diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index f4ede46..3be5592 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 val tgBotVersion = "6.0.4"
-val plugDir = "MinecraftServers/spigot_1.16.5/plugins/"
+val retrofitVersion = "2.7.1"
+val plugDir = "MinecraftServers/spigot_1.17/plugins/"
 val homeDir = System.getProperty("user.home")
 
 tasks {
@@ -45,6 +46,9 @@ tasks {
             "spigot-tg-bridge-${spigotApiVersion}-v${pluginVersion}.jar"
         )
     }
+    build {
+        dependsOn("shadowJar")
+    }
 }
 
 tasks.register<Copy>("copyArtifacts") {
@@ -57,15 +61,14 @@ tasks.register("pack") {
     finalizedBy("copyArtifacts")
 }
 
-defaultTasks("pack")
-
 dependencies {
     implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8")
     compileOnly("org.spigotmc:spigot-api:$spigotApiVersion-R0.1-SNAPSHOT")
-    implementation(
-        "io.github.kotlin-telegram-bot.kotlin-telegram-bot" +
-        ":telegram:$tgBotVersion"
-    )
+    implementation("com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.7")
+    implementation("com.squareup.retrofit2:retrofit:$retrofitVersion")
+    implementation("com.squareup.retrofit2:converter-gson:$retrofitVersion")
+    implementation("com.squareup.okhttp3:logging-interceptor:4.2.1")
+    implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-core:1.5.0")
     implementation("com.vdurmont:emoji-java:5.1.1")
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/kraftwerk28/spigot_tg_bridge/ApiService.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/kraftwerk28/spigot_tg_bridge/ApiService.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28d9e5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/kraftwerk28/spigot_tg_bridge/ApiService.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+package org.kraftwerk28.spigot_tg_bridge
+
+import okhttp3.logging.HttpLoggingInterceptor
+import okhttp3.OkHttpClient
+import com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName as Name
+import retrofit2.converter.gson.GsonConverterFactory
+import retrofit2.http.*
+import java.time.Duration
+import retrofit2.Retrofit
+
+interface TgApiService {
+    data class TgResponse<T>(val ok: Boolean, val result: T?, val description: String?)
+    data class WebhookOptions(val drop_pending_updates: Boolean)
+
+    data class User(
+        @Name("id") val id: Long,
+        @Name("is_bot") val isBot: Boolean,
+        @Name("first_name") val firstName: String,
+        @Name("last_name") val lastName: String? = null,
+        @Name("username") val username: String? = null,
+        @Name("language_code") val languageCode: String? = null,
+    )
+
+    data class Chat(
+        val id: Long,
+        val type: String,
+        val title: String? = null,
+        val username: String? = null,
+        @Name("first_name") val firstName: String? = null,
+        @Name("last_name") val lastName: String? = null,
+    )
+
+    data class Message(
+        @Name("message_id") val messageId: Long,
+        val from: User? = null,
+        @Name("sender_chat") val senderChat: Chat? = null,
+        val date: Long,
+        val chat: Chat,
+        @Name("reply_to_message") val replyToMessage: Message? = null,
+        val text: String? = null,
+    )
+
+    data class Update(
+        @Name("update_id") val updateId: Long,
+        val message: Message? = null,
+    )
+
+    data class BotCommand(val command: String, val description: String)
+    data class SetMyCommands(val commands: List<BotCommand>)
+
+    @GET("deleteWebhook")
+    suspend fun deleteWebhook(
+        @Query("drop_pending_updates") dropPendingUpdates: Boolean
+    ): TgResponse<Boolean>
+
+    @GET("sendMessage?parse_mode=HTML")
+    suspend fun sendMessage(
+        @Query("chat_id") chatId: Long,
+        @Query("text") text: String,
+        @Query("reply_to_message_id") replyToMessageId: Long? = null,
+    ): TgResponse<Message>
+
+    @GET("getUpdates")
+    suspend fun getUpdates(
+        @Query("offset") offset: Long,
+        @Query("limit") limit: Int = 100,
+        @Query("timeout") timeout: Int = 0,
+    ): TgResponse<List<Update>>
+
+    @GET("getMe")
+    suspend fun getMe(): TgResponse<User>
+
+    @POST("setMyCommands")
+    suspend fun setMyCommands(
+        @Body commands: SetMyCommands,
+    ): TgResponse<Boolean>
+
+    companion object {
+        fun create(token: String): TgApiService {
+            val interceptor = HttpLoggingInterceptor().apply {
+                level = HttpLoggingInterceptor.Level.NONE;
+            }
+            val client = OkHttpClient
+                .Builder()
+                .addInterceptor(interceptor)
+                .readTimeout(Duration.ZERO)
+                .build();
+            val r = Retrofit.Builder()
+                .baseUrl("https://api.telegram.org/bot$token/")
+                .client(client)
+                .addConverterFactory(GsonConverterFactory.create())
+                .build()
+            return r.create(TgApiService::class.java)
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/kraftwerk28/spigot_tg_bridge/EventHandler.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/kraftwerk28/spigot_tg_bridge/EventHandler.kt
index 712a9f3..44e93c9 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/kraftwerk28/spigot_tg_bridge/EventHandler.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/kraftwerk28/spigot_tg_bridge/EventHandler.kt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import org.bukkit.event.player.AsyncPlayerChatEvent
 import org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerBedEnterEvent
 import org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerJoinEvent
 import org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerQuitEvent
+import kotlin.system.measureTimeMillis
 
 class EventHandler(
     private val tgBot: TgBot,
@@ -17,16 +18,21 @@ class EventHandler(
     fun onPlayerChat(event: AsyncPlayerChatEvent) {
         if (!config.logFromMCtoTG) return
         event.run {
-            tgBot.sendMessageToTelegram(
-                message, player.displayName
-            )
+            measureTimeMillis {
+                tgBot.sendMessageToTelegram(
+                    message, player.displayName
+                )
+            }
+            .also {
+                println("Time: $it")
+            }
         }
     }
 
     @EventHandler
     fun onPlayerJoin(event: PlayerJoinEvent) {
-         if (!config.logJoinLeave || config.joinString == null) return
-        val username = fullEscape(event.player.displayName)
+        if (!config.logJoinLeave || config.joinString == null) return
+        val username = event.player.displayName.fullEscape()
         val text = config.joinString!!.replace("%username%", username)
         tgBot.sendMessageToTelegram(text)
     }
@@ -34,7 +40,7 @@ class EventHandler(
     @EventHandler
     fun onPlayerLeave(event: PlayerQuitEvent) {
         if (!config.logJoinLeave || config.leaveString == null) return
-        val username = fullEscape(event.player.displayName)
+        val username = event.player.displayName.fullEscape()
         val text = config.leaveString!!.replace("%username%", username)
         tgBot.sendMessageToTelegram(text)
     }
@@ -43,7 +49,7 @@ class EventHandler(
     fun onPlayerDied(event: PlayerDeathEvent) {
         if (!config.logDeath) return
         event.deathMessage?.let {
-            val username = fullEscape(event.entity.displayName)
+            val username = event.entity.displayName.fullEscape()
             val text = it.replace(username, "<i>$username</i>")
             tgBot.sendMessageToTelegram(text)
         }
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/kraftwerk28/spigot_tg_bridge/Plugin.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/kraftwerk28/spigot_tg_bridge/Plugin.kt
index 88af9cd..1c298f3 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/kraftwerk28/spigot_tg_bridge/Plugin.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/kraftwerk28/spigot_tg_bridge/Plugin.kt
@@ -36,27 +36,27 @@ class Plugin : JavaPlugin() {
 
     override fun onDisable() {
         if (!config.isEnabled) return
-        config.serverStopMessage?.let { message ->
-            tgBot?.sendMessageToTelegram(message)
+        config.serverStopMessage?.let {
+            tgBot?.sendMessageToTelegram(it)
         }
         logger.info("Plugin stopped.")
     }
 
-    fun sendMessageToMinecraft(text: String, username: String? = null) {
-        var prepared = config.telegramMessageFormat
-            .replace(C.MESSAGE_TEXT_PLACEHOLDER, escapeEmoji(text))
-        username?.let {
-            prepared = prepared
-                .replace(C.USERNAME_PLACEHOLDER, escapeEmoji(it))
-        }
-        server.broadcastMessage(prepared)
-    }
+    fun sendMessageToMinecraft(text: String, username: String? = null) =
+        config.telegramMessageFormat
+            .replace(C.MESSAGE_TEXT_PLACEHOLDER, text.escapeEmoji())
+            .run {
+                username?.let { username ->
+                    replace(C.USERNAME_PLACEHOLDER, username.escapeEmoji())
+                } ?: this
+            }
+            .also { server.broadcastMessage(it) }
 
     fun reload() {
         logger.info(C.INFO.reloading)
         config.reload(this)
         tgBot?.stop()
-        tgBot?.start(this, config)
+        tgBot = TgBot(this, config)
         logger.info(C.INFO.reloadComplete)
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/kraftwerk28/spigot_tg_bridge/TgBot.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/kraftwerk28/spigot_tg_bridge/TgBot.kt
index 089b91d..85533ff 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/kraftwerk28/spigot_tg_bridge/TgBot.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/kraftwerk28/spigot_tg_bridge/TgBot.kt
@@ -1,96 +1,127 @@
 package org.kraftwerk28.spigot_tg_bridge
 
-import com.github.kotlintelegrambot.*
-import com.github.kotlintelegrambot.dispatcher.command
-import com.github.kotlintelegrambot.dispatcher.text
-import com.github.kotlintelegrambot.entities.BotCommand
-import com.github.kotlintelegrambot.entities.ParseMode
-import com.github.kotlintelegrambot.entities.Update
-import com.github.kotlintelegrambot.logging.LogLevel
-import com.github.kotlintelegrambot.entities.ChatId
-import okhttp3.logging.HttpLoggingInterceptor
 import org.kraftwerk28.spigot_tg_bridge.Constants as C
+import kotlinx.coroutines.*
+import kotlinx.coroutines.channels.*
 
-class TgBot(private val plugin: Plugin, private val config: Configuration) {
-
-    private lateinit var bot: Bot
-
-    init {
-        start(plugin, config)
+class TgBot(
+    private val plugin: Plugin,
+    private val config: Configuration,
+    private val pollTimeout: Int = 30,
+) {
+    private val api: TgApiService
+    val updateChan = Channel<TgApiService.Update>()
+    val scope = CoroutineScope(Dispatchers.Default)
+    val pollJob: Job
+    val handlerJob: Job
+    var currentOffset: Long = -1
+    var me: TgApiService.User
+    var commandRegex: Regex
+    val commandMap = config.commands.run {
+        mapOf(
+            online to ::onlineHandler,
+            time to ::timeHandler,
+            chatID to ::chatIdHandler,
+        )
     }
 
-    fun start(plugin: Plugin, config: Configuration) {
-        val slashRegex = "^/+".toRegex()
-        val commands = config.commands
+    init {
+        api = TgApiService.create(config.botToken)
+        runBlocking {
+            me = api.getMe().result!!
+            // I don't put optional @username in regex since bot is
+            // only used in group chats
+            commandRegex = """^\/(\w+)(?:@${me.username})$""".toRegex()
 
-        skipUpdates()
-        bot = bot {
-            token = config.botToken
-            logLevel = LogLevel.None
 
-            val commandBindings = commands.let {
-                mapOf(
-                    it.time to ::time,
-                    it.online to ::online,
-                    it.chatID to ::chatID
-                )
-            }.filterKeys { it != null }
+            val commands = config.commands.run { listOf(time, online, chatID) }
+                .zip(C.COMMAND_DESC.run {
+                        listOf(timeDesc, onlineDesc, chatIDDesc)
+                })
+                .map { TgApiService.BotCommand(it.first!!, it.second) }
+                .let { TgApiService.SetMyCommands(it) }
 
-            dispatch {
-                commandBindings.forEach { (text, handler) ->
-                    command(text!!.replace(slashRegex, "")) {
-                        handler(update)
+            api.setMyCommands(commands)
+        }
+        pollJob = scope.launch {
+            try {
+                while (true) {
+                    try {
+                        pollUpdates()
+                    } catch (e: Exception) {
+                        e.printStackTrace()
                     }
                 }
-                text { onText(update) }
+            } catch (e: CancellationException) {}
+        }
+        handlerJob = scope.launch {
+            try {
+                while (true) {
+                    handleUpdate()
+                }
+            } catch (e: CancellationException) {}
+        }
+    }
+
+    suspend fun pollUpdates() {
+        val updatesResponse = api
+            .getUpdates(offset = currentOffset, timeout = pollTimeout)
+        updatesResponse.result?.let { updates ->
+            if (!updates.isEmpty()) {
+                updates.forEach { updateChan.send(it) }
+                currentOffset = updates.last().updateId + 1
             }
         }
-        bot.setMyCommands(getBotCommands())
+    }
 
-        config.webhookConfig?.let { _ ->
-            plugin.logger.info("Running in webhook mode.")
-        } ?: run {
-            bot.startPolling()
+    suspend fun handleUpdate() {
+        val update = updateChan.receive()
+        update.message?.text?.let {
+            println("Text: $it")
+            commandRegex.matchEntire(it)?.groupValues?.let {
+                commandMap[it[1]]?.let { it(update) } ?: onTextHandler(update)
+            }
         }
     }
 
     fun stop() {
-        bot.stopPolling()
+        runBlocking {
+            pollJob.cancelAndJoin()
+            handlerJob.cancelAndJoin()
+        }
     }
 
-    private fun time(update: Update) {
+    private suspend fun timeHandler(update: TgApiService.Update) {
         val msg = update.message!!
         if (!config.allowedChats.contains(msg.chat.id)) {
             return
         }
 
         if (plugin.server.worlds.isEmpty()) {
-            bot.sendMessage(
-                ChatId.fromId(msg.chat.id),
+            api.sendMessage(
+                msg.chat.id,
                 "No worlds available",
                 replyToMessageId = msg.messageId
             )
             return
         }
 
-        val t = plugin.server.worlds.first().time
-        val text = when {
-            t <= 12000 -> C.TIMES_OF_DAY.day
-            t <= 13800 -> C.TIMES_OF_DAY.sunset
-            t <= 22200 -> C.TIMES_OF_DAY.night
-            t <= 24000 -> C.TIMES_OF_DAY.sunrise
-            else -> ""
-        } + " ($t)"
+        // TODO: handle multiple worlds
+        val time = plugin.server.worlds.first().time
+        val text = C.TIMES_OF_DAY.run {
+            when {
+                time <= 12000 -> day
+                time <= 13800 -> sunset
+                time <= 22200 -> night
+                time <= 24000 -> sunrise
+                else -> ""
+            }
+        } + " ($time)"
 
-        bot.sendMessage(
-            ChatId.fromId(msg.chat.id),
-            text,
-            replyToMessageId = msg.messageId,
-            parseMode = ParseMode.HTML
-        )
+        api.sendMessage(msg.chat.id, text, replyToMessageId = msg.messageId)
     }
 
-    private fun online(update: Update) {
+    private suspend fun onlineHandler(update: TgApiService.Update) {
         val msg = update.message!!
         if (!config.allowedChats.contains(msg.chat.id)) {
             return
@@ -99,62 +130,40 @@ class TgBot(private val plugin: Plugin, private val config: Configuration) {
         val playerList = plugin.server.onlinePlayers
         val playerStr = plugin.server
             .onlinePlayers
-            .mapIndexed { i, s -> "${i + 1}. ${fullEscape(s.displayName)}" }
+            .mapIndexed { i, s -> "${i + 1}. ${s.displayName.fullEscape()}" }
             .joinToString("\n")
         val text =
             if (playerList.isNotEmpty()) "${config.onlineString}:\n$playerStr"
             else config.nobodyOnlineString
-        bot.sendMessage(
-            ChatId.fromId(msg.chat.id),
-            text,
-            replyToMessageId = msg.messageId,
-            parseMode = ParseMode.HTML
-        )
+        api.sendMessage(msg.chat.id, text, replyToMessageId = msg.messageId)
     }
 
-    private fun chatID(update: Update) {
+    private suspend fun chatIdHandler(update: TgApiService.Update) {
         val msg = update.message!!
-        val chatID = msg.chat.id
+        val chatId = msg.chat.id
         val text = """
             Chat ID:
-            <code>$chatID</code>
+            <code>${chatId}</code>
             paste this id to <code>chats:</code> section in you config.yml file so it will look like this:
         """.trimIndent() +
-                "\n\n<code>chats:\n  # other ids...\n  - ${chatID}</code>"
-        bot.sendMessage(
-            ChatId.fromId(chatID),
-            text,
-            parseMode = ParseMode.HTML,
-            replyToMessageId = msg.messageId
-        )
+                "\n\n<code>chats:\n  # other ids...\n  - ${chatId}</code>"
+        api.sendMessage(chatId, text, replyToMessageId = msg.messageId)
     }
 
     fun sendMessageToTelegram(text: String, username: String? = null) {
-        config.allowedChats.forEach { chatID ->
-            username?.let {
-                bot.sendMessage(
-                    ChatId.fromId(chatID),
-                    formatMsgFromMinecraft(username, text),
-                    parseMode = ParseMode.HTML,
-                )
-            } ?: run {
-                bot.sendMessage(
-                    ChatId.fromId(chatID),
-                    text,
-                    parseMode = ParseMode.HTML,
-                )
+        val messageText = username?.let { formatMsgFromMinecraft(it, text) } ?: text
+        config.allowedChats.forEach { chatId ->
+            scope.launch {
+                delay(1000)
+                api.sendMessage(chatId, messageText)
             }
         }
     }
 
-    private fun onText(update: Update) {
+    private suspend fun onTextHandler(update: TgApiService.Update) {
         if (!config.logFromTGtoMC) return
         val msg = update.message!!
-
-        // Suppress commands to be sent to Minecraft
-        if (msg.text!!.startsWith("/")) return
-
-        plugin.sendMessageToMinecraft(msg.text!!, rawUserMention(msg.from!!))
+        plugin.sendMessageToMinecraft(msg.text!!, msg.from!!.rawUserMention())
     }
 
     private fun formatMsgFromMinecraft(
@@ -162,21 +171,6 @@ class TgBot(private val plugin: Plugin, private val config: Configuration) {
         text: String
     ): String =
         config.minecraftMessageFormat
-            .replace("%username%", fullEscape(username))
-            .replace("%message%", escapeHTML(text))
-
-    private fun getBotCommands(): List<BotCommand> {
-        val cmdList = config.commands.run { listOfNotNull(time, online, chatID) }
-        val descList = C.COMMAND_DESC.run { listOf(timeDesc, onlineDesc, chatIDDesc) }
-        return cmdList.zip(descList).map { BotCommand(it.first, it.second) }
-    }
-
-    private fun skipUpdates() {
-        // Creates a temporary bot w/ 0 timeout to skip updates
-        bot {
-            token = config.botToken
-            timeout = 0
-            logLevel = LogLevel.None
-        }.skipUpdates()
-    }
+            .replace("%username%", username.fullEscape())
+            .replace("%message%", text.escapeHtml())
 }
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/kraftwerk28/spigot_tg_bridge/Utils.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/kraftwerk28/spigot_tg_bridge/Utils.kt
index 14f6aaf..7b01611 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/kraftwerk28/spigot_tg_bridge/Utils.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/kraftwerk28/spigot_tg_bridge/Utils.kt
@@ -1,35 +1,34 @@
 package org.kraftwerk28.spigot_tg_bridge
 
-import com.github.kotlintelegrambot.Bot
-import com.github.kotlintelegrambot.entities.Update
-import com.github.kotlintelegrambot.entities.User
 import com.vdurmont.emoji.EmojiParser
 
-fun Bot.skipUpdates(lastUpdateID: Long = 0) {
-    val newUpdates = getUpdates(lastUpdateID)
+// fun Bot.skipUpdates(lastUpdateID: Long = 0) {
+//     val newUpdates = getUpdates(lastUpdateID)
 
-    if (newUpdates.isNotEmpty()) {
-        val lastUpd = newUpdates.last()
-        if (lastUpd !is Update) return
-        return skipUpdates(lastUpd.updateId + 1)
-    }
-}
+//     if (newUpdates.isNotEmpty()) {
+//         val lastUpd = newUpdates.last()
+//         if (lastUpd !is Update) return
+//         return skipUpdates(lastUpd.updateId + 1)
+//     }
+// }
 
-fun String.escapeHtml() =
-    this.replace("&", "&amp;").replace(">", "&gt;").replace("<", "&lt;")
-
-fun escapeHTML(s: String) = s
+fun String.escapeHtml() = this
     .replace("&", "&amp;")
     .replace(">", "&gt;")
     .replace("<", "&lt;")
 
-fun escapeColorCodes(s: String) = s.replace("\u00A7.".toRegex(), "")
+fun String.escapeHTML() = this
+    .replace("&", "&amp;")
+    .replace(">", "&gt;")
+    .replace("<", "&lt;")
 
-fun fullEscape(s: String) = escapeColorCodes(escapeHTML(s))
+fun String.escapeColorCodes() = replace("\u00A7.".toRegex(), "")
 
-fun escapeEmoji(text: String) = EmojiParser.parseToAliases(text)
+fun String.fullEscape() = escapeHTML().escapeColorCodes()
 
-fun rawUserMention(user: User): String =
-    (if (user.firstName.length < 2) null else user.firstName)
-        ?: user.username
-        ?: user.lastName!!
+fun String.escapeEmoji() = EmojiParser.parseToAliases(this)
+
+fun TgApiService.User.rawUserMention(): String =
+    (if (firstName.length < 2) null else firstName)
+        ?: username
+        ?: lastName!!