daemon.go | 3 ++-

diff --git a/daemon.go b/daemon.go
index 833830ab1b96ea4c514388a2de020fc81e4fe646866a6a99f7fcb358561b1795..99c6b5b8ff9db0be3d6a431b0f50f79435f50da44e0f870e43ecf08a0571b0b2 100644
--- a/daemon.go
+++ b/daemon.go
@@ -167,7 +167,8 @@ 		if len(cols) == 1 || len(cols[1]) < 1 {
 			client.ReplyNotEnoughParameters("PASS")
 			return
 		}
-		client.password = &cols[1]
+		password := strings.TrimPrefix(cols[1], ":")
+		client.password = &password
 	case "NICK":
 		if len(cols) == 1 || len(cols[1]) < 1 {
 			client.ReplyParts("431", "No nickname given")