diff --git a/bin/send_edit_message.sh b/bin/send_edit_message.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a9eb7ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/send_edit_message.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#===============================================================================
+#
+#          FILE: send_message.sh
+# 
+#         USAGE: send_edit_message.sh [-h|--help] [format] "CHAT[ID]" "MESSAGE[ID]" "message ...." [debug]
+# 
+#   DESCRIPTION: replace a message in the given user/group
+# 
+#       OPTIONS: format - normal, markdown, html (optional)
+#                CHAT[ID] - ID number of CHAT
+#                MESSAGE[ID] - message to replace
+#                message - message to send in specified format
+#                    if no format is given send_normal_message() format is used
+#
+#                -h - display short help
+#                --help -  this help
+#
+#                Set BASHBOT_HOME to your installation directory
+#
+#	LICENSE: WTFPLv2 http://www.wtfpl.net/txt/copying/
+#        AUTHOR: KayM (gnadelwartz), kay@rrr.de
+#       CREATED: 23.12.2020 16:52
+#
+#### $$VERSION$$ v1.2-dev2-52-g20bfef1
+#===============================================================================
+
+# set bashbot environment
+# shellcheck disable=SC1090
+source "${0%/*}/bashbot_env.inc.sh"
+
+####
+# parse args
+SEND="edit_normal_message"
+case "$1" in
+	"nor*"|"tex*")
+		SEND="edit_normal_message"
+		shift
+		;;
+	"mark"*)
+		SEND="edit_markdownv2_message"
+		shift
+		;;
+	"html")
+		SEND="edit_html_message"
+		shift
+		;;
+	'')
+		echo "missing missing arguments"
+		;&
+	"-h"*)
+		echo 'usage: send_edit_message [-h|--help] [format] "CHAT[ID]" "MESSAGE[ID]" "message ..."  [debug]'
+		exit 1
+		;;
+	'--h'*)
+		sed -n '3,/###/p' <"$0"
+		exit 1
+		;;
+esac
+
+# source bashbot and send message
+# shellcheck disable=SC1090
+source "${BASHBOT_HOME}/bashbot.sh" source "$3"
+
+####
+# ready, do stuff here -----
+
+# send message in selected format
+"${SEND}" "$1" "$2" "$3"
+
+# output send message result
+jssh_printDB "BOTSENT" | sort -r
+
diff --git a/dev/make-distribution.sh b/dev/make-distribution.sh
index 4413a83..a46eb59 100755
--- a/dev/make-distribution.sh
+++ b/dev/make-distribution.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # file: make-distribution.sh
 # creates files and arcchives to dirtribute bashbot
 #
-#### $$VERSION$$ v1.2-dev2-49-gf56b7ae
+#### $$VERSION$$ v1.2-dev2-51-g05bb23a
 
 # magic to ensure that we're always inside the root of our application,
 # no matter from which directory we'll run script