diff --git a/FaustBot/Modules/CharactersCountObserver.py b/FaustBot/Modules/CharactersCountObserver.py
index 68f95bd..824e34b 100644
--- a/FaustBot/Modules/CharactersCountObserver.py
+++ b/FaustBot/Modules/CharactersCountObserver.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import datetime
-
 from FaustBot.Communication.Connection import Connection
 from FaustBot.Model.UserProvider import UserProvider
 from FaustBot.Modules.PrivMsgObserverPrototype import PrivMsgObserverPrototype
@@ -15,8 +13,7 @@ class CharactersCountObserver(PrivMsgObserverPrototype):
         return ".characters - um abzufragen wieviel du bisher geschrieben hast."
 
     def update_on_priv_msg(self, data, connection: Connection):
-        if data['message'].find('.characters') == -1:
-            return
-        user_provider = UserProvider()
-        output = data['nick']+": du hast "+str(user_provider.get_characters(data['nick']))+ " Zeichen geschrieben."
-        connection.send_back(output, data)
+        if data["message"].startswith(".characters"):
+            user_provider = UserProvider()
+            output = f"{data['nick']}: du hast {str(user_provider.get_characters(data['nick']))} Zeichen geschrieben."
+            connection.send_back(output, data)