diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 8571e7b..0a5155d 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 DISCORD_TOKEN=""
-DISCORD_CHANNELS="id1,id2,id3"
+DISCORD_CHANNEL=""
 SOURCE_CHANNEL=""
 REGEX_MATCH="^.*(K41|COVID).*$"
-PING_ROLE=""
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0b92d07..47cbe8c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ copy .env.example to .env and setup your user Token in .env
 .env file layout
 
     DISCORD_TOKEN="token_from_web"
-    DISCORD_CHANNELS="channel_1_id,channel_2_id"
+    DISCORD_CHANNELS="channel_1_id"
     SOURCE_CHANNEL="channel_id_to_listen_to"
     REGEX_MATCH="^.*(REGEX|TO|USE|TO|MATCH).*$"
-    PING_ROLE="id_of_role"
 
diff --git a/bot.py b/bot.py
index 19abd80..2f23067 100644
--- a/bot.py
+++ b/bot.py
@@ -12,13 +12,8 @@ class MyClient(discord.Client):
     async def on_message(self, message):
         if message.channel.id == int(os.getenv("SOURCE_CHANNEL")):
             if re.match(os.getenv("REGEX_MATCH"), message.content, re.IGNORECASE):
-                chan_list = [x.strip() for x in os.getenv("DISCORD_CHANNELS").split(',')]
-                for channel_id in chan_list:
-                    channel = client.get_channel(int(channel_id))
-                    ping_string = ''
-                    if os.getenv("PING_ROLE") != '':
-                        ping_string = '<@&' + os.getenv("PING_ROLE") + '>: '    
-                    await channel.send(ping_string + message.content)
+                channel = client.get_channel(int(os.getenv("DISCORD_CHANNEL"))
+                await channel.send(message.content)
 
 load_dotenv()
 client = MyClient()