}->{$channel}) {
     $self->{pbot}->{conn}->privmsg("chanserv", "op $channel");
-    $self->{is_opped}->{$channel}{timeout} = gettimeofday + $self->{pbot}->{registry}->get_value('general', 'deop_timeout'); # assume we're going to be opped
+    $self->{op_requested}->{$channel} = scalar gettimeofday;
   } else {
     $self->perform_op_commands($channel);
   }
@@ -78,7 +82,7 @@ sub perform_op_commands {
   while(my $command = shift @{ $self->{op_commands}->{$channel} }) {
     if($command =~ /^mode (.*?) (.*)/i) {
       $self->{pbot}->{conn}->mode($1, $2);
-      $self->{pbot}->{logger}->log("  executing mode $1 $2\n");
+      $self->{pbot}->{logger}->log("  executing mode [$1] [$2]\n");
     } elsif($command =~ /^kick (.*?) (.*?) (.*)/i) {
       $self->{pbot}->{conn}->kick($1, $2, $3) unless $1 =~ /\Q$botnick\E/i;
       $self->{pbot}->{logger}->log("  executing kick on $1 $2 $3\n");
@@ -145,6 +149,14 @@ sub check_opped_timeouts {
       # $self->{pbot}->{logger}->log("deop $channel in $timediff seconds\n");
     }
   }
+
+  foreach my $channel (keys %{ $self->{op_requested} }) {
+    if ($now - $self->{op_requested}->{$channel} > 60 * 5) {
+      $self->{pbot}->{logger}->log("5 minutes since OP request for $channel and no OP yet; trying again ...\n");
+      delete $self->{op_requested}->{$channel};
+      $self->gain_ops($channel);
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 1;
diff --git a/PBot/IRCHandlers.pm b/PBot/IRCHandlers.pm
index 2cb73e3e..f3cd057e 100644
--- a/PBot/IRCHandlers.pm
+++ b/PBot/IRCHandlers.pm
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use strict;
 
 use Carp();
 use Time::HiRes qw(gettimeofday);
+use Data::Dumper;
 
 sub new {
   if(ref($_[1]) eq 'HASH') {
@@ -32,8 +33,14 @@ sub initialize {
   $self->{pbot} = $pbot;
 }
 
-# IRC related subroutines
-#################################################
+sub default_handler {
+  my ($self, $conn, $event) = @_;
+
+  if ($self->{pbot}->{registry}->get_value('irc', 'log_default_handler')) {
+    my $dump = Dumper $event;
+    $self->{pbot}->{logger}->log($dump);
+  }
+}
 
 sub on_connect {
   my ($self, $conn) = @_;
@@ -58,6 +65,16 @@ sub on_init {
   $self->{pbot}->{logger}->log("*** @args\n");
 }
 
+sub on_motd {
+  my ($self, $conn, $event) = @_;
+
+  if ($self->{pbot}->{registry}->get_value('irc', 'show_motd')) {
+    my $server = $event->{from};
+    my $msg    = $event->{args}[1];
+    $self->{pbot}->{logger}->log("MOTD from $server :: $msg\n");
+  }
+}
+
 sub on_public {
   my ($self, $conn, $event) = @_;
   
@@ -145,6 +162,7 @@ sub on_mode {
       if($mode eq "+o") {
         $self->{pbot}->{logger}->log("$nick opped me in $channel\n");
         $self->{pbot}->{chanops}->{is_opped}->{$channel}{timeout} = gettimeofday + $self->{pbot}->{registry}->get_value('general', 'deop_timeout');;
+        delete $self->{pbot}->{chanops}->{op_requested}->{$channel};
         $self->{pbot}->{chanops}->perform_op_commands($channel);
       } 
       elsif($mode eq "-o") {
@@ -159,8 +177,10 @@ sub on_mode {
     else {  # bot not targeted
       if($mode eq "+b") {
         if($nick eq "ChanServ") {
-          $self->{pbot}->{chanops}->{unban_timeout}->hash->{$channel}->{$target}{timeout} = gettimeofday + $self->{pbot}->{registry}->get_value('bantracker', 'chanserv_ban_timeout');
-          $self->{pbot}->{chanops}->{unban_timeout}->save;
+          if (exists $self->{pbot}->{channels}->{channels}->hash->{$channel} and $self->{pbot}->{channels}->{channels}->hash->{$channel}{chanop}) {
+            $self->{pbot}->{chanops}->{unban_timeout}->hash->{$channel}->{$target}{timeout} = gettimeofday + $self->{pbot}->{registry}->get_value('bantracker', 'chanserv_ban_timeout');
+            $self->{pbot}->{chanops}->{unban_timeout}->save;
+          }
         }
       } 
       elsif($mode eq "+e" && $channel eq $self->{pbot}->{registry}->get_value('irc', 'botnick')) {
diff --git a/PBot/PBot.pm b/PBot/PBot.pm
index 69cf36fe..11701d91 100644
--- a/PBot/PBot.pm
+++ b/PBot/PBot.pm
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ sub initialize {
   $self->{registry}->add_default('text', 'general', 'trigger',     delete $conf{trigger}     // '!');
 
   $self->{registry}->add_default('text', 'irc',     'debug',       delete $conf{irc_debug}   // 0);
+  $self->{registry}->add_default('text', 'irc',     'show_motd',   delete $conf{show_motd}   // 1);
   $self->{registry}->add_default('text', 'irc',     'max_msg_len', delete $conf{max_msg_len} // 425);
   $self->{registry}->add_default('text', 'irc',     'ircserver',   delete $conf{ircserver}   // "irc.freenode.net");
   $self->{registry}->add_default('text', 'irc',     'port',        delete $conf{port}        // 6667);
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ sub initialize {
   $self->{registry}->add_default('text', 'irc',     'username',    delete $conf{username}    // "pbot3");
   $self->{registry}->add_default('text', 'irc',     'ircname',     delete $conf{ircname}     // "http://code.google.com/p/pbot2-pl/");
   $self->{registry}->add_default('text', 'irc',     'identify_password', delete $conf{identify_password} // 'none');
+  $self->{registry}->add_default('text', 'irc',     'log_default_handler', 1);
   
   $self->{registry}->set('irc', 'SSL_ca_file',       'private', 1);
   $self->{registry}->set('irc', 'SSL_ca_path',       'private', 1);
@@ -167,10 +169,13 @@ sub connect {
 
   $self->{connected} = 1;
 
-  #set up default handlers for the IRC engine
+  #set up handlers for the IRC engine
+  $self->{conn}->add_default_handler(sub { $self->{irchandlers}->default_handler(@_) }, 1);
+
   $self->{conn}->add_handler([ 251,252,253,254,302,255 ], sub { $self->{irchandlers}->on_init(@_)         });
   $self->{conn}->add_handler(376                        , sub { $self->{irchandlers}->on_connect(@_)      });
   $self->{conn}->add_handler('disconnect'               , sub { $self->{irchandlers}->on_disconnect(@_)   });
+  $self->{conn}->add_handler('motd'                     , sub { $self->{irchandlers}->on_motd(@_)         });
   $self->{conn}->add_handler('notice'                   , sub { $self->{irchandlers}->on_notice(@_)       });
   $self->{conn}->add_handler('caction'                  , sub { $self->{irchandlers}->on_action(@_)       });
   $self->{conn}->add_handler('public'                   , sub { $self->{irchandlers}->on_public(@_)       });
@@ -188,6 +193,17 @@ sub connect {
   $self->{conn}->add_handler(728                        , sub { $self->{bantracker}->on_quietlist_entry(@_) });
   $self->{conn}->add_handler('bannickchange'            , sub { $self->{irchandlers}->on_bannickchange(@_) });
   $self->{conn}->add_handler('notregistered'            , sub { $self->{irchandlers}->on_notregistered(@_) });
+
+  # ignore these events
+  $self->{conn}->add_handler(['whoisuser', 
+                              'whoisserver', 
+                              'whoiscountry', 
+                              'whoischannels',
+                              'whoisidle',
+                              'endofwhois', 
+                              'motdstart',
+                              'away',
+                              'endofbanlist'], sub {});
 }
 
 #main loop
diff --git a/PBot/VERSION.pm b/PBot/VERSION.pm
index 7629e68d..b39db095 100644
--- a/PBot/VERSION.pm
+++ b/PBot/VERSION.pm
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use warnings;
 # These are set automatically by the build/commit script
 use constant {
   BUILD_NAME     => "PBot",
-  BUILD_REVISION => 774,
+  BUILD_REVISION => 775,
   BUILD_DATE     => "2014-08-11",
 };