diff --git a/app/bot.py b/app/bot.py
index 21cde915..8022296c 100755
--- a/app/bot.py
+++ b/app/bot.py
@@ -48,11 +48,6 @@ async def on_ready():
         # Waiting-room in zoid's server
         channel_id = 1026281775984549958
         message_id = 1099374735428681758
-
-        # for testing, bot-testing server's channel
-        # channel_id = 932476007439552522
-        # message_id = 1114045480129806361
-
         blurb = """# Please react to this message with one of the following emojis to be granted the appropriate role(s):
 
 🚀 for Star Citizen
@@ -159,7 +154,12 @@ async def on_message(ctx):
         if ctx.guild.id not in core_utils.my_guilds:
             return
 
-        if ctx.author.id == 83012791983673344:
+        if (
+            str(ctx.author.id)
+            in requests.get("http://dale-bot-json.dragon-bot.svc.cluster.local/rules.json").json()[
+                "disallowed_users"
+            ]
+        ):
             await ctx.delete()
             return