diff --git a/chatCommands.py b/chatCommands.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b30fc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chatCommands.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+from typing import Dict
+
+import random
+
+
+def handle_command(kwargs):
+
+    command = kwargs['message'].split()[0]
+    print(command)
+
+
+def custom_roll(character, message):
+    print('asd')
+
+
+commands: Dict = {
+    '/roll': custom_roll
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 564b91f..36dc316 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import random
 import time
+import chatCommands
 
 from flask import Flask, request
 from flask_cors import CORS
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ cors = CORS(app)
 sio = SocketIO(app, cors_allowed_origins='*')
 
 
+
 @app.route('/')
 def home():
     return {'url': '/', 'body': 'test body'}
@@ -36,6 +38,10 @@ def test(user):
 
 @sio.on('public message')
 def public_message(kwargs):
+    kwargs['message'].strip()
+    if 'message' in kwargs:
+        if kwargs['message'][0] == '/':
+            chatCommands.handle_command(kwargs)
     print(kwargs)
     sio.emit('public message', kwargs)