diff --git a/bot/modules/releasenotes b/bot/modules/releasenotes.js
similarity index 50%
rename from bot/modules/releasenotes
rename to bot/modules/releasenotes.js
index fab3028..63d7eb6 100644
--- a/bot/modules/releasenotes
+++ b/bot/modules/releasenotes.js
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 var request = require('request');
+let hasPerms = require('../helpers.js').hasPerms;
+
 
 exports.commands = [
 	"releasenotes" // command that is in this file, every command needs it own export as shown below
@@ -8,7 +10,8 @@ exports.commands = [
 exports.releasenotes = {
 	usage: "",
 	description: 'gets current release notes from GITHUB',
-	process: function(bot,msg){	
+	process: function(bot,msg,suffix){	
+		
 		var headers = {
 			'Content-Type': 'application/json',
 			'User-Agent':       'Super Agent/0.0.1'
@@ -26,24 +29,15 @@ exports.releasenotes = {
 				releasename = JSON.parse(body).name
 				releasedate = JSON.parse(body).published_at
 				releaseurl = JSON.parse(body).html_url
-				msg.author.send({
-	  "embed": {
-		"title": "*Download " + releasename + " here!*",
-		"description": releasemessage,
-		"url": releaseurl,
-		"color": 7976557,
-		"timestamp": releasedate,
-		"author": {
-		  "name": "Lbry-app Release Notes for " + releasename,
-		  "icon_url": "http://www.pngall.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Github-PNG-Image.png"
-		},
-			"footer": {
-		  "icon_url": "https://i.imgur.com/yWf5USu.png",
-		  "text": "Lbry-app Updated "
-		}
-	  }
-	})
+				message = {"embed": {"title": "*Download " + releasename + " here!*","description": releasemessage,"url": releaseurl,"color": 7976557,"timestamp": releasedate,"author": {"name": "Lbry-app Release Notes for " + releasename,"icon_url": "http://www.pngall.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Github-PNG-Image.png"},"footer": {"icon_url": "https://i.imgur.com/yWf5USu.png","text": "Lbry-app Updated "}}}
+				if ( hasPerms(msg) === true && suffix === "post")  {
+					var channelID = "370779899650375681"
+					bot.channels.get(channelID).send(message)
+				} else {
+				msg.channel.send(msg.author + " Release notes sent via DM")
+				msg.author.send(message)
+				}
 		})
-				
+			
     }
 }