diff --git a/bin/bashbot_env.inc.sh b/bin/bashbot_env.inc.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b99ad4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/bashbot_env.inc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#===============================================================================
+#
+#          FILE: bashbor_env.inc.sh
+# 
+#   DESCRIPTION: set bashbot environment for all scripts in this directory
+# 
+#
+#	LICENSE: WTFPLv2 http://www.wtfpl.net/txt/copying/
+#        AUTHOR: KayM (gnadelwartz), kay@rrr.de
+#       CREATED: 18.12.2020 12:27
+#
+#### $$VERSION$$ v1.2-dev2-38-g0db0215
+#===============================================================================
+
+# set where your bashbot lives
+# default: one dir up 
+BASHBOT_HOME="$(cd "${BASH_SOURCE[0]%/*}" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd)/../"
+
+#####
+# if files are not readable, eviroment is wrong or bashbot is not initialized
+
+# check for botconfig.jssh readable
+if [ ! -r "${BASHBOT_HOME}/botconfig.jssh" ]; then
+	echo "Bashbot config file in \"${BASHBOT_HOME}\" does not exist or is not readable."
+	exit 3
+fi
+# check for count.jssh readable
+if [ ! -r "${BASHBOT_HOME}/count.jssh" ]; then
+	echo "Bashbot count file in \"${BASHBOT_HOME}\" does not exist or is not readable"
+	exit 3
+fi
+
diff --git a/bin/send_broadcast.sh b/bin/send_broadcast.sh
index 6f8c0e4..7cea456 100755
--- a/bin/send_broadcast.sh
+++ b/bin/send_broadcast.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash - 
+#!/bin/bash
 #===============================================================================
 #
 #          FILE: broadcast_message.sh
@@ -21,37 +21,30 @@
 #
 #	LICENSE: WTFPLv2 http://www.wtfpl.net/txt/copying/
 #        AUTHOR: KayM (gnadelwartz), kay@rrr.de
-#       CREATED: 16.12.2020 16:14:57
+#       CREATED: 16.12.2020 16:14
 #
-#### $$VERSION$$ v1.2-dev2-34-gc356143
+#### $$VERSION$$ v1.2-dev2-38-g0db0215
 #===============================================================================
 
-# set where your bashbot lives
-BASHBOT_HOME="$(cd "${BASH_SOURCE[0]%/*}" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd)/../"
-
-# check for botconfig.jssh
-if [ ! -r "${BASHBOT_HOME}/botconfig.jssh" ]; then
-	echo "No bashbot config file in ${BASHBOT_HOME}"
-	exit 3
-fi
-# check for count.jssh
-if [ ! -r "${BASHBOT_HOME}/count.jssh" ]; then
-	echo "No bashbot count file in ${BASHBOT_HOME}"
-	exit 3
-fi
+# set bashbot environment
+# shellcheck disable=SC1090
+source "${0%/*}/bashbot_env.inc.sh"
 
+####
 # broadcast is dangerous, without --doit we do a dry run ...
 if [ "$1" == "--doit" ]; then
 	DOIT="yes"
 	shift
 fi
 
+####
 # send to users by default, --group sends to groups also
 if [ "$1" == "--groups" ]; then
 	GROUPSALSO=" and groups"
 	shift
 fi
 
+####
 # parse args -----------------
 SEND="send_message"
 case "$1" in
diff --git a/bin/send_message.sh b/bin/send_message.sh
index 6fb6316..d2d27fd 100755
--- a/bin/send_message.sh
+++ b/bin/send_message.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash - 
+#!/bin/bash
 #===============================================================================
 #
 #          FILE: send_message.sh
@@ -19,20 +19,16 @@
 #
 #	LICENSE: WTFPLv2 http://www.wtfpl.net/txt/copying/
 #        AUTHOR: KayM (gnadelwartz), kay@rrr.de
-#       CREATED: 16.12.2020 11:34:27
+#       CREATED: 16.12.2020 11:34
 #
-#### $$VERSION$$ v1.2-dev2-34-gc356143
+#### $$VERSION$$ v1.2-dev2-38-g0db0215
 #===============================================================================
 
-# set where your bashbot lives
-BASHBOT_HOME="$(cd "${BASH_SOURCE[0]%/*}" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd)/../"
-
-# check for botconfig.jssh
-if [ ! -r "${BASHBOT_HOME}/botconfig.jssh" ]; then
-	echo "No bashbot config file in ${BASHBOT_HOME}"
-	exit 3
-fi
+# set bashbot environment
+# shellcheck disable=SC1090
+source "${0%/*}/bashbot_env.inc.sh"
 
+####
 # parse args
 SEND="send_message"
 case "$1" in
@@ -61,16 +57,16 @@ case "$1" in
 		;;
 esac
 
-if [[ "$1" == *[!0-9-]* ]]; then
-	echo "CHAT[ID] is not a number! use: $0 -h for help"
-	exit 2
-fi
-
 # source bashbot and send message
 # shellcheck disable=SC1090
 source "${BASHBOT_HOME}/bashbot.sh" source "$3"
+
+####
+# ready, do stuff here -----
+
+# send message in selected format
 "${SEND}" "$1" "$2"
 
-# output result
+# output send message result
 jssh_printDB "BOTSENT" | sort -r