diff --git a/earwigbot/bot.py b/earwigbot/bot.py
index c1e8074..8e134d5 100644
--- a/earwigbot/bot.py
+++ b/earwigbot/bot.py
@@ -124,20 +124,21 @@ class Bot(object):
         if self.watcher:
             self.watcher.stop(msg)
 
-    def _stop_task_threads(self):
-        """Notify the user of which task threads are going to be killed.
-
-        Unfortunately, there is no method right now of stopping task threads
-        safely. This is because there is no way to tell them to stop like the
-        IRC components can be told; furthermore, they are run as daemons, and
-        daemon threads automatically stop without calling any __exit__ or
-        try/finally code when all non-daemon threads stop. They were originally
-        implemented as regular non-daemon threads, but this meant there was no
-        way to completely stop the bot if tasks were running, because all other
-        threads would exit and threading would absorb KeyboardInterrupts.
+    def _stop_daemon_threads(self):
+        """Notify the user of which threads are going to be killed.
+
+        Unfortunately, there is no method right now of stopping command and
+        task threads safely. This is because there is no way to tell them to
+        stop like the IRC components can be told; furthermore, they are run as
+        daemons, and daemon threads automatically stop without calling any
+        __exit__ or try/finally code when all non-daemon threads stop. They
+        were originally implemented as regular non-daemon threads, but this
+        meant there was no way to completely stop the bot if tasks were
+        running, because all other threads would exit and threading would
+        absorb KeyboardInterrupts.
 
         The advantage of this is that stopping the bot is truly guarenteed to
-        *stop* the bot, while the disadvantage is that the tasks are given no
+        *stop* the bot, while the disadvantage is that the threads are given no
         advance warning of their forced shutdown.
         """
         tasks = []
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ class Bot(object):
             if thread.name not in non_tasks and thread.is_alive():
                 tasks.append(thread.name)
         if tasks:
-            log = "The following tasks will be killed: {0}"
+            log = "The following commands or tasks will be killed: {0}"
             self.logger.warn(log.format(" ".join(tasks)))
 
     def run(self):
@@ -200,4 +201,4 @@ class Bot(object):
         with self.component_lock:
             self._stop_irc_components(msg)
         self._keep_looping = False
-        self._stop_task_threads()
+        self._stop_daemon_threads()
diff --git a/earwigbot/commands/threads.py b/earwigbot/commands/threads.py
index 97a9738..f434ebf 100644
--- a/earwigbot/commands/threads.py
+++ b/earwigbot/commands/threads.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class Threads(Command):
         threads = threading.enumerate()
 
         normal_threads = []
-        task_threads = []
+        daemon_threads = []
 
         for thread in threads:
             tname = thread.name
@@ -84,14 +84,15 @@ class Threads(Command):
             else:
                 tname, start_time = re.findall("^(.*?) \((.*?)\)$", tname)[0]
                 t = "\x0302{0}\x0301 (id {1}, since {2})"
-                task_threads.append(t.format(tname, thread.ident, start_time))
+                daemon_threads.append(t.format(tname, thread.ident,
+                                               start_time))
 
-        if task_threads:
-            msg = "\x02{0}\x0F threads active: {1}, and \x02{2}\x0F task threads: {3}."
+        if daemon_threads:
+            msg = "\x02{0}\x0F threads active: {1}, and \x02{2}\x0F command/task threads: {3}."
             msg = msg.format(len(threads), ', '.join(normal_threads),
-                             len(task_threads), ', '.join(task_threads))
+                             len(daemon_threads), ', '.join(daemon_threads))
         else:
-            msg = "\x02{0}\x0F threads active: {1}, and \x020\x0F task threads."
+            msg = "\x02{0}\x0F threads active: {1}, and \x020\x0F command/task threads."
             msg = msg.format(len(threads), ', '.join(normal_threads))
 
         self.reply(self.data, msg)
diff --git a/earwigbot/irc/connection.py b/earwigbot/irc/connection.py
index 740292f..2db8e81 100644
--- a/earwigbot/irc/connection.py
+++ b/earwigbot/irc/connection.py
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class IRCConnection(object):
         """Default process hooks for lines received on IRC."""
         self._last_recv = time()
         if line[0] == "PING":  # If we are pinged, pong back
-            self.pong(line[1])
+            self.pong(line[1][1:])
 
     @property
     def host(self):
@@ -195,9 +195,9 @@ class IRCConnection(object):
     def keep_alive(self):
         """Ensure that we stay connected, stopping if the connection breaks."""
         now = time()
-        if now - self._last_recv > 60:
+        if now - self._last_recv > 120:
             if self._last_ping < self._last_recv:
-                log = "Last message was received over 60 seconds ago. Pinging."
+                log = "Last message was received over 120 seconds ago. Pinging."
                 self.logger.debug(log)
                 self.ping(self.host)
                 self._last_ping = now
diff --git a/earwigbot/managers.py b/earwigbot/managers.py
index 975fe62..c3b0c58 100644
--- a/earwigbot/managers.py
+++ b/earwigbot/managers.py
@@ -170,7 +170,12 @@ class CommandManager(_ResourceManager):
         """Respond to a hook type and a :py:class:`Data` object."""
         for command in self:
             if hook in command.hooks and self._wrap_check(command, data):
-                self._wrap_process(command, data)
+                thread = Thread(target=self._wrap_process,
+                                args=(command, data))
+                start_time = strftime("%b %d %H:%M:%S")
+                thread.name = "irc:{0} ({1})".format(command.name, start_time)
+                thread.daemon = True
+                thread.start()
                 return