diff --git a/Gwendolyn.py b/Gwendolyn.py
index 1a32918..8f84558 100644
--- a/Gwendolyn.py
+++ b/Gwendolyn.py
@@ -568,7 +568,10 @@ async def parseCommands(message,content):
             await runhex(message.channel,command,"#"+str(message.author.id))
         except:
             logThis("Something went wrong (error code 1500)")
-
+    
+    elif content.startswith("whatsmyid"):
+        logThis("Author's ID is "+str(message.author.id))
+    
     # Not a command
     else:
         logThis("That's not a command (error code 001)",str(message.channel))
diff --git a/funcs/games/hex.py b/funcs/games/hex.py
index 1ac2ff6..17d017c 100644
--- a/funcs/games/hex.py
+++ b/funcs/games/hex.py
@@ -161,20 +161,28 @@ def placeHex(channel : str,player : int,position : str):
     else:
         return "There's no game in this channel", False, False, False, False
 
-# Returns a board where a piece has been placed in the column
-def placeOnHexBoard(board,player,column):
-    placementx, placementy = -1, column
 
-    for x in range(len(board)):
-        if board[x][column] == 0:
-            placementx = x
-
-    board[placementx][placementy] = player
-
-    if placementx == -1:
-        return None
-    else:
+# Returns a board where the placement has occured
+def placeOnHexBoard(board,player,position):
+    # Translates the position
+    position = position.lower()
+    try:
+        column = ord(position[0])-97   # ord() translates from letter to number
+        row = int(position[1])
+        if column not in range(boardWidth) or row not in range(boardWidth):
+            logThis("Position out of bounds (error code 1533)")
+            return "Error. That position is out of bounds."
+    except:
+        logThis("Invalid position (error code 1531)")
+        return "Error. The position should be a letter followed by a number, e.g. \"e2\"."
+    
+    # Place at the position
+    if board[row][column] == 0:
+        board[row][column] = player
         return board
+    else:
+        logThis("Cannot place on existing piece (error code 1532)")
+        return "Error. You must place on an empty space."
 
 # Checks if someone has won the game and returns the winner
 def isHexWon(board):
diff --git a/resources/errorCodes.txt b/resources/errorCodes.txt
index 729637f..4876893 100644
--- a/resources/errorCodes.txt
+++ b/resources/errorCodes.txt
@@ -110,4 +110,5 @@
 1510 - Unspecified parsing error
 1520 - Unspecified AI error
 1531 - Invalid position
-1532 - Cannot place on existing piece
\ No newline at end of file
+1532 - Cannot place on existing piece
+1533 - Position out of bounds