diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 22f2869..2f34aa9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,3 +35,8 @@ From there, copy the room_id to
 config.ini
 ```
 
+For the bot_user_id run the commands
+```
+myinfo = api.get_my_info()
+print(myinfo)
+```
diff --git a/config_example.ini b/config_example.ini
index 5710420..22041aa 100644
--- a/config_example.ini
+++ b/config_example.ini
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ username = <bot-username>
 password = <bot-password>
 url = https://rocket.example.de
 room_id = <room-id-of-private-room> 
+bot_user_id = <id-of-bot>
diff --git a/fdb_spider_interface.py b/fdb_spider_interface.py
index 45391d2..6390023 100644
--- a/fdb_spider_interface.py
+++ b/fdb_spider_interface.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ botname = config['Chat']['username']
 botpassword = config['Chat']['password']
 server_url = config['Chat']['URL']
 room_id = config['Chat']['room_id']
+bot_user_id = config['Chat']['bot_user_id']
 
 # here comes the functions to talk to gpt
 
@@ -31,8 +32,11 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     api = RocketChatAPI(settings={'username': botname, 'password': botpassword, 'domain': server_url})
 
-    #api.send_message('Ciao, I am the fdb-spider', room_id)
+    # api.send_message('Ciao, I am the fdb-spider', room_id)
 
+    # myinfo = api.get_my_info()
+
+    print(myinfo)
     # rooms = api.get_private_rooms()
 
     # print(rooms)
@@ -40,7 +44,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     # api.send_message('Ole', room_id)
 
     n = 0
-
+'''
     import time
     import datetime
     from datetime import timedelta
@@ -84,7 +88,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
             new_message_list = new_message.split('§%§%')
 
 
-            if new_message_list[0] != latest_message and new_message_list[1] != latest_message_id and latest_message_user_id != 'bb8EfPXrviu9yB9Ja':
+            if new_message_list[0] != latest_message and new_message_list[1] != latest_message_id and latest_message_user_id != bot_user_id:
 
                 new_message_file = open('new_message_file.txt', 'w')
                 new_message_file.write(latest_message + '§%§%' + latest_message_id)
@@ -102,3 +106,4 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
                 api.send_message('Ich bin wieder bereit für Konfigurationsinput : )', room_id)
                 time.sleep(3)
 
+'''