diff --git a/RelayNext/config.py b/RelayNext/config.py
index f4a1563..d87125f 100644
--- a/RelayNext/config.py
+++ b/RelayNext/config.py
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ try:
 except:
     # Placeholder that allows to run the plugin on a bot
     # without the i18n module
-    _ = lambda x:x
+    _ = lambda x: x
+
 
 def configure(advanced):
     # This will be called by supybot to configure this module.  advanced is
@@ -48,9 +49,17 @@ def configure(advanced):
 
 
 RelayNext = conf.registerPlugin('RelayNext')
-# This is where your configuration variables (if any) should go.  For example:
-# conf.registerGlobalValue(RelayNext, 'someConfigVariableName',
-#     registry.Boolean(False, _("""Help for someConfigVariableName.""")))
+
+conf.registerChannelValue(RelayNext, 'color',
+    registry.Boolean(True, _("""Determines whether the bot will color relayed
+    PRIVMSGs so as to make the messages easier to read.""")))
+conf.registerChannelValue(RelayNext, 'hostmasks',
+    registry.Boolean(True, _("""Determines whether the bot will relay the
+    hostmask of the person joining or parting the channel when he or she joins
+    or parts.""")))
+conf.registerChannelValue(RelayNext, 'noHighlight',
+    registry.Boolean(False, _("""Determines whether the bot should prefix nicks
+    with a hyphen (-) to prevent excess highlights (in PRIVMSGs and actions).""")))
 
 
 # vim:set shiftwidth=4 tabstop=4 expandtab textwidth=79:
diff --git a/RelayNext/plugin.py b/RelayNext/plugin.py
index 39e791a..25a6c1d 100644
--- a/RelayNext/plugin.py
+++ b/RelayNext/plugin.py
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     # Placeholder that allows to run the plugin on a bot
     # without the i18n module
-    _ = lambda x:x
+    _ = lambda x: x
+
 
 filename = conf.supybot.directories.data.dirize("RelayNext.db")
 
@@ -69,7 +70,8 @@ class RelayNext(callbacks.Plugin):
             with open(filename, 'wb') as f:
                 pickle.dump(self.db, f, 2)
         except Exception as e:
-             self.log.warning('RelayNext: Unable to write pickled database: %s', e)
+             self.log.warning('RelayNext: Unable to write pickled database: %s',
+                              e)
 
     def __init__(self, irc):
         self.__parent = super(RelayNext, self)
@@ -145,10 +147,10 @@ class RelayNext(callbacks.Plugin):
         s = ''
         nick = msg.nick
         userhost = ''
-        noHighlight = True
-        useHostmask = True
-        color = True
         channel = msg.args[0]
+        noHighlight = self.registryValue('noHighlight', channel)
+        useHostmask = self.registryValue('hostmasks', channel)
+        color = self.registryValue('color', channel)
         netname = irc.network.lower()
 
         if color: