diff --git a/bottools/methods.py b/bottools/methods.py
index 9ec4d53..984bebc 100644
--- a/bottools/methods.py
+++ b/bottools/methods.py
@@ -59,14 +59,17 @@ def captionHelper(bot, update):
  else:
   args = update.message.caption.split()
 
- try:
-  feature = commands[args[0][1:]]
+ if args[0].startswith("/"):
   try:
-   status = feature(bot, update, args[1:])
+   feature = commands[args[0][1:]]
+   try:
+    feature(bot, update, args[1:])
+   except:
+    feature(bot, update)
   except:
-   status = feature(bot, update)
- except:
-  update.message.reply_text(bottools.strings.unknownCommand)
+   update.message.reply_text(bottools.strings.unknownCommand)
+ else:
+  explicitTweet(bot, update, args)
 
 def mentionHelper(bot, update):
  args = update.message.text.split()