diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index ab22f3aaf..e0d85e22e 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ SSL_VERIFY_HOST=false
 SSL_ALLOW_SELF_SIGNED=true
 
 SCRAPE_IRC_USERNAME=
+SCRAPE_IRC_SERVER=
 SCRAPE_IRC_PORT=
 SCRAPE_IRC_TLS=
 SCRAPE_IRC_PASSWORD=
diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 1d7459a5c..3f72b9054 100755
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 2018-03-05 DariusIII
+	* Chg: Add irc server setting to env.example file
 	* Chg: Update ssl and irc settings handling
 	* Chg: Update config settings handling
 	* Chg: Remove last of the python requirements
diff --git a/config/irc_settings.php b/config/irc_settings.php
index e27bcf8c4..b6a05d6e5 100644
--- a/config/irc_settings.php
+++ b/config/irc_settings.php
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ return [
  * The IRC server to connect to.
  * @note If you have issues connecting=>head to https://www.synirc.net/servers and try another server.
  **********************************************************************************************************************/
-'scrape_irc_server' => 'irc.synirc.net',
+'scrape_irc_server' => env('SCRAPE_IRC_SERVER', 'irc.synirc.net'),
 
 /***********************************************************************************************************************
  * This is the port to the IRC server.