diff --git a/discord/commands/Eval.ts b/discord/commands/Eval.ts
index 8b1a1ad..0a8453d 100644
--- a/discord/commands/Eval.ts
+++ b/discord/commands/Eval.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@ import DiscordInteractionCommand from "../../util/DiscordInteractionCommand";
 import { ChatInputCommandInteraction } from "discord.js";
 import { inspect } from "util";
 import { discordBotToken } from "../../config.json";
+import { PartnerModel } from "../../database/Partner";
 
 export default class Eval extends DiscordInteractionCommand {
   // This is a list of IDs that are allowed to use this command.
-  private listOfAllowedIDs: string[];
+  private listOfAllowedIDs: string[] = [];
 
   constructor() {
     super("eval", "Executes arbitrary JS code and returns the output.");
@@ -25,10 +26,13 @@ export default class Eval extends DiscordInteractionCommand {
       option.setName("depth").setDescription("The depth of the inspection.").setRequired(false)
     );
 
-    // TODO: replace with database entry "canExecuteDevCommands"
-    this.listOfAllowedIDs = [
-      "278620217221971968", // Matthew
-    ];
+    // this checks against the database and adds all of the partners that are "allowed to perform dev commands"
+    // doing the database check in the initialization prevents us from having to check the database every time this command is ran
+    PartnerModel.find({ canPerformDevCommands: true }).then((partners) => {
+      for (const partner of partners) {
+        this.listOfAllowedIDs.push(partner.discordID as string);
+      }
+    });
   }
 
   public async execute(interaction: ChatInputCommandInteraction) {