diff --git a/config.js b/config.js
index ce51bc7..3f3563d 100644
--- a/config.js
+++ b/config.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 module.exports = {
   kmsEncryptedHookUrl: process.env.KMS_ENCRYPTED_HOOK_URL, // encrypted slack webhook url
   unencryptedHookUrl: process.env.UNENCRYPTED_HOOK_URL,    // unencrypted slack webhook url
+  slackChannel: process.env.SLACK_CHANNEL, // slack channel
 
   services: {
     elasticbeanstalk: {
@@ -27,4 +28,4 @@ module.exports = {
     }
   }
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index c61ab4e..17c605f 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ var config = require('./config');
 var _ = require('lodash');
 var hookUrl;
 
-var baseSlackMessage = {}
+var channel = config.slackChannel;
+
+var baseSlackMessage = {"channel": channel}
 
 var postMessage = function(message, callback) {
   var body = JSON.stringify(message);
@@ -412,7 +414,7 @@ var processEvent = function(event, context) {
 
 exports.handler = function(event, context) {
   if (hookUrl) {
-    processEvent(event, context);
+             processEvent(event, context);
   } else if (config.unencryptedHookUrl) {
     hookUrl = config.unencryptedHookUrl;
     processEvent(event, context);
@@ -430,7 +432,7 @@ exports.handler = function(event, context) {
         processEvent(event, context);
       }
     });
-  } else {
+  }else {
     context.fail('hook url has not been set.');
   }
 };
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6e1e021..95eccb1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "lambda-cloudwatch-slack",
   "version": "0.3.0",
   "description": "Better Slack notifications for AWS CloudWatch",
-  "authors": [    
+  "authors": [
     "Christopher Reichert <creichert07@gmail.com>",
     "Cody Reichert <codyreichert@gmail.com>",
     "Alexandr Promakh <s-promakh@ya.ru>"
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "aws-sdk": "^2.4.0",
     "https": "^1.0.0",
-    "lodash": "^4.15.0",
+    "lodash": "^4.17.15",
     "url": "^0.11.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/scripts/deploy.sh b/scripts/deploy.sh
index 8c49fc7..d29f7e9 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy.sh
+++ b/scripts/deploy.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ NODE_LAMBDA=./node_modules/node-lambda/bin/node-lambda
 test -s $NODE_LAMBDA || { echo "node-lambda not installed. Run 'npm install' first."; exit 1; }
 mkdir -p tmp
 cat .env | grep HOOK_URL > ./tmp/deploy.env
-$NODE_LAMBDA deploy --configFile ./tmp/deploy.env
\ No newline at end of file
+cat .env | grep SLACK_CHANNEL > ./tmp/deploy.env
+$NODE_LAMBDA deploy --configFile ./tmp/deploy.env