diff --git a/modules/channel_op.py b/modules/channel_op.py
index b9d8a715..a7070ba1 100644
--- a/modules/channel_op.py
+++ b/modules/channel_op.py
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ class Module(ModuleManager.BaseModule):
         else:
             raise UserNotFoundException("That user is not in this channel")
 
-    @utils.hook("received.command.kick|k", channel_only=True, min_args=1)
+    @utils.hook("received.command.k", alias_of="kick")
+    @utils.hook("received.command.kick", channel_only=True, min_args=1)
     def kick(self, event):
         """
         :help: Kick a user from the current channel
@@ -103,7 +104,9 @@ class Module(ModuleManager.BaseModule):
         self.bot.timers.add_persistent("unban", timeout,
             server_id=event["server"].id,
             channel_name=event["target"].name, hostmask=hostmask)
-    @utils.hook("received.command.tempban|tb", channel_only=True, min_args=2)
+
+    @utils.hook("received.command.tb", alias_of="tempban")
+    @utils.hook("received.command.tempban", channel_only=True, min_args=2)
     def temp_ban(self, event):
         """
         :help: Temporarily ban someone from the current channel
@@ -115,7 +118,9 @@ class Module(ModuleManager.BaseModule):
             self._temp_ban(event, True)
         except InvalidTimeoutException as e:
             event["stderr"].write(str(e))
-    @utils.hook("received.command.tempkickban|tkb", channel_only=True,
+
+    @utils.hook("received.command.tkb", alias_of="tempkickban")
+    @utils.hook("received.command.tempkickban", channel_only=True,
         min_args=2)
     def temp_kick_ban(self, event):
         """
@@ -144,7 +149,8 @@ class Module(ModuleManager.BaseModule):
         self._ban(event["server"], event["target"], False,
             event["args_split"][0])
 
-    @utils.hook("received.command.kickban|kb", channel_only=True, min_args=1)
+    @utils.hook("received.command.kb", alias_of="kickban")
+    @utils.hook("received.command.kickban", channel_only=True, min_args=1)
     def kickban(self, event):
         """
         :help: Kick and ban a user from the current channel
diff --git a/modules/commands.py b/modules/commands.py
index 8eb0b96b..0f22c2d8 100644
--- a/modules/commands.py
+++ b/modules/commands.py
@@ -112,6 +112,13 @@ class Module(ModuleManager.BaseModule):
                 return
 
             hook = self.get_hook(command)
+            alias_of = self._get_alias_of(hook)
+            if alias_of:
+                if self.has_command(alias_of):
+                    hook = self.get_hook(alias_of)
+                else:
+                    raise ValueError("'%s' is an alias of unknown command '%s'"
+                        % (command.lower(), alias_of.lower()))
             is_channel = False
 
             if "channel" in event:
@@ -197,6 +204,8 @@ class Module(ModuleManager.BaseModule):
         return hook.get_kwarg("usage", None)
     def _get_prefix(self, hook):
         return hook.get_kwarg("prefix", None)
+    def _get_alias_of(self, hook):
+        return hook.get_kwarg("alias_of", None)
 
     @utils.hook("received.command.help")
     def help(self, event):
@@ -222,8 +231,10 @@ class Module(ModuleManager.BaseModule):
             for child in self.events.on("received.command").get_children():
                 hooks = self.events.on("received.command").on(child).get_hooks()
 
-                if hooks and self._get_help(hooks[0]):
+                if hooks and self._get_help(hooks[0]
+                        ) and not self._get_alias_of(hooks[0]):
                     help_available.append(child)
+
             help_available = sorted(help_available)
             event["stdout"].write("Commands: %s" % ", ".join(help_available))
 
diff --git a/modules/google.py b/modules/google.py
index ebbc7461..076ba752 100644
--- a/modules/google.py
+++ b/modules/google.py
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ URL_GOOGLESEARCH = "https://www.googleapis.com/customsearch/v1"
 URL_GOOGLESUGGEST = "http://google.com/complete/search"
 
 class Module(ModuleManager.BaseModule):
-    @utils.hook("received.command.google|g")
+    @utils.hook("received.command.g", alias_of="google")
+    @utils.hook("received.command.google")
     def google(self, event):
         """
         :help: Get first Google result for a given search term
diff --git a/modules/lastfm.py b/modules/lastfm.py
index 31cf1cfd..e67c6af1 100644
--- a/modules/lastfm.py
+++ b/modules/lastfm.py
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ URL_SCROBBLER = "http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/"
 class Module(ModuleManager.BaseModule):
     _name = "last.fm"
 
-    @utils.hook("received.command.np|listening|nowplaying")
+    @utils.hook("received.command.np", alias_of="nowplaying")
+    @utils.hook("received.command.listening", alias_of="nowplaying")
+    @utils.hook("received.command.nowplaying")
     def np(self, event):
         """
         :help: Get the last listened to track from a user
diff --git a/modules/quotes.py b/modules/quotes.py
index 8ee1f561..ab3e4d18 100644
--- a/modules/quotes.py
+++ b/modules/quotes.py
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ class Module(ModuleManager.BaseModule):
             return [part.strip() for part in s.split("=", 1)]
         return None, None
 
-    @utils.hook("received.command.quoteadd|qadd", min_args=1)
+    @utils.hook("received.command.qadd", alias_of="quoteadd")
+    @utils.hook("received.command.quoteadd", min_args=1)
     def quote_add(self, event):
         """
         :help: Add a quote to a category
@@ -23,7 +24,8 @@ class Module(ModuleManager.BaseModule):
         else:
             event["stderr"].write("Please provide a category AND quote")
 
-    @utils.hook("received.command.quoteget|qget", min_args=1)
+    @utils.hook("received.command.qget", alias_of="quoteget")
+    @utils.hook("received.command.quoteget", min_args=1)
     def quote_get(self, event):
         """
         :help: Get a quote from a ccategory
@@ -46,7 +48,8 @@ class Module(ModuleManager.BaseModule):
             event["stderr"].write("Please provide a category and a "
                 "part of a quote to find")
 
-    @utils.hook("received.command.quotedel|qdel", min_args=1)
+    @utils.hook("received.command.qdel", alias_of="quotedel")
+    @utils.hook("received.command.quotedel", min_args=1)
     def quote_del(self, event):
         """
         :help: Delete a quote from a category
@@ -71,7 +74,8 @@ class Module(ModuleManager.BaseModule):
             event["stderr"].write("Please provide a category and a quote "
                 "to remove")
 
-    @utils.hook("received.command.quote|q", min_args=1)
+    @utils.hook("received.command.q", alias_of="quote")
+    @utils.hook("received.command.quote", min_args=1)
     def quote(self, event):
         """
         :help: Get a random quote from a category
diff --git a/modules/random_number.py b/modules/random_number.py
index eb0662ed..797b2fb4 100644
--- a/modules/random_number.py
+++ b/modules/random_number.py
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ from src import ModuleManager, utils
 class Module(ModuleManager.BaseModule):
     _name = "Random"
 
-    @utils.hook("received.command.random|rand")
+    @utils.hook("received.command.rand", alias_of="random")
+    @utils.hook("received.command.random")
     def random(self, event):
         """
         :help: Get a random number
diff --git a/modules/soundcloud.py b/modules/soundcloud.py
index 3737d223..fd7300c3 100644
--- a/modules/soundcloud.py
+++ b/modules/soundcloud.py
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ REGEX_SOUNDCLOUD = "https?://soundcloud.com/([^/]+)/([^/]+)"
 class Module(ModuleManager.BaseModule):
     _name = "SoundCloud"
 
-    @utils.hook("received.command.soundcloud|sc")
+    @utils.hook("received.command.sc", alias_of="soundcloud")
+    @utils.hook("received.command.soundcloud")
     def soundcloud(self, event):
         """
         :help: Search SoundCloud
diff --git a/modules/title.py b/modules/title.py
index 34b539d1..098d28e3 100644
--- a/modules/title.py
+++ b/modules/title.py
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ from src import ModuleManager, utils
 REGEX_URL = re.compile("https?://\S+", re.I)
 
 class Module(ModuleManager.BaseModule):
-    @utils.hook("received.command.title|t", usage="[URL]")
+    @utils.hook("received.command.t", alias_of="title")
+    @utils.hook("received.command.title", usage="[URL]")
     def title(self, event):
         """
         :help: Get the title of a URL
diff --git a/modules/trakt.py b/modules/trakt.py
index 4d125c54..8adc3cc4 100644
--- a/modules/trakt.py
+++ b/modules/trakt.py
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ URL_TRAKTSLUG = "https://trakt.tv/%s/%s"
 
 @utils.export("set", {"setting": "trakt", "help": "Set username on trakt.tv"})
 class Module(ModuleManager.BaseModule):
-    @utils.hook("received.command.nowwatching|nw")
+    @utils.hook("received.command.nw", alias_of="nowwatching")
+    @utils.hook("received.command.nowwatching")
     def now_watching(self, event):
         """
         :help: Get what you or another user is now watching on trakt.tv
diff --git a/modules/translate.py b/modules/translate.py
index 8570ae76..3a8e5b91 100644
--- a/modules/translate.py
+++ b/modules/translate.py
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ URL_LANGUAGES = "https://cloud.google.com/translate/docs/languages"
 REGEX_LANGUAGES = re.compile("(\w+)?:(\w+)? ")
 
 class Module(ModuleManager.BaseModule):
-    @utils.hook("received.command.translate|tr")
+    @utils.hook("received.command.tr", alias_of="translate")
+    @utils.hook("received.command.translate")
     def translate(self, event):
         """
         :help: Translate the provided phrase or the last line in thie current
diff --git a/modules/tweets.py b/modules/tweets.py
index 539506b9..b057dade 100644
--- a/modules/tweets.py
+++ b/modules/tweets.py
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ class Module(ModuleManager.BaseModule):
         since, unit = utils.time_unit(seconds_since)
         return "%s %s ago" % (since, unit)
 
-    @utils.hook("received.command.tweet|tw")
+    @utils.hook("received.command.tw", alias_of="tweet")
+    @utils.hook("received.command.tweet")
     def tweet(self, event):
         """
         :help: Get/find a tweet
diff --git a/modules/urbandictionary.py b/modules/urbandictionary.py
index 2f86ff6b..314b492f 100644
--- a/modules/urbandictionary.py
+++ b/modules/urbandictionary.py
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ URL_URBANDICTIONARY = "http://api.urbandictionary.com/v0/define"
 REGEX_DEFNUMBER = re.compile("-n(\d+) \S+")
 
 class Module(ModuleManager.BaseModule):
-    @utils.hook("received.command.urbandictionary|ud", min_args=1)
+    @utils.hook("received.command.ud", alias_of="urbandictionary")
+    @utils.hook("received.command.urbandictionary", min_args=1)
     def ud(self, event):
         """
         :help: Get the definition of a provided term from Urban Dictionary
diff --git a/modules/wikipedia.py b/modules/wikipedia.py
index e8a7486c..08b3210e 100644
--- a/modules/wikipedia.py
+++ b/modules/wikipedia.py
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ from src import ModuleManager, utils
 URL_WIKIPEDIA = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"
 
 class Module(ModuleManager.BaseModule):
-    @utils.hook("received.command.wiki|wi", min_args=1)
+    @utils.hook("received.command.wi", alias_of="wiki")
+    @utils.hook("received.command.wiki", min_args=1)
     def wikipedia(self, event):
         """
         :help: Get information from wikipedia
diff --git a/modules/wolframalpha.py b/modules/wolframalpha.py
index 153b51e8..7e25098a 100644
--- a/modules/wolframalpha.py
+++ b/modules/wolframalpha.py
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ URL_WA = "https://api.wolframalpha.com/v1/result"
 class Module(ModuleManager.BaseModule):
     _name = "Wolfram|Alpha"
 
-    @utils.hook("received.command.wolframalpha|wa", min_args=1)
+    @utils.hook("received.command.wa", alias_of="wolframalpha")
+    @utils.hook("received.command.wolframalpha", min_args=1)
     def wa(self, event):
         """
         :help: Evauate a given string on Wolfram|Alpha
diff --git a/modules/youtube.py b/modules/youtube.py
index 0e976aec..4beb3bb7 100644
--- a/modules/youtube.py
+++ b/modules/youtube.py
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ class Module(ModuleManager.BaseModule):
                 video_id = search_page["items"][0]["id"]["videoId"]
                 return "https://youtu.be/%s" % video_id
 
-    @utils.hook("received.command.yt|youtube")
+    @utils.hook("received.command.yt", alias_of="youtube")
+    @utils.hook("received.command.youtube")
     def yt(self, event):
         """
         :help: Find a video on youtube