diff --git a/earwigbot/bot.py b/earwigbot/bot.py
index 9a1bc79..1f23d5b 100644
--- a/earwigbot/bot.py
+++ b/earwigbot/bot.py
@@ -97,12 +97,12 @@ class Bot(object):
             thread.daemon = True  # Stop if other threads stop
             thread.start()
 
-    def _stop_irc_components(self):
+    def _stop_irc_components(self, msg):
         """Request the IRC frontend and watcher to stop if enabled."""
         if self.frontend:
-            self.frontend.stop()
+            self.frontend.stop(msg)
         if self.watcher:
-            self.watcher.stop()
+            self.watcher.stop(msg)
 
     def run(self):
         """Main entry point into running the bot.
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ class Bot(object):
                     Thread(name=name, target=self.watcher.loop).start()
             sleep(2)
 
-    def restart(self):
+    def restart(self, msg=None):
         """Reload config, commands, tasks, and safely restart IRC components.
 
         This is thread-safe, and it will gracefully stop IRC components before
@@ -134,18 +134,23 @@ class Bot(object):
         without restarting the bot with bot.commands.load() or
         bot.tasks.load(). These should not interfere with running components
         or tasks.
+
+        If given, 'msg' will be used as our quit message.
         """
         self.logger.info("Restarting bot per request from owner")
         with self.component_lock:
-            self._stop_irc_components()
+            self._stop_irc_components(msg)
             self.config.load()
             self.commands.load()
             self.tasks.load()
             self._start_irc_components()
 
-    def stop(self):
-        """Gracefully stop all bot components."""
+    def stop(self, msg=None):
+        """Gracefully stop all bot components.
+
+        If given, 'msg' will be used as our quit message.
+        """
         self.logger.info("Shutting down bot")
         with self.component_lock:
-            self._stop_irc_components()
+            self._stop_irc_components(msg)
         self._keep_looping = False
diff --git a/earwigbot/commands/restart.py b/earwigbot/commands/restart.py
index 8756fe1..2e15c9c 100644
--- a/earwigbot/commands/restart.py
+++ b/earwigbot/commands/restart.py
@@ -38,9 +38,14 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
 
         if data.command == "restart":
             self.logger.info("Restarting bot per owner request")
-            self.bot.restart()
+            if data.args:
+                self.bot.restart(" ".join(data.args))
+            else:
+                self.bot.restart()
 
         elif data.command == "reload":
             self.logger.info("Reloading IRC commands")
             self.bot.commands.load()
-            self.connection.reply("IRC commands reloaded.")
+            self.logger.info("Reloading bot tasks")
+            self.bot.tasks.load()
+            self.connection.reply("IRC commands and bot tasks reloaded.")
diff --git a/earwigbot/commands/threads.py b/earwigbot/commands/threads.py
index bfe894b..4f66cb6 100644
--- a/earwigbot/commands/threads.py
+++ b/earwigbot/commands/threads.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
         for thread in threads:
             tname = thread.name
             if tname == "MainThread":
-                t = "\x0302MainThread\x0301 (id {1})"
+                t = "\x0302MainThread\x0301 (id {0})"
                 normal_threads.append(t.format(thread.ident))
             elif tname in self.config.components:
                 t = "\x0302{0}\x0301 (id {1})"
diff --git a/earwigbot/irc/connection.py b/earwigbot/irc/connection.py
index 62b0455..c733df1 100644
--- a/earwigbot/irc/connection.py
+++ b/earwigbot/irc/connection.py
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class IRCConnection(object):
     def quit(self, msg=None):
         """Issue a quit message to the server."""
         if msg:
-            self._send("QUIT {0}".format(msg))
+            self._send("QUIT :{0}".format(msg))
         else:
             self._send("QUIT")