diff --git a/addon/yacy-xchat-plugin.py b/addon/yacy-xchat-plugin.py
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+import xchat
+import urllib
+import re
+import string
+
+__module_name__ = "yacy" 
+__module_version__ = "0.1" 
+__module_description__ = "Shows yacys current PPM"
+
+user = "admin"
+password = "password"
+host = "localhost:8080"
+def yacy_ppm(word, word_eol, userdata):
+  for line in urllib.urlopen("http://"+user+":"+password+"@"+host+"/xml/status_p.xml").readlines():
+    if re.compile("<ppm>").search(line):
+      xchat.command("me 's YaCy is crawling at "+line.strip().strip("<ppm/>")+" pages per minute.")
+      
+xchat.hook_command("YACY_SHOW",yacy_ppm,help="/yacy_show - shows the current ppm")