diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 94ada2d..08e5366 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ The bot can be configured by setting the following environment variables:
 - `REDIS_HOST`: The host for the Redis server.
 - `REDIS_PORT`: The port for the Redis server.
 - `ADMIN_ID`: The Discord ID of the admin user. This user will have the ability to reset the chat.
+- `CHAT_CHANNEL_ID`: The Discord ID of the specific channel where the bot will chat. Leave this empty to allow the bot to chat in all channels. (default is empty)
 - `BOT_NAME`: The name of the bot. This is used for the bot to recognize when it is mentioned in a message.
 - `CHAT_MAX_LENGTH`: The maximum length of the chat history to store in Redis. This is used to limit the amount of memory used by the bot.
 - `CTX`: The context length for the Ollama API. This determines how much of the chat history the bot will consider when generating a response.
diff --git a/bot.env.example b/bot.env.example
index 3a10020..37cd17f 100644
--- a/bot.env.example
+++ b/bot.env.example
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 DISCORD_TOKEN=<token>
 ADMIN_ID=209692688415457282
+CHAT_CHANNEL_ID=
 OLLAMA_HOST=ollama
 OLLAMA_PORT=11434
 OLLAMA_MODEL=llama3
 REDIS_HOST=redis
 BOT_NAME=assistant
 CHAT_MAX_LENGTH=500
-CTX=2048 
+CTX=2048 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bot.py b/bot.py
index 42875ce..8ded4bd 100644
--- a/bot.py
+++ b/bot.py
@@ -46,12 +46,13 @@ class DiscordResponse:
 
 
 class Bot:
-  def __init__(self, ollama, discord, redis, model, admin_id, bot_name, chat_max_length=500, ctx=4096):
+  def __init__(self, ollama, discord, redis, model, admin_id, chat_channel_id, bot_name, chat_max_length=500, ctx=4096):
     self.ollama = ollama
     self.discord = discord
     self.redis = redis
     self.model = model
     self.admin_id = admin_id
+    self.chat_channel_id = chat_channel_id
     self.bot_name = bot_name
     self.chat_max_length = chat_max_length
     self.ctx = ctx
@@ -106,6 +107,11 @@ class Bot:
         
     string_channel_id = str(message.channel.id)
     
+    # If CHAT_CHANNEL_ID is set, only respond in that channel.
+    if self.chat_channel_id:
+      if string_channel_id != self.chat_channel_id:
+        return
+    
     if self.discord.user == message.author:
       # don't respond to ourselves
       return
@@ -242,6 +248,7 @@ def main():
   parser.add_argument('--redis-port', default=os.getenv('REDIS_PORT', 6379), type=int)
   
   parser.add_argument('--admin-id', default=os.getenv('ADMIN_ID', ''), type=str)
+  parser.add_argument('--chat-channel-id', default=os.getenv('CHAT_CHANNEL_ID', ''), type=str)
   
   parser.add_argument('--bot-name', default=os.getenv('BOT_NAME', 'assistant'), type=str)
   parser.add_argument('--chat-max-length', default=os.getenv('CHAT_MAX_LENGTH', 500), type=int)
@@ -260,6 +267,7 @@ def main():
     redis.Redis(host=args.redis_host, port=args.redis_port, db=0, decode_responses=True),
     model=args.ollama_model,
     admin_id = args.admin_id,
+    chat_channel_id = args.chat_channel_id,
     bot_name = args.bot_name,
     chat_max_length=args.chat_max_length,
     ctx=args.ctx,