diff --git a/chatter/chat.py b/chatter/chat.py
index ef75bb8..d63a664 100644
--- a/chatter/chat.py
+++ b/chatter/chat.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from chatterbot import ChatBot
 from chatterbot.comparisons import JaccardSimilarity, LevenshteinDistance, SpacySimilarity
 from chatterbot.response_selection import get_random_response
 from chatterbot.trainers import ChatterBotCorpusTrainer, ListTrainer, UbuntuCorpusTrainer
-from redbot.core import Config, commands
+from redbot.core import Config, checks, commands
 from redbot.core.commands import Cog
 from redbot.core.data_manager import cog_data_path
 from redbot.core.utils.predicates import MessagePredicate
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ class Chatter(Cog):
         if ctx.invoked_subcommand is None:
             pass
 
+    @checks.admin()
     @chatter.command(name="channel")
     async def chatter_channel(
         self, ctx: commands.Context, channel: Optional[discord.TextChannel] = None
@@ -210,6 +211,7 @@ class Chatter(Cog):
             await self.config.guild(ctx.guild).chatchannel.set(channel.id)
             await ctx.maybe_send_embed(f"Chat channel is now {channel.mention}")
 
+    @checks.is_owner()
     @chatter.command(name="cleardata")
     async def chatter_cleardata(self, ctx: commands.Context, confirm: bool = False):
         """
@@ -242,6 +244,7 @@ class Chatter(Cog):
 
         await ctx.tick()
 
+    @checks.is_owner()
     @chatter.command(name="algorithm", aliases=["algo"])
     async def chatter_algorithm(
         self, ctx: commands.Context, algo_number: int, threshold: float = None
@@ -275,6 +278,7 @@ class Chatter(Cog):
 
             await ctx.tick()
 
+    @checks.is_owner()
     @chatter.command(name="model")
     async def chatter_model(self, ctx: commands.Context, model_number: int):
         """
@@ -312,6 +316,7 @@ class Chatter(Cog):
                 f"Model has been switched to {self.tagger_language.ISO_639_1}"
             )
 
+    @checks.is_owner()
     @chatter.command(name="minutes")
     async def minutes(self, ctx: commands.Context, minutes: int):
         """
@@ -327,6 +332,7 @@ class Chatter(Cog):
 
         await ctx.tick()
 
+    @checks.is_owner()
     @chatter.command(name="age")
     async def age(self, ctx: commands.Context, days: int):
         """
@@ -341,6 +347,7 @@ class Chatter(Cog):
         await self.config.guild(ctx.guild).days.set(days)
         await ctx.tick()
 
+    @checks.is_owner()
     @chatter.command(name="backup")
     async def backup(self, ctx, backupname):
         """
@@ -362,6 +369,7 @@ class Chatter(Cog):
         else:
             await ctx.maybe_send_embed("Error occurred :(")
 
+    @checks.is_owner()
     @chatter.command(name="trainubuntu")
     async def chatter_train_ubuntu(self, ctx: commands.Context, confirmation: bool = False):
         """
@@ -383,6 +391,7 @@ class Chatter(Cog):
         else:
             await ctx.send("Error occurred :(")
 
+    @checks.is_owner()
     @chatter.command(name="trainenglish")
     async def chatter_train_english(self, ctx: commands.Context):
         """
@@ -396,6 +405,7 @@ class Chatter(Cog):
         else:
             await ctx.maybe_send_embed("Error occurred :(")
 
+    @checks.is_owner()
     @chatter.command()
     async def train(self, ctx: commands.Context, channel: discord.TextChannel):
         """