diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fdebdf3..3ddf485 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
 # welcome bot
 
+bot that watches specific rooms, and will send a customizable message to those rooms when someone joins them.
+
+optionally, will send a room message (with @room in it!) to a separate notification room, i.e. to alert a group of
+people that a new member has joined one of the watched rooms.
+
diff --git a/welcome.py b/welcome.py
index 8f7f3ba..2372452 100644
--- a/welcome.py
+++ b/welcome.py
@@ -30,11 +30,10 @@ class Greeter(Plugin):
             if evt.source & SyncStream.STATE:
                 return
             else:
-                #await self.client.send_markdown(evt.room_id, self.config["message"], allow_html=True)
                 await self.client.send_notice(evt.room_id, html=self.config["message"]) 
                 if self.config["notification_room"]:
                     await self.client.send_markdown(self.config["notification_room"], f"User {evt.sender} joined \
-                            {evt.room_id}")
+                            {evt.room_id} and I want everyone in this @room to know")