public void Connect()
    {
        if (!gameObject.activeInHierarchy)
        {
            return;
        }
        if (!File.Exists(_ircConnectionSettings.SettingsPath))
        {
            AddTextToHoldable("The settings file does not exist. Trying to create it now.");
            try
            {
                File.WriteAllText(_ircConnectionSettings.SettingsPath, JsonConvert.SerializeObject(new TwitchPlaysService.ModSettingsJSON(), Formatting.Indented));
                AddTextToHoldable("Settings file successfully created. Configure it now. Open up the Mod manager holdable, and select Open mod settins folder.");
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                AddTextToHoldable(ex, "Settings file did not exist and could not be created:");
            }
            return;
        }
        try
        {
            _settings = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <TwitchPlaysService.ModSettingsJSON>(File.ReadAllText(_ircConnectionSettings.SettingsPath));
            if (_settings == null)
            {
                AddTextToHoldable("[IRC:Connect] Failed to read connection settings from mod settings.");
                return;
            }

            UserNickName = _settings.userName.Replace("#", "");
            ChannelName  = _settings.channelName.Replace("#", "");

            _settings.authToken   = _settings.authToken.ToLowerInvariant();
            _settings.channelName = ChannelName.ToLowerInvariant();
            _settings.userName    = UserNickName.ToLowerInvariant();
            _settings.serverName  = _settings.serverName.ToLowerInvariant();

            if (!IsAuthTokenValid(_settings.authToken) || !IsUsernameValid(_settings.channelName) || !IsUsernameValid(_settings.userName) || string.IsNullOrEmpty(_settings.serverName) || _settings.serverPort < 1 || _settings.serverPort > 65535)
            {
                AddTextToHoldable("[IRC:Connect] Your settings file is not configured correctly.\nThe following items need to be configured:\n");
                if (!IsAuthTokenValid(_settings.authToken))
                {
                    AddTextToHoldable("AuthToken - Be sure oauth: is included.\n-   Retrieve from https://twitchapps.com/tmi/");
                }
                if (!IsUsernameValid(_settings.userName))
                {
                    AddTextToHoldable("userName");
                }
                if (!IsUsernameValid(_settings.channelName))
                {
                    AddTextToHoldable("channelName");
                }
                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(_settings.serverName))
                {
                    AddTextToHoldable("serverName - Most likely to be irc.twitch.tv");
                }
                if (_settings.serverPort < 1 || _settings.serverPort > 65535)
                {
                    AddTextToHoldable("serverPort - Most likely to be 6667");
                }
                AddTextToHoldable("\nOpen up the Mod manager holdable, and select Open mod settins folder.");
                return;
            }
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            AddTextToHoldable(ex, "[IRC:Connect] Failed to read connection settings from mod settings due to an exception:");
            return;
        }

        _keepConnnectionAlive = KeepConnectionAlive();
        StartCoroutine(_keepConnnectionAlive);
    }