diff --git a/plugins/plugin_ircclient.cpp b/plugins/plugin_ircclient.cpp
index c50d9a2..9f80ff4 100644
--- a/plugins/plugin_ircclient.cpp
+++ b/plugins/plugin_ircclient.cpp
@@ -63,9 +63,7 @@ SOLANA_PLUGIN_EXPORT void solana_plugin_stop(void) {
 }
 
 SOLANA_PLUGIN_EXPORT float solana_plugin_tick(float delta) {
-	g_ircc->iterate(delta); // TODO: return interval, respect dcc etc
-
-	return 1.f; // expect atleast once per sec
+	return g_ircc->iterate(delta);
 }
 
 } // extern C
diff --git a/src/solanaceae/ircclient/ircclient.cpp b/src/solanaceae/ircclient/ircclient.cpp
index 7b7eae7..3995fae 100644
--- a/src/solanaceae/ircclient/ircclient.cpp
+++ b/src/solanaceae/ircclient/ircclient.cpp
@@ -167,6 +167,10 @@ const std::string_view IRCClient1::getServerName(void) const {
 	return _server_name;
 }
 
+void IRCClient1::join(std::string_view channel) {
+	assert(false && "implement me");
+}
+
 void IRCClient1::connectSession(void) {
 	_try_connecting_state = true;
 	_try_connecting_cooldown = 20.f;
diff --git a/src/solanaceae/ircclient/ircclient.hpp b/src/solanaceae/ircclient/ircclient.hpp
index afcfc23..72fe26e 100644
--- a/src/solanaceae/ircclient/ircclient.hpp
+++ b/src/solanaceae/ircclient/ircclient.hpp
@@ -207,12 +207,14 @@ class IRCClient1 : public IRCClientEventProviderI {
 
 		template<IRCClient_Event event_type_enum, typename EventType>
 		static void on_event_generic_new(irc_session_t* session, const char* event, const char* origin, const char** params, unsigned int count) {
+			assert(session != nullptr);
+
 			std::vector<std::string_view> params_view;
 			for (size_t i = 0; i < count; i++) {
 				params_view.push_back(params[i]);
 			}
 
-			std::cout << "IRC: event " << event << " " << origin << "\n";
+			std::cout << "IRC: event '" << (event?event:"<nullptr>") << "' o:" << (origin?origin:"<nullptr>") << "\n";
 
 #if 0
 			if (std::string_view{event} == "ACTION") {
@@ -228,7 +230,8 @@ class IRCClient1 : public IRCClientEventProviderI {
 			auto* ircc = static_cast<IRCClient1*>(irc_get_ctx(session));
 			assert(ircc != nullptr);
 
-			ircc->dispatch(event_type_enum, EventType{origin, params_view});
+			// hack if origin is null
+			ircc->dispatch(event_type_enum, EventType{origin?origin:"<nullptr>", params_view});
 			ircc->_event_fired = true;
 		}
 };