Turns out the @client functions really don't want a 'self' argument

mushcord.py

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class Mushcord:
         config = {}
         for option in options:
             o = option.strip("\n").split('=')
-            config[o[0]] = config[o[1]]
+            config[o[0]] = o[1]
         self.TOKEN = config['TOKEN']
         self.server = config['SERVER']
         self.port = int(config['PORT'])
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class Mushcord:
         self.password = config['PASSWORD']
     
     @client.event
-    async def on_message(self, message):
+    async def on_message(message):
         if message.author == client.user:
             return
         if message.content.startswith('!hello'):
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class Mushcord:
             mc.t.write(msg)
 
     @client.event
-    async def on_ready(self):
+    async def on_ready():
         print('Logged in as')
         print(client.user.name)
         print(client.user.id)