diff --git a/evennia/players/bots.py b/evennia/players/bots.py
index 688ae7535f..fd8ba3237d 100644
--- a/evennia/players/bots.py
+++ b/evennia/players/bots.py
@@ -227,6 +227,9 @@ class IRCBot(Bot):
             text (str, optional):  Command string.
 
         """
+        # Dev Test
+        text += str(kwargs) # if kwargs else ""
+
         if not self.ndb.ev_channel and self.db.ev_channel:
             # cache channel lookup
             self.ndb.ev_channel = self.db.ev_channel
diff --git a/evennia/server/portal/irc.py b/evennia/server/portal/irc.py
index 4d87f772f8..4fd6792265 100644
--- a/evennia/server/portal/irc.py
+++ b/evennia/server/portal/irc.py
@@ -203,8 +203,9 @@ class IRCBot(irc.IRCClient, Session):
             kwargs (any): Other data from protocol.
 
         """
-
-        self.sessionhandler.data_in(self, bot_data_in=text)
+        #(cmdname, ((args,), {kwargs}))
+        #("text", ("blah",), {})).
+        self.sessionhandler.data_in(self, bot_data_in=(text), test=test)
 
     def send_text(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """
diff --git a/evennia/server/sessionhandler.py b/evennia/server/sessionhandler.py
index d7896b6560..6af7e6aed1 100644
--- a/evennia/server/sessionhandler.py
+++ b/evennia/server/sessionhandler.py
@@ -736,7 +736,8 @@ class ServerSessionHandler(SessionHandler):
             sessions (Session): Session.
 
         Kwargs:
-            kwargs (any): Other data from protocol.
+            kwargs (any): Incoming data from protocol on
+                the form `{"commandname": ((args), {kwargs}),...}`
 
         """