diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3e2090e..5046c3f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 .idea
 *.save
 *.swp
+corpus/
diff --git a/modes.go b/modes.go
index 77f2370..550035e 100644
--- a/modes.go
+++ b/modes.go
@@ -421,7 +421,9 @@ func (p *UserPerms) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 func (p *UserPerms) Lookup(channel string) (perms Perms, ok bool) {
 	var permsi interface{}
 	permsi, ok = p.channels.Get(ToRFC1459(channel))
-	perms = permsi.(Perms)
+	if ok {
+		perms = permsi.(Perms)
+	}
 	return perms, ok
 }