diff --git a/src/server.js b/src/server.js
index 0d12a46..6ee62f9 100644
--- a/src/server.js
+++ b/src/server.js
@@ -74,15 +74,22 @@ server.create = function create(config = {}) {
                         socket.write(`:irc.example.com 001 ${user.nickname} :Welcome to the example IRC Project ${user.nickname}!~${user.username}@${address}\r\n`, "ascii")
                         break;
                     case "PRIVMSG":
-                        let target = userlist[tokenized[1]]
+                        let target
                         let message = tokenized[2]
-                        if (target.registered === false) {
-                            socket.write(`:irc.example.com ${ERR_NOSUCHNICK} ${target} no such nick/channel`)
-
+                        if (typeof tokenized[1] === 'string' && tokenized[1].charAt(0) === "#") {
+                            target = channellist[tokenized[1]]
                         } else {
+                            let targetUser = userlist[tokenized[1]]
+                            if (targetUser && targetUser.registered) {
+                                target = targetUser
+                            }
+                        }
+                        if (target) {
                             target.sendMsg(user, message)
-
+                        } else {
+                            user.sendRaw(`:irc.example.com ${ERR_NOSUCHNICK} ${target} no such nick/channel`)
                         }
+
                         break;
                     case "JOIN":
                         let channelname = tokenized[1]
diff --git a/test/command_privmsg.js b/test/command_privmsg.js
index 10df41e..d1d433f 100644
--- a/test/command_privmsg.js
+++ b/test/command_privmsg.js
@@ -101,4 +101,28 @@ describe("PRIVMSG OK", function () {
 
         mockedSock1.emit('data', Buffer.from("PRIVMSG other_nick :I'm a message\r\n", "ascii"))
     })
+
+    it("should allow to send message to channel -> PRIVMSG #testchan :I'm a message", function (done) {
+        const server = IRCServer.create()
+        let mockedSock = new EventEmitter()
+        mockedSock.address = function () {
+            return {port: 12346, family: 'IPv4', address: '127.0.0.1'}
+        }
+        mockedSock.write = function (data) {
+            let answer = data.toString("ascii")
+            if (answer.indexOf("PRIVMSG") >= 0) {
+                assert.equal(answer, ":some_nick PRIVMSG #testchan :I'm a message\r\n")
+                done()
+            }
+        }
+        mockedSock.destroy = function () {
+            done("Destroyed socket without answering")
+        }
+
+        server.emit("connection", mockedSock)
+        mockedSock.emit('data', Buffer.from("NICK some_nick\r\n", "ascii"))
+        mockedSock.emit('data', Buffer.from("USER guest tolmoon tolsun :Ronnie Reagan\r\n", "ascii"))
+        mockedSock.emit('data', Buffer.from("JOIN #testchan\r\n", "ascii"))
+        mockedSock.emit('data', Buffer.from("PRIVMSG #testchan :I'm a message\r\n", "ascii"))
+    })
 })