diff --git a/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/ChatColor.java b/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/ChatColor.java
index c42fc866..ca157672 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/ChatColor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/ChatColor.java
@@ -139,15 +139,16 @@ public enum ChatColor
 
         return STRIP_COLOR_PATTERN.matcher(input).replaceAll("");
     }
-    public static String translateAlternateColorCodes(char altColorChar, String textToTranslate) 
+
+    public static String translateAlternateColorCodes(char altColorChar, String textToTranslate)
     {
         char[] b = textToTranslate.toCharArray();
-        for (int i = 0; i < b.length - 1; i++) 
+        for (int i = 0; i < b.length - 1; i++)
         {
-            if (b[i] == altColorChar && "0123456789AaBbCcDdEeFfKkLlMmNnOoRr".indexOf(b[i+1]) > -1) 
+            if (b[i] == altColorChar && "0123456789AaBbCcDdEeFfKkLlMmNnOoRr".indexOf(b[i + 1]) > -1)
             {
                 b[i] = ChatColor.COLOR_CHAR;
-                b[i+1] = Character.toLowerCase(b[i+1]);
+                b[i + 1] = Character.toLowerCase(b[i + 1]);
             }
         }
         return new String(b);
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/command/CommandAlert.java b/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/command/CommandAlert.java
index 9846bf93..170d69e7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/command/CommandAlert.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/command/CommandAlert.java
@@ -18,15 +18,23 @@ public class CommandAlert extends Command
         }
         if (args.length == 0)
         {
-            sender.sendMessage(ChatColor.RED + "Please follow this command by an announcement to make");
+            sender.sendMessage(ChatColor.RED + "You must supply a message.");
         } else
         {
             StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
-            builder.append(ChatColor.DARK_PURPLE);
-            builder.append(" [Alert] ");
+            if (!args[0].contains("&h")) //They want to hide the alert prefix
+            {
+                builder.append(ChatColor.DARK_PURPLE);
+                builder.append("[Alert] "); //No space at start.
+            } else
+            {
+                args[0].replaceAll("&h", ""); //Remove hide control code from message
+            }
+
             for (String s : args)
             {
-                builder.append(s);
+
+                builder.append(ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&', s)); //Allow custom colours
                 builder.append(" ");
             }
             String message = builder.substring(0, builder.length() - 1);