1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/bot/__init__.py b/bot/__init__.py
index bdb18666..c8550537 100644
--- a/bot/__init__.py
+++ b/bot/__init__.py
@@ -2,10 +2,13 @@ import asyncio
 import logging
 import logging.handlers
 import os
+from functools import partial, partialmethod
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import arrow
+from discord.ext import commands
 
+from bot.command import Command
 from bot.constants import Client
 
 
@@ -70,3 +73,9 @@ logging.getLogger().info('Logging initialization complete')
 # On Windows, the selector event loop is required for aiodns.
 if os.name == "nt":
     asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(asyncio.WindowsSelectorEventLoopPolicy())
+
+
+# Monkey-patch discord.py decorators to use the Command subclass which supports root aliases.
+# Must be patched before any cogs are added.
+commands.command = partial(commands.command, cls=Command)
+commands.GroupMixin.command = partialmethod(commands.GroupMixin.command, cls=Command)