diff --git a/chat_listener.py b/chat_listener.py
index d4462c8..5e7ef90 100644
--- a/chat_listener.py
+++ b/chat_listener.py
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ class TwitchBot(commands.Bot):
             # These are required by twitchio
             client_id=client_id,
             client_secret=client_secret,
-            # The 'bot_id' is the Twitch ID of the user account the bot is running as
-            ssl=True, # Mandate: Explicitly use SSL for the IRC connection.
-            bot_id=bot_id
+            # The 'bot_id' is NOT a valid parameter for the parent commands.Bot class.
+            # Its presence was causing our web_server_adapter to be ignored.
+            ssl=True # Mandate: Explicitly use SSL for the IRC connection.
         )
         self.channel_name = channel_name