diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e66e6b8..6b8996c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Sep 22, 2017
+* Added `newThreadCategoryId` option. This option can be set to a category ID to place all new threads in that category.
+
 ## Sep 20, 2017
 * Fixed crash when the bot was unable to find or create a modmail thread
 * Reduced error log spam in case of network errors from Eris
-* Fix unintended error when a message was ignored due to an "accidental thread" word
+* Fixed unintended error when a message was ignored due to an "accidental thread" word
 
 ## Sep 19, 2017
 * Added `logChannelId` option
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 33616c2..90bae0f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -59,3 +59,4 @@ These go in `config.json`. See also `config.example.json`.
 |snippetPrefix|"!!"|Prefix to use snippets. Defaults to `prefix` x2.|
 |inboxServerPermission|None|Permission required to use bot commands on the inbox server|
 |logChannelId|Server's default channel|Channel where to post links to closed threads and other alerts|
+|newThreadCategoryId|None|ID of the category where new modmail thread channels should be placed|
diff --git a/src/config.js b/src/config.js
index 577b562..06b23a9 100644
--- a/src/config.js
+++ b/src/config.js
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ const defaultConfig = {
   "status": "Message me for help!",
   "responseMessage": "Thank you for your message! Our mod team will reply to you here as soon as possible.",
 
+  "newThreadCategoryId": null,
+
   "inboxServerPermission": null,
   "alwaysReply": false,
   "alwaysReplyAnon": false,
diff --git a/src/threads.js b/src/threads.js
index c7cb465..d0d961c 100644
--- a/src/threads.js
+++ b/src/threads.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const Eris = require('eris');
+const bot = require('./bot');
 const transliterate = require('transliteration');
 const jsonDb = require('./jsonDb');
 const config = require('./config');
@@ -93,6 +94,11 @@ function getForUser(user, allowCreate = true, originalMessage = null) {
           username: `${user.username}#${user.discriminator}`,
         };
 
+        if (config.newThreadCategoryId) {
+          // If a category id is specified, move the newly created channel there
+          bot.editChannel(channel.id, {parentID: config.newThreadCategoryId});
+        }
+
         return jsonDb.get('threads', []).then(threads => {
           threads.push(thread);
           jsonDb.save('threads', threads);