diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/IRCMessageHandler.java b/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/IRCMessageHandler.java
index 3a91056..86ef713 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/IRCMessageHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/IRCMessageHandler.java
@@ -16,12 +16,6 @@
  */
 package com.cnaude.purpleirc;
 
-import com.cnaude.purpleirc.IRCCommand;
-import com.cnaude.purpleirc.IRCCommandSender;
-import com.cnaude.purpleirc.IRCConsoleCommandSender;
-import com.cnaude.purpleirc.PurpleBot;
-import com.cnaude.purpleirc.PurpleIRC;
-import com.cnaude.purpleirc.TemplateName;
 import com.cnaude.purpleirc.Utilities.CaseInsensitiveMap;
 import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
 import java.text.Collator;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/PurpleBot.java b/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/PurpleBot.java
index a304f1f..205fad0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/PurpleBot.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/PurpleBot.java
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ public final class PurpleBot {
     public CaseInsensitiveMap<Collection<String>> muteList;
     public CaseInsensitiveMap<Collection<String>> enabledMessages;
     public CaseInsensitiveMap<String> userPrefixes;
+    public CaseInsensitiveMap<CaseInsensitiveMap<String>> firstOccurenceReplacements;    
     public String defaultCustomPrefix;
     public CaseInsensitiveMap<CaseInsensitiveMap<CaseInsensitiveMap<String>>> commandMap;
     public CaseInsensitiveMap<CaseInsensitiveMap<List<String>>> extraCommandMap;
@@ -176,6 +177,7 @@ public final class PurpleBot {
         this.extraCommandMap = new CaseInsensitiveMap<>();
         this.joinNoticeCooldownMap = new CaseInsensitiveMap<>();
         this.enabledMessages = new CaseInsensitiveMap<>();
+        this.firstOccurenceReplacements = new CaseInsensitiveMap<>();
         this.userPrefixes = new CaseInsensitiveMap<>();
         this.muteList = new CaseInsensitiveMap<>();
         this.worldList = new CaseInsensitiveMap<>();
@@ -669,6 +671,7 @@ public final class PurpleBot {
             muteList.clear();
             enabledMessages.clear();
             userPrefixes.clear();
+            firstOccurenceReplacements.clear();
             worldList.clear();
             commandMap.clear();
             extraCommandMap.clear();
@@ -682,11 +685,22 @@ public final class PurpleBot {
             for (String s : config.getStringList("custom-prefixes")) {
                 String pair[] = s.split(" ", 2);
                 if (pair.length > 0) {
-                    userPrefixes.put(pair[0], pair[1]);
-                    plugin.logDebug("CustomPrefix: " + pair[0] + " => " + pair[1]);
+                    String token = ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&', pair[1]);
+                    userPrefixes.put(pair[0], token);
+                    plugin.logDebug("CustomPrefix: " + pair[0] + " => " + token);
+                }
+            }
+            defaultCustomPrefix = ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&',config.getString("custom-prefix-default", "[IRC]"));
+            
+            for (String s : config.getStringList("replace-first-occurrences")) {
+                String pair[] = s.split(" ", 3);
+                if (pair.length > 2) {
+                    CaseInsensitiveMap rfo = new CaseInsensitiveMap<>();
+                    rfo.put(pair[1], pair[2]);
+                    firstOccurenceReplacements.put(pair[0], rfo);
+                    plugin.logDebug("ReplaceFirstOccurence: " + pair[0] + " => " + pair[1] + " => " + pair[2]);
                 }
             }
-            defaultCustomPrefix = config.getString("custom-prefix-default", "[IRC]");
 
             // build command notify recipient list            
             for (String recipient : config.getStringList("command-notify.recipients")) {
@@ -2269,6 +2283,14 @@ public final class PurpleBot {
         }
         return message;
     }
+    
+    protected String replaceFirstOccurences(String message) {
+        String newMessage = message;
+        
+        
+        
+        return newMessage;
+    }
 
     // Broadcast chat messages from IRC
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/Utilities/ChatTokenizer.java b/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/Utilities/ChatTokenizer.java
index 4b52f79..0956e83 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/Utilities/ChatTokenizer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/Utilities/ChatTokenizer.java
@@ -75,27 +75,26 @@ public class ChatTokenizer {
         if (away == null) {
             away = "";
         }
+        plugin.logDebug("customPrefix before: " + customPrefix);
         if (!ircBot.userPrefixes.isEmpty()) {
             for (String key : ircBot.userPrefixes.keySet()) {
-                plugin.logDebug("Does " + key + " match " + user.getNick() + "?");
                 if (ircBot.userPrefixes.containsKey(user.getNick())) {
-                    plugin.logDebug("YES");
+                    plugin.logDebug("Comparing [" + key + "] to [" + user.getNick() + "] MATCH!");
                     customPrefix = ircBot.userPrefixes.get(key);
                     break;
                 } else {
-                    plugin.logDebug("NO");
+                    plugin.logDebug("Comparing [" + key + "] to [" + user.getNick() + "] NOPE!");
                 }
-                plugin.logDebug("Does " + key + " match " + user.getHostmask() + "?");
                 if (ircBot.checkUserMask(user, key)) {
                     customPrefix = ircBot.userPrefixes.get(key);
-                    plugin.logDebug("YES");
+                    plugin.logDebug("Comparing [" + key + "] to [" + user.getHostmask() + "] MATCH");
                     break;
                 } else {
-                    plugin.logDebug("NO");
+                    plugin.logDebug("Comparing [" + key + "] to [" + user.getHostmask() + "] NOPE!");
                 }
             }
         }
-        plugin.logDebug("customPrefix: " + customPrefix);
+        plugin.logDebug("customPrefix after: " + customPrefix);
         return template.replace("%HOST%", host)
                 .replace("%CUSTOMPREFIX%", customPrefix)
                 .replace("%NAME%", ircNick)
diff --git a/src/main/resources/SampleBot.yml b/src/main/resources/SampleBot.yml
index 01225ca..422a99c 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/SampleBot.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/SampleBot.yml
@@ -69,10 +69,14 @@ channel-auto-join-delay: 20
 # If your irc-chat message has a %CUSTOMPREFIX% then these custom prefixes can replace them.
 # Can match either nick or hostmask
 custom-prefixes:
-- 'AwesomeNick [AwesomePrefix]'
-- '*!*sarah@example.com [Owner]'
+    - 'AwesomeNick [AwesomePrefix]'
+    - '*!*sarah@example.com [Owner]'
 # Default if no match is found
 custom-prefix-default: '[IRC]'
+# Similar to custom-prefixe above. Search and replace first occurrence of : and replace with &r:
+replace-first-occurrences:
+    - 'AwesomeNick : &r:'
+    - '*!*sarah@example.com : &r:'
 # channels - List the channels your bot will join here
 channels:
   # Channel name must be surrounded by sing quotes to be YAML compliant.