diff --git a/src/main/java/me/alexander/discordbot/Main.java b/src/main/java/me/alexander/discordbot/Main.java
index 3a523fc..ac17724 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/alexander/discordbot/Main.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/alexander/discordbot/Main.java
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
 
 public class Main {
 
+	/**
+	 * The version of this bot
+	 */
+	public static final String version = "0.4";
+
 	/**
 	 * SelfBot instance
 	 */
@@ -26,6 +31,7 @@ public static void main(final String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
 			Main.logger.log("Please provide your Discord account token as a command line argument.", LogType.CRITICAL);
 			return;
 		}
+		Main.logger.log("Starting SelfBot version " + version, LogType.INFO);
 		Main.bot = new SelfBot(args[0]);
 		Main.bot.setup();
 	}
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/alexander/discordbot/SelfBot/ICommandSelfBot.java b/src/main/java/me/alexander/discordbot/SelfBot/ICommandSelfBot.java
index fcadaf0..2457c74 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/alexander/discordbot/SelfBot/ICommandSelfBot.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/alexander/discordbot/SelfBot/ICommandSelfBot.java
@@ -6,10 +6,7 @@
 import de.btobastian.javacord.entities.User;
 import de.btobastian.javacord.entities.message.Message;
 import de.btobastian.javacord.entities.message.embed.EmbedBuilder;
-import de.btobastian.javacord.entities.permissions.PermissionState;
 import de.btobastian.javacord.entities.permissions.PermissionType;
-import de.btobastian.javacord.entities.permissions.Permissions;
-import de.btobastian.javacord.entities.permissions.Role;
 import me.alexander.discordbot.SelfBot.Messages.AutoDeleteMessage;
 import me.alexander.discordbot.SelfBot.Messages.EmbeddedMessage;
 
@@ -45,21 +42,14 @@ public static void doCmd(final String in, final Message message, final SelfBot b
 				new AutoDeleteMessage("Invalid argument", 2, message.getChannelReceiver());
 				break;
 			}
-			User user = bot.getAPI().getUserById(args).get();
+			User user = Utils.getUser(args, message.getChannelReceiver().getServer(), bot);
 			if (user == null) {
 				new AutoDeleteMessage("User not found", 2, message.getChannelReceiver());
 				break;
 			}
 			// Make sure we have permission to ban in this discord server
-			boolean allowed = false;
-			for (Role r : bot.getAPI().getYourself().getRoles(message.getChannelReceiver().getServer())) {
-				Permissions p = r.getPermissions();
-				if (p.getState(PermissionType.BAN_MEMBERS).equals(PermissionState.ALLOWED)) {
-					allowed = true;
-					break;
-				}
-			}
-			if (!allowed) {
+			if (!Utils.hasPermission(bot.getAPI().getYourself(), message.getChannelReceiver().getServer(),
+					PermissionType.BAN_MEMBERS)) {
 				new AutoDeleteMessage("You are not authorized to ban", 2, message.getChannelReceiver());
 				break;
 			}
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/alexander/discordbot/SelfBot/Utils.java b/src/main/java/me/alexander/discordbot/SelfBot/Utils.java
index cbc07ed..0987509 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/alexander/discordbot/SelfBot/Utils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/alexander/discordbot/SelfBot/Utils.java
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 package me.alexander.discordbot.SelfBot;
 
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+
+import de.btobastian.javacord.entities.Server;
+import de.btobastian.javacord.entities.User;
+import de.btobastian.javacord.entities.permissions.PermissionState;
+import de.btobastian.javacord.entities.permissions.PermissionType;
+import de.btobastian.javacord.entities.permissions.Permissions;
+import de.btobastian.javacord.entities.permissions.Role;
+
 /**
  * 
  * A collection of functions used internally by the bot
@@ -9,4 +18,56 @@
  */
 public class Utils {
 
+	public Utils() {}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns a user by a mention tag, id or name
+	 * 
+	 * @param id
+	 * @param server
+	 * @return User
+	 * @throws ExecutionException
+	 * @throws InterruptedException
+	 */
+	public static User getUser(String id, Server server, SelfBot bot) throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException {
+		User user = bot.getAPI().getUserById(id).get();
+		if (user == null) {
+			// Not a user id, or invalid user id
+			for (User u : server.getMembers()) {
+				if (u.getMentionTag().equals(id)) {
+					user = u;
+					break;
+				} else if (u.getName().equals(id)) {
+					user = u;
+					break;
+				} else if (u.getNickname(server).equals(id)) {
+					user = u;
+					break;
+				} else if (u.getId().equals(id)) {
+					user = u;
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return user;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Checks if a given user has a permission
+	 * 
+	 * @param user
+	 * @param permission
+	 * 
+	 * @return Boolean
+	 */
+	public static boolean hasPermission(User user, Server server, PermissionType permission) {
+		for (Role r : user.getRoles(server)) {
+			Permissions p = r.getPermissions();
+			if (p.getState(permission).equals(PermissionState.ALLOWED)) {
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
 }