diff --git a/otouto/bot.lua b/otouto/bot.lua
index b715748..3102899 100644
--- a/otouto/bot.lua
+++ b/otouto/bot.lua
@@ -105,10 +105,9 @@ function bot:on_msg_receive(msg, config) -- The fn run whenever a message is rec
 
 	-- gsub out user name if multiple bots are in the same group
 	if msg.text:match(config.cmd_pat..'([A-Za-z0-9-_-]+)@'..self.info.username) then
-	  msg.text = string.gsub(msg.text, '@'..self.info.username, "")
+	  msg.text = string.gsub(msg.text, config.cmd_pat..'([A-Za-z0-9-_-]+)@'..self.info.username, "/%1")
 	  msg.text_lower = msg.text:lower()
 	end
-
 	msg = pre_process_msg(self, msg, config)
 	
 	for _, plugin in ipairs(self.plugins) do