diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5f22864..7f3d53f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ Synopsis:
 
 		// Add handlers to do things here!
 		// e.g. join a channel on connect.
-		c.AddHandler("connected",
+		c.AddHandler(irc.CONNECTED,
 			func(conn *irc.Conn, line *irc.Line) { conn.Join("#channel") })
 		// And a signal on disconnect
 		quit := make(chan bool)
-		c.AddHandler("disconnected",
+		c.AddHandler(irc.DISCONNECTED,
 			func(conn *irc.Conn, line *irc.Line) { quit <- true })
 
 		// Tell client to connect
diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index cb8d02f..c0b4368 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	irc "github.com/fluffle/goirc/client"
+	"bufio"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
+	irc "github.com/fluffle/goirc/client"
 	"os"
-	"bufio"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ func main() {
 	// create new IRC connection
 	c := irc.SimpleClient("GoTest", "gotest")
 	c.EnableStateTracking()
-	c.AddHandler("connected",
+	c.AddHandler(irc.CONNECTED,
 		func(conn *irc.Conn, line *irc.Line) { conn.Join(*channel) })
 
 	// Set up a handler to notify of disconnect events.
 	quit := make(chan bool)
-	c.AddHandler("disconnected",
+	c.AddHandler(irc.DISCONNECTED,
 		func(conn *irc.Conn, line *irc.Line) { quit <- true })
 
 	// set up a goroutine to read commands from stdin
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ func main() {
 			if err != nil {
 				// wha?, maybe ctrl-D...
 				close(in)
+				reallyquit = true
+				c.Quit("")
 				break
 			}
 			// no point in sending empty lines down the channel
diff --git a/client/connection.go b/client/connection.go
index 0b3f3ad..0bb9255 100644
--- a/client/connection.go
+++ b/client/connection.go
@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@ import (
 // An IRC connection is represented by this struct.
 type Conn struct {
 	// Connection Hostname and Nickname
-	Host    string
-	Me      *state.Nick
-	Network string
+	Host     string
+	Me       *state.Nick
+	Network  string
+	password string
 
 	// Replaceable function to customise the 433 handler's new nick
 	NewNick func(string) string
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ type Conn struct {
 	Flood bool
 
 	// Internal counters for flood protection
-	badness time.Duration
+	badness  time.Duration
 	lastsent time.Time
 }
 
@@ -177,14 +178,13 @@ func (conn *Conn) Connect(host string, pass ...string) error {
 		}
 	}
 	conn.Host = host
+	if len(pass) > 0 {
+		conn.password = pass[0]
+	} else {
+		conn.password = ""
+	}
 	conn.Connected = true
 	conn.postConnect()
-
-	if len(pass) > 0 {
-		conn.Pass(pass[0])
-	}
-	conn.Nick(conn.Me.Nick)
-	conn.User(conn.Me.Ident, conn.Me.Name)
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ func (conn *Conn) postConnect() {
 		go func() { <-conn.cPing }()
 	}
 	go conn.runLoop()
+	conn.ED.Dispatch(INIT, conn, &Line{})
 }
 
 // copied from http.client for great justice
@@ -319,7 +320,7 @@ func (conn *Conn) shutdown() {
 	// as calling sock.Close() will cause recv() to recieve EOF in readstring()
 	if conn.Connected {
 		conn.l.Info("irc.shutdown(): Disconnected from server.")
-		conn.ED.Dispatch("disconnected", conn, &Line{})
+		conn.ED.Dispatch(DISCONNECTED, conn, &Line{})
 		conn.Connected = false
 		conn.sock.Close()
 		conn.cSend <- true
diff --git a/client/handlers.go b/client/handlers.go
index 72a72c6..d4a3c9d 100644
--- a/client/handlers.go
+++ b/client/handlers.go
@@ -8,8 +8,15 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
+// Consts for unnamed events.
+const (
+	INIT         = "init"
+	CONNECTED    = "connected"
+	DISCONNECTED = "disconnected"
+)
+
 // An IRC handler looks like this:
-type IRCHandler func(*Conn, *Line)
+type Handler func(*Conn, *Line)
 
 // AddHandler() adds an event handler for a specific IRC command.
 //
@@ -19,14 +26,14 @@ type IRCHandler func(*Conn, *Line)
 // "PRIVMSG", "JOIN", etc. but all the numeric replies are left as ascii
 // strings of digits like "332" (mainly because I really didn't feel like
 // putting massive constant tables in).
-func (conn *Conn) AddHandler(name string, f IRCHandler) event.Handler {
+func (conn *Conn) AddHandler(name string, f Handler) event.Handler {
 	h := NewHandler(f)
 	conn.ER.AddHandler(h, name)
 	return h
 }
 
 // Wrap f in an anonymous unboxing function
-func NewHandler(f IRCHandler) event.Handler {
+func NewHandler(f Handler) event.Handler {
 	return event.NewHandler(func(ev ...interface{}) {
 		f(ev[0].(*Conn), ev[1].(*Line))
 	})
@@ -34,8 +41,10 @@ func NewHandler(f IRCHandler) event.Handler {
 
 // sets up the internal event handlers to do essential IRC protocol things
 var intHandlers map[string]event.Handler
+
 func init() {
 	intHandlers = make(map[string]event.Handler)
+	intHandlers[INIT] = NewHandler((*Conn).h_init)
 	intHandlers["001"] = NewHandler((*Conn).h_001)
 	intHandlers["433"] = NewHandler((*Conn).h_433)
 	intHandlers["CTCP"] = NewHandler((*Conn).h_CTCP)
@@ -49,6 +58,15 @@ func (conn *Conn) addIntHandlers() {
 	}
 }
 
+// Password/User/Nick broadcast on connection.
+func (conn *Conn) h_init(line *Line) {
+	if conn.password != "" {
+		conn.Pass(conn.password)
+	}
+	conn.Nick(conn.Me.Nick)
+	conn.User(conn.Me.Ident, conn.Me.Name)
+}
+
 // Basic ping/pong handler
 func (conn *Conn) h_PING(line *Line) {
 	conn.Raw("PONG :" + line.Args[0])
@@ -57,7 +75,7 @@ func (conn *Conn) h_PING(line *Line) {
 // Handler to trigger a "CONNECTED" event on receipt of numeric 001
 func (conn *Conn) h_001(line *Line) {
 	// we're connected!
-	conn.ED.Dispatch("connected", conn, line)
+	conn.ED.Dispatch(CONNECTED, conn, line)
 	// and we're being given our hostname (from the server's perspective)
 	t := line.Args[len(line.Args)-1]
 	if idx := strings.LastIndex(t, " "); idx != -1 {