diff --git a/bot/plugins/useless.py b/bot/plugins/useless.py
index b28212c..3026a77 100644
--- a/bot/plugins/useless.py
+++ b/bot/plugins/useless.py
@@ -330,6 +330,12 @@ class Useless(DatabasePlugin):
         """
         return ' '.join([self._rainbow(i, word) for i, word in enumerate(args['<words>'])])
 
+    @command
+    def hw(self, mask: IrcString, target: IrcString, args: DocOptDict):
+        """alias for .halfwidth
+        %%hw <words>"""
+        return self.halfwidth(mas, target, args)
+
     @command
     def halfwidth(self, mask: IrcString, target: IrcString, args: DocOptDict):
         """Turns UPPERCASE words into halfwidth characters