diff --git a/bottools/methods.py b/bottools/methods.py
index 04bb671..e73d174 100644
--- a/bottools/methods.py
+++ b/bottools/methods.py
@@ -59,16 +59,19 @@ def captionHelper(bot, update):
  else:
   args = update.message.caption.split()
 
- if args[0].startswith("/"):
-  try:
-   feature = commands[args[0][1:]]
+ try:
+  if args[0].startswith("/"):
    try:
-    feature(bot, update, args[1:])
+    feature = commands[args[0][1:]]
+    try:
+     feature(bot, update, args[1:])
+    except:
+     feature(bot, update)
    except:
-    feature(bot, update)
-  except:
-   update.message.reply_text(bottools.strings.unknownCommand)
- else:
+    update.message.reply_text(bottools.strings.unknownCommand)
+  else:
+   raise ValueError()
+ except:
   explicitTweet(bot, update, args)
 
 def mentionHelper(bot, update):