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 [![npm version](https://badge.fury.io/js/orbit-db.svg)](https://badge.fury.io/js/orbit-db)
 [![CircleCI Status](https://circleci.com/gh/orbitdb/orbit-db.svg?style=shield)](https://circleci.com/gh/orbitdb/orbit-db)
+[![](https://img.shields.io/badge/freenode-%23orbitdb-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=%23orbitdb)
 [![](https://img.shields.io/badge/made%20by-Protocol%20Labs-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](http://ipn.io)
 [![Project Status](https://badge.waffle.io/haadcode/orbit.svg?label=In%20Progress&title=In%20Progress)](https://waffle.io/haadcode/orbit?source=haadcode%2Forbit-db,haadcode%2Forbit-db-counterstore,haadcode%2Forbit-db-eventstore,haadcode%2Forbit-db-feedstore,haadcode%2Forbit-db-kvstore,haadcode%2Forbit-db-store,haadcode%2Fipfs-log)
 
@@ -146,9 +147,7 @@ Check out a visualization of the data flow at https://github.com/haadcode/proto2
 
 ## Contributing
 
-[![](https://img.shields.io/badge/freenode-%23ipfs-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=%23ipfs)
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-We would be happy to accept PRs! If you want to work on something, it'd be good to talk beforehand to make sure nobody else is working on it. You can reach us on IRC #ipfs on Freenode, or in the comments of the [issues section](https://github.com/orbitdb/orbit-db/issues).
+We would be happy to accept PRs! If you want to work on something, it'd be good to talk beforehand to make sure nobody else is working on it. You can reach us on IRC [#orbitdb](http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=%23orbitdb) on Freenode, or in the comments of the [issues section](https://github.com/orbitdb/orbit-db/issues).
 
 A good place to start are the issues labelled ["help wanted"](https://github.com/orbitdb/orbit-db/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22help+wanted%22+sort%3Areactions-%2B1-desc) or the project's [status board](https://waffle.io/orbitdb/orbit-db).