diff --git a/pleroma.py b/pleroma.py
index 2beff0c..a553b15 100644
--- a/pleroma.py
+++ b/pleroma.py
@@ -124,6 +124,11 @@ class Pleroma:
 		id = self._unpack_id(id)
 		return await self.request('POST', f'/api/v1/statuses/{id}/unpin')
 
+	async def get_status(self, id):
+		id = self._unpack_id(id)
+		status = (await self.request('GET', f'/api/v1/statuses/{id}'))
+		return status
+
 	async def stream(self, stream_name, *, target_event_type=None):
 		async with self._session.ws_connect(
 			self.api_base_url + f'/api/v1/streaming?stream={stream_name}&access_token={self.access_token}'
diff --git a/reply.py b/reply.py
index 446dec3..226efcd 100755
--- a/reply.py
+++ b/reply.py
@@ -32,8 +32,11 @@ class ReplyBot:
 			return
 
 		content = self.extract_toot(notification['status']['content'], self.cfg)
-		if content in {'pin', 'unpin'}:
-			await self.process_command(context, notification, content)
+		if content.startswith('reply '):
+			command = content.split(' ')
+			await self.process_command(context, notification, command[0], command[1])
+		elif content in {'pin', 'unpin'}:
+			await self.process_command(context, notification, content, '')
 		else:
 			await self.reply(notification)
 
@@ -48,7 +51,7 @@ class ReplyBot:
 
 		return False
 
-	async def process_command(self, context, notification, command):
+	async def process_command(self, context, notification, command, argument):
 		post_id = notification['status']['id']
 		if notification['account']['id'] not in self.follows: # this user is unauthorized
 			await self.pleroma.react(post_id, '❌')
@@ -60,7 +63,13 @@ class ReplyBot:
 				target_post_id = post['id']
 
 		try:
-			await (self.pleroma.pin if command == 'pin' else self.pleroma.unpin)(target_post_id)
+			if command in ('pin', 'unpin'):
+				await (self.pleroma.pin if command == 'pin' else self.pleroma.unpin)(target_post_id)
+			elif command == 'reply':
+				toot = await utils.make_post(self.cfg)
+				toot = self.cleanup_toot(toot, self.cfg)
+				status = await self.pleroma.get_status(argument)
+				await self.pleroma.reply(status, toot, cw=self.cfg['cw'])
 		except pleroma.BadRequest as exc:
 			async with anyio.create_task_group() as tg:
 				tg.start_soon(self.pleroma.react, post_id, '❌')
@@ -69,19 +78,24 @@ class ReplyBot:
 			await self.pleroma.react(post_id, '✅')
 
 	async def reply(self, notification):
-		PAIRED_PUNCTUATION = re.compile(r"[{}]".format(re.escape('[](){}"‘’“”«»„')))
-		toot = await utils.make_post(self.cfg)  # generate a toot
-		if self.cfg['strip_paired_punctuation']:
-			toot = PAIRED_PUNCTUATION.sub("", toot)
-		toot = toot.replace("@", "@\u200b")  # sanitize mentions
-		toot = utils.remove_mentions(self.cfg, toot)
+		toot = await utils.make_post(self.cfg)
+		toot = self.cleanup_toot(toot, self.cfg)
 		await self.pleroma.reply(notification['status'], toot, cw=self.cfg['cw'])
 
+	@staticmethod
+	def cleanup_toot(text, cfg):
+		PAIRED_PUNCTUATION = re.compile(r"[{}]".format(re.escape('[](){}"‘’“”«»„')))
+		if cfg['strip_paired_punctuation']:
+			text = PAIRED_PUNCTUATION.sub("", text)
+		text = text.replace("@", "@\u200b")  # sanitize mentions
+		text = utils.remove_mentions(cfg, text)
+		return text
+
 	@staticmethod
 	def extract_toot(toot, cfg):
 		text = utils.extract_post_content(toot)
 		text = re.sub(r"^@\S+\s", r"", text)  # remove the initial mention
-		text = text.lower()  # treat text as lowercase for easier keyword matching (if this bot uses it)
+		# text = text.lower()  # treat text as lowercase for easier keyword matching (if this bot uses it)
 		return text
 
 async def amain():