diff --git a/.docs/pterodactyl/setup.md b/.docs/pterodactyl/setup.md
index 7d5cfaf..19015dd 100644
--- a/.docs/pterodactyl/setup.md
+++ b/.docs/pterodactyl/setup.md
@@ -129,11 +129,14 @@ The cog uses a tellraw command to send messages to Minecraft from Discord. To ch
 
 Available placeholders:
 
-- `.$U` - replaced with display name
-- `.$M` - replaced with message contents
-- `.$C` - replaced with top role color (hex)
+- `.$C` - replaced with hex color of user's top colored role
+- `.$D` - replaced with user's discriminator (will usually be 0, you shouldn't use this)
+- `.$M` - replaced with message content
+- `.$N` - replaced with author's display name (or guild nickname, if set)
+- `.$I` - replaced with the author's ID
+- `.$U` - replaced with the author's username (NOT display name, you should usually use `.$N`)
 
 Default:
 ```json
-tellraw @a ["",{"text":".$U ","color":".$C"},{"text":" (DISCORD): ","color":"blue"},{"text":".$M","color":"white"}]
+tellraw @a ["",{"text":".$D ","color":".$C"},{"text":" (DISCORD): ","color":"blue"},{"text":".$M","color":"white"}]
 ```
diff --git a/pterodactyl/config.py b/pterodactyl/config.py
index 2474e0e..d377614 100644
--- a/pterodactyl/config.py
+++ b/pterodactyl/config.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def register_config(config_obj: Config) -> None:
         join_regex=r"^\[\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2} INFO\]: ([^<\n]+) joined the game$",
         leave_regex=r"^\[\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2} INFO\]: ([^<\n]+) left the game$",
         achievement_regex=r"^\[\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2} INFO\]: (.*) has (made the advancement|completed the challenge) \[(.*)\]$",
-        chat_command='tellraw @a ["",{"text":".$U ","color":".$C"},{"text":" (DISCORD): ","color":"blue"},{"text":".$M","color":"white"}]',
+        chat_command='tellraw @a ["",{"text":".$D ","color":".$C"},{"text":" (DISCORD): ","color":"blue"},{"text":".$M","color":"white"}]',
         api_endpoint="minecraft",
         chat_channel=None,
         startup_msg='Server started!',
diff --git a/pterodactyl/pterodactyl.py b/pterodactyl/pterodactyl.py
index 8bd49a6..bb8f1d5 100644
--- a/pterodactyl/pterodactyl.py
+++ b/pterodactyl/pterodactyl.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class Pterodactyl(commands.Cog):
             channel = self.bot.get_channel(await config.console_channel())
             if channel:
                 await channel.send(f"Received chat message from {message.author.id}: {message.content[:1900]}")
-            msg = json.dumps({"event": "send command", "args": [await self.get_chat_command(message.author.display_name, message.content, message.author.color)]})
+            msg = json.dumps({"event": "send command", "args": [await self.get_chat_command(message)]})
             logger.debug("Sending chat message to server:\n%s", msg)
             try:
                 await self.websocket.send(msg)
@@ -81,12 +81,15 @@ class Pterodactyl(commands.Cog):
                 self.retry_counter = 0
                 self.task = self.get_task()
 
-    async def get_chat_command(self, username: str, message: str, color: discord.Color) -> str:
+    async def get_chat_command(self, message: discord.Message) -> str:
         command: str = await config.chat_command()
         placeholders = {
-            "U": username,
-            "M": message,
-            "C": str(color)
+            "C": str(message.author.color),
+            "D": message.author.discriminator,
+            "M": message.content,
+            "N": message.author.display_name,
+            "I": str(message.author.id),
+            "U": message.author.name,
         }
         for key, value in placeholders.items():
             command = command.replace('$.' + key, value)