diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index beed13db..2ab7333d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.mctourney.autoreferee</groupId>
   <artifactId>AutoReferee</artifactId>
-  <version>2.8.3</version>
+  <version>2.8.4</version>
   <name>AutoReferee Core Plugin</name>
   <url>https://www.reddit.com/r/mctourney</url>
   <description>Bukkit plugin for automatically refereeing competitive Minecraft matches.</description>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/mctourney/autoreferee/listeners/SpectatorListener.java b/src/main/java/org/mctourney/autoreferee/listeners/SpectatorListener.java
index 5ec4df0b..9d0f14b6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/mctourney/autoreferee/listeners/SpectatorListener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/mctourney/autoreferee/listeners/SpectatorListener.java
@@ -149,6 +149,10 @@ else if ("inventory".equalsIgnoreCase(parts[0]))
 						player.sendMessage(ChatColor.DARK_GRAY + "Cannot show inventory for " + parts[2]);
 				}
 			}
+			else if (message.contains("panic")){
+				match.updateReferee(player);
+				player.sendMessage(ChatColor.DARK_RED + "Panic button successful.");
+			}
 		}
 		catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e)
 		{ AutoReferee.log("Unsupported encoding: " + AutoReferee.PLUGIN_CHANNEL_ENC); }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/plugin.yml b/src/main/resources/plugin.yml
index da4cd392..1910e541 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/plugin.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/plugin.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: AutoReferee
 main: org.mctourney.autoreferee.AutoReferee
-version: 2.8.3
+version: 2.8.4
 author: "authorblues, net"
 load: startup