diff --git a/pkg/irc/dcc.go b/pkg/irc/dcc.go
index 62449771..bc8f7032 100644
--- a/pkg/irc/dcc.go
+++ b/pkg/irc/dcc.go
@@ -131,9 +131,6 @@ func (c *Client) Download(pack *DCCSend) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// TODO: is this needed?
-	conn.Write(uint64Bytes(totalBytes))
-
 	c.Progress <- DownloadProgress{
 		PercCompletion: 100,
 		BytesCompleted: humanReadableByteCount(float64(totalBytes), false),
diff --git a/server/irc_handler.go b/server/irc_handler.go
index a7a00853..1875f5cb 100644
--- a/server/irc_handler.go
+++ b/server/irc_handler.go
@@ -66,14 +66,14 @@ func (i *ircHandler) run() {
 
 		case progress := <-i.client.Progress:
 			if progress.Error != nil {
-				i.sendDCCInfo("%s: Download failed (%s)", progress.File, progress.Error)
+				i.sendDCCInfo("%s: Download failed (%s)", true, progress.File, progress.Error)
 			} else if progress.PercCompletion == 100 {
-				i.sendDCCInfo("Download finished, get it here: %s://%s/downloads/%s/%s",
+				i.sendDCCInfo("Download finished, get it here: %s://%s/downloads/%s/%s", true,
 					i.state.String("scheme"), i.state.String("host"), i.state.user.Username, progress.File)
 			} else if progress.PercCompletion == 0 {
-				i.sendDCCInfo("%s: Starting download", progress.File)
+				i.sendDCCInfo("%s: Starting download", true, progress.File)
 			} else {
-				i.sendDCCInfo("%s: %.1f%%, %s, %s remaining, %.1fs left", progress.File,
+				i.sendDCCInfo("%s: %.1f%%, %s, %s remaining, %.1fs left", false, progress.File,
 					progress.PercCompletion, progress.Speed, progress.BytesRemaining, progress.SecondsToGo)
 			}
 		}
@@ -431,12 +431,18 @@ func (i *ircHandler) log(v ...interface{}) {
 	log.Println("[IRC]", i.state.user.ID, i.client.Host, s[:len(s)-1])
 }
 
-func (i *ircHandler) sendDCCInfo(message string, a ...interface{}) {
-	i.state.sendJSON("pm", Message{
+func (i *ircHandler) sendDCCInfo(message string, log bool, a ...interface{}) {
+	msg := Message{
 		Server:  i.client.Host,
 		From:    "@dcc",
 		Content: fmt.Sprintf(message, a...),
-	})
+	}
+	i.state.sendJSON("pm", msg)
+
+	if log {
+		i.state.user.AddOpenDM(msg.Server, msg.From)
+		i.state.user.LogMessage(betterguid.New(), msg.Server, msg.From, msg.From, msg.Content)
+	}
 }
 
 func parseMode(mode string) *Mode {