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 # The Lounge
 
-[![#thelounge IRC channel on freenode](https://img.shields.io/badge/freenode-%23thelounge-BA68C8.svg)](https://avatar.playat.ch:1000/)
+[![#thelounge IRC channel on freenode](https://img.shields.io/badge/freenode-%23thelounge-BA68C8.svg)](https://demo.thelounge.chat/)
 [![npm version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/thelounge.svg)](https://www.npmjs.org/package/thelounge)
 [![Travis CI Build Status](https://img.shields.io/travis/thelounge/lounge/master.svg?label=linux+build)](https://travis-ci.org/thelounge/lounge)
 [![AppVeyor Build Status](https://img.shields.io/appveyor/ci/astorije/lounge/master.svg?label=windows+build)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/astorije/lounge/branch/master)