diff --git a/plugins/set.lua b/plugins/set.lua
index 12bc5d04..71c614c9 100644
--- a/plugins/set.lua
+++ b/plugins/set.lua
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ return {
   description = "Plugin for saving values. get.lua plugin is necessary to retrieve them.", 
   usage = "!set [value_name] [data]: Saves the data with the value_name name.",
   patterns = {
-   "!set ([^%s]+) (.+)$"
+   "^!set ([^%s]+) (.+)$"
   }, 
   run = run 
 }
diff --git a/plugins/topic.lua b/plugins/topic.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..636cc79d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/topic.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+
+local function run(msg, matches)
+  local text = matches[1]
+  local chat = 'chat#id'..msg.to.id
+  
+  if msg.to.type == 'chat' then
+    print('rename chat '..chat..' to '..text)
+    rename_chat(chat, text, ok_cb, false)
+  else
+    return 'This isn\'t a chat group'
+  end  
+end
+
+return {
+  description = "set channel topic",
+  usage = "!topic [whatever]: set channel topic",
+  patterns = {
+    "^!topic +(.+)$"
+  }, 
+  run = run 
+}