diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index a4c5b86..7374ac8 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@ async function joinRoom(topicStr) {
   await joinSwarm(topicBuffer);
 }
 
+async function createRoom(alias) {
+  const topicBuffer = crypto.randomBytes(32);
+  const topic = b4a.toString(topicBuffer, 'hex');
+  addRoomToList(topic, alias);
+  await joinSwarm(topicBuffer);
+}
+
 async function initialize() {
   try {
     servePort = getRandomPort();
@@ -381,17 +388,17 @@ async function joinSwarm(topicBuffer) {
   }
 }
 
-function addRoomToList(topic) {
+function addRoomToList(topic, alias) {
   const roomList = document.querySelector('#room-list');
   const roomItem = document.createElement('li');
-  roomItem.textContent = truncateHash(topic);
+  roomItem.textContent = alias || truncateHash(topic);
   roomItem.dataset.topic = topic;
 
   roomItem.addEventListener('dblclick', () => enterEditMode(roomItem));
   roomItem.addEventListener('click', () => switchRoom(topic));
   roomList.appendChild(roomItem);
 
-  config.rooms.push({ topic, alias: truncateHash(topic) });
+  config.rooms.push({ topic, alias: alias || truncateHash(topic) });
   writeConfigToFile("./config.json");
 }
 
@@ -514,14 +521,15 @@ async function sendMessage(e) {
     await handleCommand(message, {
       eventEmitter,
       currentTopic,
-      clearMessagesCMD,
+      clearMessages,
       addMessage: (from, message, avatar, topic) => onMessageAdded(from, message, avatar, topic, timestamp),
       joinRoom,
-      leaveRoom
+      leaveRoom,
+      createRoom
     });
     return;
   }
-
+  
   console.log('Sending message:', message); // Debugging log
 
   onMessageAdded(config.userName, message, config.userAvatar, topic, timestamp);
diff --git a/commands.js b/commands.js
index 16913b5..2d34f2e 100644
--- a/commands.js
+++ b/commands.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ if (fs.existsSync(agentAvatarPath)) {
 }
 
 export default async function handleCommand(command, context) {
-  const { eventEmitter, currentTopic, clearMessagesCMD, addMessage, joinRoom, leaveRoom } = context;
+  const { eventEmitter, currentTopic, clearMessages, addMessage, joinRoom, leaveRoom, createRoom } = context;
   
   const args = command.trim().split(' ');
   const cmd = args[0].toLowerCase();
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ export default async function handleCommand(command, context) {
 
   switch (cmd) {
     case '~clear':
-      clearMessagesCMD();
+      clearMessages();
       break;
     case '~ping':
       addMessage('LinkUp', 'pong', agentAvatar, currentTopic());
       break;
     case '~help':
-      addMessage('LinkUp', 'Available commands: ~clear, ~ping, ~help, ~join [topic], ~leave', agentAvatar, currentTopic());
+      addMessage('LinkUp', 'Available commands:\n- ~clear\n- ~ping\n- ~help\n- ~join [topic]\n- ~leave\n- ~create [alias]', agentAvatar, currentTopic());
       break;
     case '~join':
       if (restArgs) {
@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@ export default async function handleCommand(command, context) {
     case '~leave':
       leaveRoom(currentTopic());
       break;
+    case '~create':
+      if (restArgs) {
+        await createRoom(restArgs);
+      } else {
+        addMessage('LinkUp', 'Usage: ~create [alias]', agentAvatar, currentTopic());
+      }
+      break;
     default:
       console.log('Unknown command:', command);
   }