diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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 Neofetch now has an irc channel at `#neofetch` on Freenode. If you have any questions, issues or ideas feel free to join the irc channel and I'll be happy to assist you. I know that we've already got the gitter chat but hopefully this makes things easier for those without a github account. :)
 
-[![Freenode](https://img.shields.io/badge/%23neofetch-%20on%20Freenode-brightgreen.svg)](http://irc.lc/freenode/neofetch)
+[![Freenode](https://img.shields.io/badge/%23%23neofetch-%20on%20Freenode-brightgreen.svg)](http://irc.lc/freenode/neofetch)
 
 
 ## General
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 # Neofetch
 
 [![Gitter](https://badges.gitter.im/dylanaraps/fetch.svg)](https://gitter.im/dylanaraps/fetch?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge)
-[![Freenode](https://img.shields.io/badge/%23neofetch-%20on%20Freenode-brightgreen.svg)](http://irc.lc/freenode/neofetch)
+[![Freenode](https://img.shields.io/badge/%23%23neofetch-%20on%20Freenode-brightgreen.svg)](http://irc.lc/freenode/neofetch)
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/dylanaraps/neofetch.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/dylanaraps/neofetch)
 [![MIT licensed](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg)](./LICENSE.md)
 [![Latest release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/dylanaraps/neofetch.svg)](https://github.com/dylanaraps/neofetch/releases)