diff --git a/credentials.txt b/credentials.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..575c4db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/credentials.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+probotic
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/error.h b/include/error.h
index 2ee5c4b..a436e8b 100644
--- a/include/error.h
+++ b/include/error.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #define DB_ERROR 100
 #define IRC_ERROR 200
+#define CREDS_ERROR 300
 
 #define ERROR_H_
 #endif
diff --git a/include/irc.h b/include/irc.h
index 2374e6d..b8f637b 100644
--- a/include/irc.h
+++ b/include/irc.h
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 #include <libircclient.h>
 
+#include "parse.h"
+
 extern irc_session_t * session;
 extern irc_callbacks_t callbacks;
 
@@ -9,7 +11,7 @@ extern char const * channel;
 
 extern char * current_username;
 
-DELC int init(char const * username, char const * server, int port);
+DELC int init(creds_t const * creds, char const * server, int port);
 
 #define IRC_H_
 #endif
diff --git a/include/irccolors.h b/include/irccolors.h
index ccc5de4..237f376 100644
--- a/include/irccolors.h
+++ b/include/irccolors.h
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-#define IRC_COLOR_WHITE        "\x0300"
-#define IRC_COLOR_BLACK        "\x0301"
-#define IRC_COLOR_BLUE         "\x0302"
-#define IRC_COLOR_GREEN        "\x0303"
-#define IRC_COLOR_RED          "\x0304"
-#define IRC_COLOR_BROWN        "\x0305"
-#define IRC_COLOR_PURPLE       "\x0306"
-#define IRC_COLOR_ORANGE       "\x0307"
-#define IRC_COLOR_YELLOW       "\x0308"
-#define IRC_COLOR_LIGHT_GREEN  "\x0309"
-#define IRC_COLOR_TEAL         "\x0310"
-#define IRC_COLOR_LIGHT_CYAN   "\x0311"
-#define IRC_COLOR_LIGHT_BLUE   "\x0312"
-#define IRC_COLOR_PINK         "\x0313"
-#define IRC_COLOR_GREY         "\x0314"
-#define IRC_COLOR_LIGHT_GREY   "\x0315"
+#define IRC_COLOR_WHITE        "\x03\x00"
+#define IRC_COLOR_BLACK        "\x03\x01"
+#define IRC_COLOR_BLUE         "\x03\x02"
+#define IRC_COLOR_GREEN        "\x03\x03"
+#define IRC_COLOR_RED          "\x03\x04"
+#define IRC_COLOR_BROWN        "\x03\x05"
+#define IRC_COLOR_PURPLE       "\x03\x06"
+#define IRC_COLOR_ORANGE       "\x03\x07"
+#define IRC_COLOR_YELLOW       "\x03\x08"
+#define IRC_COLOR_LIGHT_GREEN  "\x03\x09"
+#define IRC_COLOR_TEAL         "\x03\x10"
+#define IRC_COLOR_LIGHT_CYAN   "\x03\x11"
+#define IRC_COLOR_LIGHT_BLUE   "\x03\x12"
+#define IRC_COLOR_PINK         "\x03\x13"
+#define IRC_COLOR_GREY         "\x03\x14"
+#define IRC_COLOR_LIGHT_GREY   "\x03\x15"
diff --git a/src/irc.c b/src/irc.c
index 463c055..0c4bb3a 100644
--- a/src/irc.c
+++ b/src/irc.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ event_channel(irc_session_t * session,
 }
 
 int
-init(char const * username, char const * server, int port)
+init(creds_t const * credentials, char const * server, int port)
 {
   if(api_init())
   { ERR(DB_ERROR, "Error initializing database."); }
@@ -123,6 +123,6 @@ init(char const * username, char const * server, int port)
   session = irc_create_session(&callbacks);
   if (!session)
   { ERR(1, "Error creating IRC session"); }
-  irc_connect(session, server, port, 0, username, username, username);
+  irc_connect(session, server, port, credentials->password, credentials->username, credentials->username, credentials->username);
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 28b274d..768abd8 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #include "irc.h"
 #include "api.h"
 
+#define CREDS_FILE "./credentials.txt"
+
 /* args: server port channel [username] - defaults to probotic */
 
 int
@@ -33,23 +35,23 @@ main(int argc,
 {
 
   /* Usage */
-  if (argc > 5 || argc < 4)
-  { ERR(1, "server port channel [username]"); }
+  if (argc != 4)
+  { ERR(1, "server port channel"); }
   /* Arguments */
-  char const * username = "probotic";
+  creds_t credentials;
   char const * server   = argv[1];
   int  const   port     = atoi(argv[2]);
   channel = argv[3];
 
-  if (argc > 4)
-  { username = argv[4]; }
+  if (parse_creds(&credentials, CREDS_FILE))
+  { ERR(CREDS_ERROR, "Cannot parse credentials"); }
 
 #ifdef NDEBUG
-  fprintf(stderr, "-- %s:%d %s %s --\n", server, port, channel, username);
+  fprintf(stderr, "-- %s:%d %s %s %s --\n", server, port, channel, credentials.username, credentials.password ? credentials.password : "NULL");
 #endif /* NDEBUG */
 
   /* initialization (1 means bad , 0 mean good > ; ) */
-  if (init(username, server, port))
+  if (init(&credentials, server, port))
   { return 1; }
   atexit(rope);
   /* We should figure out how the failure happens so we can tell the user that. */
diff --git a/src/parse.c b/src/parse.c
index 134e13b..2cf8dee 100644
--- a/src/parse.c
+++ b/src/parse.c
@@ -79,8 +79,13 @@ parse_creds(creds_t * creds,
 
   if (getline(&(creds->password), &nread, stream) < 1)
   {
-    ERRMSG("Cannot get password");
-    goto fail;
+    /* Bot credentials file with an empty password is a valid case.
+     * Considering irc_connect api the pointer to the password should be NULL in that case.
+     */
+
+    /* Theoretically it can be allocated with an empty string */
+    free(creds->password);
+    creds->password = NULL;
   }
 
   fclose(stream);