diff --git a/bot.py b/bot.py
index 3495f82..3e430c9 100644
--- a/bot.py
+++ b/bot.py
@@ -114,7 +114,23 @@ async def on_message(message: discord.Message):
     await bot.process_commands(message)
 
 
-@bot.command(name='config')
+@bot.command(name='random_message', brief='Select a random message from a channel')
+async def random_message_command(ctx: commands.Context, channel: Optional[discord.TextChannel] = None,
+                                 max_cnt: int = 100):
+    if channel is None:
+        channel = ctx.channel
+    messages = await channel.history(limit=max_cnt).flatten()
+    msg: discord.Message = random.choice(messages)
+    author: discord.abc.User = msg.author
+    embed = discord.Embed(
+        description=msg.content + "\n\n[Go to message](" + msg.jump_url + ")"
+    )
+    embed.set_author(name=author.display_name, icon_url=author.avatar_url)
+    embed.set_footer(text="random message from #" + channel.name + " out of " + str(len(messages)) + " messages")
+    await ctx.channel.send(embed=embed)
+
+
+@bot.command(name='config', brief='Change the configuration of this bot')
 async def config_prefix_command(ctx: commands.Context, cmd: str = '', key: str = '', *, val: str = ''):
     if ctx.guild is None:
         await ctx.send('You can\'t run config commands in private messages!')