diff --git a/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/commands/EssentialsCommandNode.java b/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/commands/EssentialsCommandNode.java
index bad7e4ad5..be838704a 100644
--- a/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/commands/EssentialsCommandNode.java
+++ b/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/commands/EssentialsCommandNode.java
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ import org.bukkit.Server;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
 
 public abstract class EssentialsCommandNode<T> {
     private final ArrayList<EssentialsCommandNode<T>> childNodes = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -37,6 +40,10 @@ public abstract class EssentialsCommandNode<T> {
         throw new NoChargeException();
     }
 
+    protected List<EssentialsCommandNode<T>> getChildNodes() {
+        return Collections.unmodifiableList(childNodes);
+    }
+
     public abstract boolean matches(final WalkContext<T> context);
 
     public static Root<CommandSource> root(final Initializer<CommandSource> initializer) {
@@ -54,8 +61,8 @@ public abstract class EssentialsCommandNode<T> {
             this.node = node;
         }
 
-        public void literal(final String name, final Initializer<T> initializer) {
-            node.childNodes.add(new Literal<>(name, initializer));
+        public void literal(final String name, final Initializer<T> initializer, final String... aliases) {
+            node.childNodes.add(new Literal<>(name, aliases, initializer));
         }
 
         public void execute(final RunHandler<T> runHandler) {
@@ -112,6 +119,9 @@ public abstract class EssentialsCommandNode<T> {
     public static class Root<T> extends EssentialsCommandNode<T> {
         protected Root(Initializer<T> initializer) {
             super(initializer);
+            if (getChildNodes().isEmpty()) {
+                throw new RuntimeException("Root nodes must be initialised with at least one child");
+            }
         }
 
         @Override
@@ -130,14 +140,24 @@ public abstract class EssentialsCommandNode<T> {
 
     public static class Literal<T> extends EssentialsCommandNode<T> {
         private final String name;
+        private final HashSet<String> aliases;
 
-        protected Literal(String name, Initializer<T> initializer) {
+        protected Literal(String name, String[] aliases, Initializer<T> initializer) {
             super(initializer);
+            if (getChildNodes().isEmpty()) {
+                throw new RuntimeException("Literal nodes must be initialised with at least one child (node name: " + name + ")");
+            }
+
             this.name = name;
+            this.aliases = new HashSet<>();
+            this.aliases.add(name.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT));
+            for (final String alias : aliases) {
+                this.aliases.add(alias.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT));
+            }
         }
 
         public boolean matches(WalkContext<T> context) {
-            return context.args.length > 0 && context.args[0].equalsIgnoreCase(name);
+            return context.args.length > 0 && aliases.contains(context.args[0].toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT));
         }
 
         @Override
diff --git a/Essentials/src/test/java/com/earth2me/essentials/commands/EssentialsCommandNodeTest.java b/Essentials/src/test/java/com/earth2me/essentials/commands/EssentialsCommandNodeTest.java
index 392340c09..38d01ae52 100644
--- a/Essentials/src/test/java/com/earth2me/essentials/commands/EssentialsCommandNodeTest.java
+++ b/Essentials/src/test/java/com/earth2me/essentials/commands/EssentialsCommandNodeTest.java
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.function.Executable;
 import org.mockito.InOrder;
-import org.mockito.Mockito;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertDoesNotThrow;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.inOrder;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 
 class EssentialsCommandNodeTest {
     private FakeServer fakeServer;
@@ -27,21 +27,18 @@ class EssentialsCommandNodeTest {
         consoleSource = mock(CommandSource.class);
     }
 
-    @Test
-    void testNonTerminateThrow() {
-        final EssentialsCommandNode.Root<CommandSource> rootNode = EssentialsCommandNode.root(root -> {
-            root.literal("hello", hello -> {
-                hello.execute(ctx -> {
-                    if (ctx.args().length < 1) {
-                        ctx.sender().sendMessage("hello to who?");
-                    } else if (ctx.args().length < 2) {
-                        ctx.sender().sendMessage("hi there " + ctx.args()[0]);
-                    } else {
-                        ctx.sender().sendMessage("woah hi " + String.join(" and ", ctx.args()));
-                    }
-                    System.out.println(Arrays.toString(ctx.args()));
-                });
-            });
+    EssentialsCommandNode.Root<CommandSource> buildCommonTree() {
+        return EssentialsCommandNode.root(root -> {
+            root.literal("hello", hello -> hello.execute(ctx -> {
+                if (ctx.args().length < 1) {
+                    ctx.sender().sendMessage("hello to who?");
+                } else if (ctx.args().length < 2) {
+                    ctx.sender().sendMessage("hi there " + ctx.args()[0]);
+                } else {
+                    ctx.sender().sendMessage("woah hi " + String.join(" and ", ctx.args()));
+                }
+                System.out.println(Arrays.toString(ctx.args()));
+            }));
             root.literal("bye", bye -> {
                 bye.literal("forever just kidding", bye1 -> { bye1.execute(ctx -> { throw new RuntimeException("this shouldn't happen"); }); });
                 bye.literal("forever", bye2 -> bye2.execute(ctx -> ctx.sender().sendMessage(":((")));
@@ -53,8 +50,23 @@ class EssentialsCommandNodeTest {
                         ctx.sender().sendMessage("wait you can't leave");
                     }
                 });
-            });
+            }, "farewell", "tschuss");
         });
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testBuild() {
+        assertThrows(RuntimeException.class, () -> EssentialsCommandNode.root(root -> {}), "empty root");
+        assertThrows(RuntimeException.class, () -> EssentialsCommandNode.root(root -> {
+            root.literal("potato", potato -> {});
+        }), "empty literal");
+
+        assertDoesNotThrow(this::buildCommonTree, "build complete tree");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testEval() {
+        final EssentialsCommandNode.Root<CommandSource> rootNode = buildCommonTree();
 
         assertThrows(NoChargeException.class, () -> rootNode.run(fakeServer, playerSource, "test", new String[]{""}), "wrongly parsed empty arg");
         assertThrows(NoChargeException.class, () -> rootNode.run(fakeServer, playerSource, "test", new String[]{"wilkommen"}), "wrongly parsed unknown literal"); // wrongly parsed German
@@ -63,17 +75,17 @@ class EssentialsCommandNodeTest {
         Executable playerHelloOneArg = () -> rootNode.run(fakeServer, playerSource, "test", new String[]{"hello", "world"});
         Executable playerHelloManyArgs = () -> rootNode.run(fakeServer, playerSource, "test", new String[]{"hello", "jroy", "pop", "lax", "evident"});
         Executable playerBye = () -> rootNode.run(fakeServer, playerSource, "test", new String[]{"bye", "legacy", "code"});
-        Executable consoleBye = () -> rootNode.run(fakeServer, consoleSource, "test", new String[]{"bye", "player", "data"});
+        Executable consoleFarewell = () -> rootNode.run(fakeServer, consoleSource, "test", new String[]{"fAREWELL", "player", "data"});
         Executable consoleByeForeverJk = () -> rootNode.run(fakeServer, consoleSource, "test", new String[]{"bye", "forever", "just", "kidding"});
 
         assertDoesNotThrow(playerHelloNoArgs, "parsing first level no-arg command");
         assertDoesNotThrow(playerHelloOneArg, "parsing first level 1 arg command");
         assertDoesNotThrow(playerHelloManyArgs, "parsing first level multi-arg command");
         assertDoesNotThrow(playerBye);
-        assertDoesNotThrow(consoleBye);
+        assertDoesNotThrow(consoleFarewell, "parsing with literal alias");
         assertDoesNotThrow(consoleByeForeverJk);
 
-        InOrder ordered = Mockito.inOrder(playerSource, consoleSource);
+        InOrder ordered = inOrder(playerSource, consoleSource);
         ordered.verify(playerSource).sendMessage("hello to who?");
         ordered.verify(playerSource).sendMessage("hi there world");
         ordered.verify(playerSource).sendMessage("woah hi jroy and pop and lax and evident");