diff --git a/modules/commands.py b/modules/commands.py
index d31c1e3d..3815e5e8 100644
--- a/modules/commands.py
+++ b/modules/commands.py
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ class Module(object):
                         event["stderr"].write(returned).send()
                         return
                 min_args = hook.kwargs.get("min_args")
-                args_split = event["message_split"][1:]
+                # get rid of all the empty strings
+                args_split = list(filter(None, event["message_split"][1:]))
                 if min_args and len(args_split) < min_args:
                     ChannelStdErr("Error", event["channel"]
                         ).write("Not enough arguments ("
diff --git a/modules/random.py b/modules/random.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..49682d6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/random.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import random
+
+class Module(object):
+    def __init__(self, bot):
+        bot.events.on("received").on("command").on("random",
+            "rand").hook(self.random)
+
+    def random(self, event):
+        start, end = "1", "100"
+        if len(event["args_split"]) > 1:
+            start, end = event["args_split"][:2]
+        elif len(event["args_split"]) == 1:
+            end = event["args_split"][0]
+        if start.isdigit() and end.isdigit():
+            start, end = int(start), int(end)
+            if end > start:
+                number = random.randint(start, end)
+                event["stdout"].write("(%d-%d) %d" % (start, end,
+                    number))
+            else:
+                event["stderr"].write(
+                    "End must be greater than start")
+        else:
+            event["stderr"].write(
+                "Both start and end must be valid integers")