diff --git a/.idea/gradle.xml b/.idea/gradle.xml
index 83b37b5..28a465f 100644
--- a/.idea/gradle.xml
+++ b/.idea/gradle.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
         <option name="testRunner" value="GRADLE" />
         <option name="distributionType" value="DEFAULT_WRAPPED" />
         <option name="externalProjectPath" value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
+        <option name="gradleHome" value="$PROJECT_DIR$/../../../../Program Files/Gradle/gradle-6.5.1" />
         <option name="modules">
           <set>
             <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
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 4699de8..66d5947 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/kraftwerk28/spigot_tg_bridge/TgBot.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/kraftwerk28/spigot_tg_bridge/TgBot.kt
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class TgBot(private val plugin: Plugin, private val config: Configuration) {
         val slashRegex = "^/+".toRegex()
         val commands = config.commands
 
+        skipUpdates()
         bot = bot {
             token = config.botToken
             logLevel = HttpLoggingInterceptor.Level.NONE
@@ -45,14 +46,13 @@ class TgBot(private val plugin: Plugin, private val config: Configuration) {
             }.filterKeys { it != null }
 
             dispatch {
-                cmdBinding.forEach { text, handler ->
-                    command(text!!, handler as HandleUpdate)
+                cmdBinding.forEach { (text, handler) ->
+                    command(text!!.replace(slashRegex, ""), handler)
                 }
                 text(null, ::onText)
             }
         }
         bot.setMyCommands(getBotCommands())
-        bot.skipUpdates()
 
         config.webhookConfig?.let { _ ->
             plugin.logger.info("Running in webhook mode.")
@@ -173,10 +173,22 @@ class TgBot(private val plugin: Plugin, private val config: Configuration) {
         return cmdList.zip(descList).map { BotCommand(it.first, it.second) }
     }
 
+    private fun skipUpdates() {
+        bot {
+            token = config.botToken
+            timeout = 0
+            logLevel = HttpLoggingInterceptor.Level.NONE
+        }.skipUpdates()
+    }
+
     companion object {
-        fun escapeHTML(s: String) =
-            s.replace("&", "&amp;").replace(">", "&gt;").replace("<", "&lt;")
+        fun escapeHTML(s: String) = s
+            .replace("&", "&amp;")
+            .replace(">", "&gt;")
+            .replace("<", "&lt;")
+
         fun escapeColorCodes(s: String) = s.replace("\u00A7.".toRegex(), "")
+
         fun fullEscape(s: String) = escapeColorCodes(escapeHTML(s))
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/resources/plugin.yml b/src/main/resources/plugin.yml
index 7c2f09a..a9feb47 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/plugin.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/plugin.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: SpigotTGBridge
-version: 0.0.13
+version: 0.0.14
 api-version: '1.15'
 main: org.kraftwerk28.spigot_tg_bridge.Plugin
 description: Telegram <-> Minecraft communication plugin for Spigot.