diff --git a/plugins/eval.rb b/plugins/eval.rb
index 4282f76..cfe2163 100644
--- a/plugins/eval.rb
+++ b/plugins/eval.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 include EventMachine::IRC::Commands
 
 Client.register_trigger("PRIVMSG") { |msg|
+    message = msg[:params][1]
+    destination = msg[:params][0]
+
     if Config[:eval][:owners].include?(msg[:prefix]) then
-        message = msg[:params][1]
-        destination = msg[:params][0]
         if message[0..5] == ":eval " then
             code = message[6..-1]
             begin
@@ -18,5 +19,7 @@ Client.register_trigger("PRIVMSG") { |msg|
                 puts e.backtrace
             end
         end
+    else
+        Client.privmsg(destination, Config[:eval][:denied])
     end
 }