diff --git a/template/bash_profile.template.bash b/template/bash_profile.template.bash
index f46d71d..787a66b 100644
--- a/template/bash_profile.template.bash
+++ b/template/bash_profile.template.bash
@@ -34,5 +34,9 @@
 
 export JEKYLL_REMOTE_ROOT="user@server:/path/to/jekyll/root"
 
+# Change this to your console based IRC client of choice.
+
+export IRC_CLIENT='irssi'
+
 # Load Bash It
 source $BASH/bash_it.sh