diff --git a/bashbot.sh b/bashbot.sh
index 14de2d1..4a38194 100755
--- a/bashbot.sh
+++ b/bashbot.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ BOTCOMMANDS="-h  help  init  start  stop  status  suspendback  resumeback  killb
 #     8 - curl/wget missing
 #     10 - not bash!
 #
-#### $$VERSION$$ v1.45-dev-2-ga6ff405
+#### $$VERSION$$ v1.45-dev-3-g429c230
 ##################################################################
 
 # are we running in a terminal?
diff --git a/bin/bashbot_init.inc.sh b/bin/bashbot_init.inc.sh
index 48d7f13..d5ece74 100644
--- a/bin/bashbot_init.inc.sh
+++ b/bin/bashbot_init.inc.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #        AUTHOR: KayM (gnadelwartz), kay@rrr.de
 #       CREATED: 27.01.2021 13:42
 #
-#### $$VERSION$$ v1.45-dev-2-ga6ff405
+#### $$VERSION$$ v1.45-dev-3-g429c230
 #===============================================================================
 # shellcheck disable=SC2059
 
@@ -104,13 +104,13 @@ bot_init() {
 	fi
 	# adjust permissions
 	printf "Adjusting files and permissions for user \"${touser}\" ...\n"
+	chown -Rf "${chown}" . ./*
 	chmod 711 .
 	chmod -R o-w ./*
 	chmod -R u+w "${COUNTFILE}"* "${BLOCKEDFILE}"* "${DATADIR}" logs "${LOGDIR}/"*.log 2>/dev/null
 	chmod -R o-r,o-w "${COUNTFILE}"* "${BLOCKEDFILE}"* "${DATADIR}" "${BOTACL}" 2>/dev/null
 	# jsshDB must writeable by owner
 	find . -name '*.jssh*' -exec chmod u+w \{\} +
-	chown -Rf "${chown}" . ./*
 	printf "Done.\n"
 	# adjust values in bashbot.rc
 	if [ -w "bashbot.rc" ]; then
diff --git a/modules/sendMessage.sh b/modules/sendMessage.sh
index f441b99..710f480 100644
--- a/modules/sendMessage.sh
+++ b/modules/sendMessage.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # Elsewhere, consider it to be WTFPLv2. (wtfpl.net/txt/copying)
 #
 # shellcheck disable=SC1117
-#### $$VERSION$$ v1.45-dev-0-g9d36f23
+#### $$VERSION$$ v1.45-dev-3-g429c230
 
 # will be automatically sourced from bashbot
 
@@ -340,8 +340,11 @@ forward_message() {
 	[ -z "$3" ] && return
 	sendJson "$1" '"from_chat_id": '"$2"', "message_id": '"$3"'' "${URL}/forwardMessage"
 }
-forward() {	# backward compatibility
-	forward_message "$@" || return
+
+# $1 CHAT $2 from chat  $3 from msg id
+copy_message() {
+	[ -z "$3" ] && return
+	sendJson "$1" '"from_chat_id": '"$2"', "message_id": '"$3"'' "${URL}/copyMessage"
 }
 
 # $1 CHAT $2 bashbot formatted message, see manual advanced usage