diff --git a/FaustBot/FaustBot.py b/FaustBot/FaustBot.py
index 0af3b9d..4b12fff 100644
--- a/FaustBot/FaustBot.py
+++ b/FaustBot/FaustBot.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from FaustBot.Modules import ActivityObserver, IdentNickServObserver, GiveCookie
     UserList, WikiObserver, GiveDrinkObserver, GiveFoodObserver, ComicObserver, HelpObserver, \
     IntroductionObserver, HangmanObserver, DuckObserver, AllSeenObserver, JokeObserver,TellObserver, WordRunObserver,\
     GiveIceObserver, GiveDrinkToObserver, Greeter, MathRunObserver, PartyObserver, PrideObserver, SnacksObserver, \
-    BlockObserver, LetterObserver, DiceObserver, First_Greeter
+    BlockObserver, LetterObserver, DiceObserver, First_Greeter, CharactersCountObserver
 from FaustBot.Modules.CustomUserModules import GlossaryModule, ICDObserver, ModmailObserver
 from FaustBot.Modules.ModuleType import ModuleType
 
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ class FaustBot(object):
         self.add_module(BlockObserver.BlockObserver())
         self.add_module(LetterObserver.LetterObserver())
         self.add_module(DiceObserver.DiceObserver())
+        self.add_module(CharactersCountObserver.CharactersCountObserver())
     def run(self):
         self._setup()
         running = True
diff --git a/FaustBot/Model/UserProvider.py b/FaustBot/Model/UserProvider.py
index 909e28a..11c089a 100644
--- a/FaustBot/Model/UserProvider.py
+++ b/FaustBot/Model/UserProvider.py
@@ -90,15 +90,15 @@ class UserProvider(object):
     def _get_id(self, name):
         cursor = self.database_connection.cursor()
         try:
-            for id in cursor.execute("SELECT id FROM user WHERE name = ?", (name,)):
+            for id in cursor.execute("SELECT id FROM user WHERE name = ?", (name.lower(),)):
                 return id[0]
         except:
             return None
 
     def _create_user(self, name):
         cursor = self.database_connection.cursor()
-        cursor.execute("INSERT INTO user(name) VALUES (?)", (name,))
-        id = self._get_id(name)
+        cursor.execute("INSERT INTO user(name) VALUES (?)", (name.lower(),))
+        id = self._get_id(name.lower())
         cursor.execute("INSERT INTO user_stats(id, characters) VALUES (?, 0)", (id,))
         cursor.execute("INSERT INTO last_seen (id, last_seen) VALUES (?, 0)", (id,))
         self.database_connection.commit()
diff --git a/FaustBot/Modules/CharactersCountObserver.py b/FaustBot/Modules/CharactersCountObserver.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68f95bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/FaustBot/Modules/CharactersCountObserver.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import datetime
+
+from FaustBot.Communication.Connection import Connection
+from FaustBot.Model.UserProvider import UserProvider
+from FaustBot.Modules.PrivMsgObserverPrototype import PrivMsgObserverPrototype
+
+
+class CharactersCountObserver(PrivMsgObserverPrototype):
+    @staticmethod
+    def cmd():
+        return [".characters"]
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def help():
+        return ".characters - um abzufragen wieviel du bisher geschrieben hast."
+
+    def update_on_priv_msg(self, data, connection: Connection):
+        if data['message'].find('.characters') == -1:
+            return
+        user_provider = UserProvider()
+        output = data['nick']+": du hast "+str(user_provider.get_characters(data['nick']))+ " Zeichen geschrieben."
+        connection.send_back(output, data)
diff --git a/FaustBot/Modules/SeenObserver.py b/FaustBot/Modules/SeenObserver.py
index 9617b12..da7b501 100644
--- a/FaustBot/Modules/SeenObserver.py
+++ b/FaustBot/Modules/SeenObserver.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class SeenObserver(PrivMsgObserverPrototype):
             return
         if not self._is_idented_mod(data, connection):
             return
-        who = data['messageCaseSensitive'].split(' ')[1]
+        who = data['message'].split(' ')[1]
         user_provider = UserProvider()
         activity = user_provider.get_activity(who)
         output = data['nick']+": Ich habe "+who+" zuletzt am "+str(datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(activity).strftime("%d.%m.%Y um %H:%M:%S"))+ ' Uhr gesehen'