diff --git a/TShockAPI/Commands.cs b/TShockAPI/Commands.cs
index f9829ee1..68f9d19c 100644
--- a/TShockAPI/Commands.cs
+++ b/TShockAPI/Commands.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ namespace TShockAPI
     public class Commands
     {
         public delegate void CommandDelegate(CommandArgs args);
+        public static Command[] commands;
 
         public struct CommandArgs
         {
@@ -24,6 +25,37 @@ namespace TShockAPI
             }
         }
 
+        public class Command
+        {
+            private string name;
+            private string permission;
+            CommandDelegate command;
+
+            public Command(string cmdName, string permissionNeeded, CommandDelegate cmd)
+            {
+                name = cmdName;
+                permission = permissionNeeded;
+                command = cmd;
+            }
+
+            public bool Run(string msg, TSPlayer ply)
+            {
+                if (!ply.group.HasPermission(permission))
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                CommandArgs args = new CommandArgs();
+                args.Message = msg;
+                args.PlayerX = (int)ply.GetPlayer().position.X;
+                args.PlayerY = (int)ply.GetPlayer().position.Y;
+                args.PlayerID = ply.GetPlayerID();
+
+                command(args);
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+
         public static void InitCommands()
         {
             TShock.admincommandList.Add("kick", new CommandDelegate(Kick));
diff --git a/TShockAPI/Group.cs b/TShockAPI/Group.cs
index fb4b6a5c..e3bb5bcf 100644
--- a/TShockAPI/Group.cs
+++ b/TShockAPI/Group.cs
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ namespace TShockAPI
 
         public virtual bool HasPermission(string permission)
         {
+            if (permission.Equals(""))
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
             if (negatedPermissions.Contains(permission))
             {
                 return false;
diff --git a/TShockAPI/TSPlayer.cs b/TShockAPI/TSPlayer.cs
index e098b04f..bef5557c 100644
--- a/TShockAPI/TSPlayer.cs
+++ b/TShockAPI/TSPlayer.cs
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ namespace TShockAPI
             return Terraria.Main.player[player];
         }
 
+        public int GetPlayerID()
+        {
+            return player;
+        }
+
         public bool IsAdmin()
         {
             if (adminSet)
diff --git a/TShockAPI/TShock.cs b/TShockAPI/TShock.cs
index ea540aba..212f5d08 100644
--- a/TShockAPI/TShock.cs
+++ b/TShockAPI/TShock.cs
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ namespace TShockAPI
 
         static TShock()
         {
-            Tools.LoadGroups();
+            //Tools.LoadGroups();
             #region Blacklisted tiles
 
             BlacklistTiles = new bool[0x80];
@@ -425,6 +425,7 @@ namespace TShockAPI
                     Tools.Kick(ply, "Not on whitelist.");
                 }
                 players[ply] = new TSPlayer(ply);
+                players[ply].group = Tools.GetGroupForIP(ip);
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
diff --git a/TShockAPI/Tools.cs b/TShockAPI/Tools.cs
index 9c79e0ec..52b31c4b 100644
--- a/TShockAPI/Tools.cs
+++ b/TShockAPI/Tools.cs
@@ -373,6 +373,7 @@ namespace TShockAPI
                         }
                     }
                 }
+                groups.Add(group);
             }
         }
 
@@ -405,6 +406,31 @@ namespace TShockAPI
             return null;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns a Group for a ip from users.txt
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="ply">string ip</param>
+        public static Group GetGroupForIP(string ip)
+        {
+            ip = GetRealIP(ip);
+
+            StreamReader sr = new StreamReader("users.txt");
+            string data = sr.ReadToEnd();
+            data = data.Replace("\r", "");
+            string[] lines = data.Split('\n');
+
+            for (int i = 0; i < lines.Length; i++)
+            {
+                string[] args = lines[i].Split(' ');
+                if (args[0].Equals(ip))
+                {
+                    return GetGroup(args[1]);
+                }
+            }
+
+            return GetGroup("default");
+        }
+
         public Tools() { }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/TShockAPI/config/groups.txt b/TShockAPI/config/groups.txt
index 26fc2642..9819f83b 100644
--- a/TShockAPI/config/groups.txt
+++ b/TShockAPI/config/groups.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #currently avaliable permissions: kick ban ignorecheatdetection
 #Do not remove the group default
 #Do not name a group SuperAdmin, that is hard-coded into the code, it grants total permissions
+#ALWAYS DECLARE A GROUP'S PARENT BEFORE YOU DECLARE THE GROUP
 default null
 admin default kick ban
 trustedadmin admin ignorecheatdetection