diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 1706bf5..8571e7b 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ DISCORD_TOKEN=""
 DISCORD_CHANNELS="id1,id2,id3"
 SOURCE_CHANNEL=""
 REGEX_MATCH="^.*(K41|COVID).*$"
+PING_ROLE=""
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c171928..0b92d07 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ copy .env.example to .env and setup your user Token in .env
     DISCORD_CHANNELS="channel_1_id,channel_2_id"
     SOURCE_CHANNEL="channel_id_to_listen_to"
     REGEX_MATCH="^.*(REGEX|TO|USE|TO|MATCH).*$"
-
+    PING_ROLE="id_of_role"
 
diff --git a/bot.py b/bot.py
index 3d1d8f8..19abd80 100644
--- a/bot.py
+++ b/bot.py
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ class MyClient(discord.Client):
                 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))
-                    await channel.send('*' + message.content + '*')
+                    ping_string = ''
+                    if os.getenv("PING_ROLE") != '':
+                        ping_string = '<@&' + os.getenv("PING_ROLE") + '>: '    
+                    await channel.send(ping_string + message.content)
 
 load_dotenv()
 client = MyClient()