biboumi not connecting to irc server when requesting to chat with an irc user

src/xmpp/xmpp_parser.cpp:137: XmppParser::stanza_event
[DEBUG]: src/xmpp/xmpp_component.cpp:166:       XMPP RECEIVING: <presence from='cable@hydra.freetown.com' http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace:lang='en' id='14cd3-241' to='notsohot@irc-gateway.hydra.freetown.com' type='subscribe' xmlns='jabber:component:accept'><x xmlns='vcard-temp:x:update'><photo xmlns='vcard-temp:x:update'>29a960d2f825d016febf6dd3a7d22f79c6932122</photo></x><nick xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/nick'>Cable</nick><c ext='' hash='sha-1' node='http://jitsi.org' ver='Ph5f48qAECRxRYmRNvIiuVCalqM=' xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/caps'/></presence>Name: presence
[INFO]: src/xmpp/biboumi_component.cpp:124:    BiboumiComponent::handle_presence id: 14cd3-241 from:cable@hydra.freetown.com to:notsohot@irc-gateway.hydra.freetown.com type:subscribe
[INFO]: src/xmpp/biboumi_component.cpp:948:    BiboumiComponent::get_user_bridge jid: cable@hydra.freetown.com
[INFO]: src/irc/iid.cpp:53:     Iid::init:server:blackwidow.freetown.com
[INFO]: src/irc/iid.cpp:74:     Iid::init: local:notsohot server:blackwidow.freetown.com

It's not even trying to connect to the irc server, also as you see from the wireshark

<iq id="14cd3-225" type="set"><query xmlns="jabber:iq:roster"><item jid="notsohot@irc-gateway.hydra.freetown.com" name="notsohot@irc-gateway.hydra.freetown.com"></item></query></iq>
<iq to='cable@hydra.freetown.com/Σ' from='cable@hydra.freetown.com' type='set' id='push16462246244682158820'><query xmlns='jabber:iq:roster'><item name='notsohot@irc-gateway.hydra.freetown.com' jid='notsohot@irc-gateway.hydra.freetown.com'/></query></iq>```