diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4704236..8a3b062 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 COMMIT := $(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)
 TD_COMMIT := "5bbfc1cf5dab94f82e02f3430ded7241d4653551"
-VERSION := "v1.11.0"
+VERSION := "v1.12.0"
 MAKEOPTS := "-j4"
 
 all:
diff --git a/telegabber.go b/telegabber.go
index e5940ff..1f0f3e0 100644
--- a/telegabber.go
+++ b/telegabber.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 	goxmpp "gosrc.io/xmpp"
 )
 
-var version string = "1.11.0"
+var version string = "1.12.0"
 var commit string
 
 var sm *goxmpp.StreamManager
diff --git a/telegram/commands.go b/telegram/commands.go
index df9f5ff..ec1db89 100644
--- a/telegram/commands.go
+++ b/telegram/commands.go
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ var chatCommands = map[string]command{
 	"s":          command{1, []string{"edited message"}, "edit your last message", true, nil},
 	"silent":     command{1, []string{"message"}, "send a message without sound", true, nil},
 	"schedule":   command{2, []string{"{online | 2006-01-02T15:04:05 | 15:04:05}", "message"}, "schedules a message either to timestamp or to whenever the user goes online", true, nil},
+	"raw":        command{1, []string{"message"}, "send a raw message not interpeted as a transport command (e.g. a bot command)", true, nil},
 	"forward":    command{2, []string{"message_id", "target_chat"}, "forwards a message", true, nil},
 	"vcard":      command{0, []string{}, "print vCard as text", true, nil},
 	"add":        command{1, []string{"@username"}, "add @username to your chat list", true, nil},
@@ -725,6 +726,21 @@ func (c *Client) ProcessChatCommand(chatID int64, cmdline string) (string, bool,
 		} else {
 			return "Message processing error", true, false
 		}
+	// sends a raw non-interpreted message
+	case "raw":
+		content := c.PrepareOutgoingMessageContent(rawCmdArguments(cmdline, 0))
+
+		if content != nil {
+			_, err := c.client.SendMessage(&client.SendMessageRequest{
+				ChatId:              chatID,
+				InputMessageContent: content,
+			})
+			if err != nil {
+				return err.Error(), true, false
+			}
+		} else {
+			return "Message processing error", true, false
+		}
 	// forward a message to chat
 	case "forward":
 		messageId, err := strconv.ParseInt(args[0], 10, 64)
diff --git a/xmpp/handlers.go b/xmpp/handlers.go
index 49c41fb..c5560ec 100644
--- a/xmpp/handlers.go
+++ b/xmpp/handlers.go
@@ -989,10 +989,10 @@ func handleSetQueryCommand(s xmpp.Sender, iq *stanza.IQ, command *stanza.Command
 			answer.Payload = payload
 
 			if len(form.Fields) == 1 && form.Fields[0] != nil &&
-					form.Fields[0].Var == "command" && len(form.Fields[0].ValuesList) == 1 {
+				form.Fields[0].Var == "command" && len(form.Fields[0].ValuesList) == 1 {
 				session, ok := sessions[bare]
 				if ok {
-					msgText := "/"+form.Fields[0].ValuesList[0]
+					msgText := "/" + form.Fields[0].ValuesList[0]
 					session.LastBotCmdString = msgText
 					tgMessageId := session.ProcessOutgoingMessage(toId, msgText, iq.From, 0, 0, true)
 					if tgMessageId != 0 {