diff --git a/irc/connection.go b/irc/connection.go
index 0990b6f..1e67081 100644
--- a/irc/connection.go
+++ b/irc/connection.go
@@ -113,7 +113,9 @@ func (conn *Conn) Connect(host string, pass string) os.Error {
 }
 
 // dispatch a nicely formatted os.Error to the error channel
-func (conn *Conn) error(s string, a ...interface{}) { conn.Err <- os.NewError(fmt.Sprintf(s, a)) }
+func (conn *Conn) error(s string, a ...interface{}) {
+	conn.Err <- os.NewError(fmt.Sprintf(s, a...))
+}
 
 // copied from http.client for great justice
 func hasPort(s string) bool { return strings.LastIndex(s, ":") > strings.LastIndex(s, "]") }