diff --git a/dist/lang.js b/dist/lang.js
index ed531a8..007adbf 100644
--- a/dist/lang.js
+++ b/dist/lang.js
@@ -47,6 +47,14 @@ var Lang;
             throw 'language id does not exist';
     }
     Lang.setLang = setLang;
+    function template(str, args) {
+        return str.replace(/{\w+}/g, str => {
+            let key = str.substring(1, str.length - 1);
+            if (key in args)
+                return args[key];
+            return key;
+        });
+    }
     /**
      * reads language json
      * @param id ex: discord.error.noActiveQueue
@@ -59,7 +67,7 @@ var Lang;
             if (key in finding) {
                 let found = finding[key];
                 if (typeof found === 'string')
-                    return found;
+                    return template(found, args);
                 finding = found;
             }
             else
diff --git a/src/lang.ts b/src/lang.ts
index c7a5282..291f902 100644
--- a/src/lang.ts
+++ b/src/lang.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,13 @@ type LangObj = { [keys:string]: LangObj | string }
 type LangObjWhold = { [langid:string]: LangObj }
 
 const LANG: LangObjWhold = {
+
     en: {
+
         main: {
             login: 'Logged in as {user}'
         },
+
         discord: {
             botRestart: 'The bot has just restarted, anybody previously in the queue has been reset',
             create: 'A queue for teams of {teamsize} has been created',
@@ -13,10 +16,13 @@ const LANG: LangObjWhold = {
             join: 'Joined the queue',
             leave: 'Left the queue'
         },
+
         error: {
+
             main: {
                 missingToken: 'Missing Discord Token, please enter the bot token into the token file'
             },
+
             discord: {
                 noQueue: 'There is not an active queue in this channel, type `/open` to create one',
                 noChannel: 'Unable to find channel {channelId} for teams of {teamsize}',
@@ -25,15 +31,20 @@ const LANG: LangObjWhold = {
                 notInQueue: 'You aren\'t in the queue',
                 notMod: 'Member is not a moderator'
             },
+
             general: {
                 noMember: 'Unable to retrieve guild member information, please try again',
                 noChannel: 'Unable to retrieve text channel information, please try again'
             },
+
             api: {
                 noUser: 'Unable to find user'
             }
+
         }
+
     }
+
 }
 
 export namespace Lang {
@@ -49,6 +60,21 @@ export namespace Lang {
             throw 'language id does not exist';
     }
 
+    function template(str: string, args: {[keys: string]: string}): string {
+
+        return str.replace(/{\w+}/g, str => {
+
+            let key = str.substring(1, str.length-1);
+
+            if (key in args)
+                return args[key];
+
+            return key;
+
+        });
+
+    }
+
     /**
      * reads language json
      * @param id ex: discord.error.noActiveQueue
@@ -67,7 +93,7 @@ export namespace Lang {
                 let found = finding[key];
 
                 if (typeof found === 'string')
-                    return found;
+                    return template(found, args);
 
                 finding = found;