diff --git a/sopel_SpiceBotCore/SBCore/prerun.py b/sopel_SpiceBotCore/SBCore/prerun.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91c6542
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sopel_SpiceBotCore/SBCore/prerun.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import functools
+
+
+def prerun(sb, t_command_type='module'):
+
+    def actual_decorator(function):
+
+        @functools.wraps(function)
+        def internal_prerun(bot, trigger, *args, **kwargs):
+
+            bot.say(str(id(trigger)))
+
+        return internal_prerun
+    return actual_decorator
diff --git a/sopel_SpiceBotCore/__init__.py b/sopel_SpiceBotCore/__init__.py
index 9e9ade3..f39fa52 100644
--- a/sopel_SpiceBotCore/__init__.py
+++ b/sopel_SpiceBotCore/__init__.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import pathlib
 from sopel import plugin
 
 from .SBCore import SpiceBotCore_OBJ
+from .SBCore.prerun import prerun
 
 SCRIPT_DIR = pathlib.Path(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
 
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ def setup(bot):
     sb.setup(bot)
 
 
+@prerun(sb, 'nickname')
 @plugin.nickname_command('test')
 def sb_nickname_command(bot, trigger):
     bot.say("Testing the bot")