diff --git a/common/patches/larion.cpp b/common/patches/larion.cpp
index 9c5db909a..3ab49ff8f 100644
--- a/common/patches/larion.cpp
+++ b/common/patches/larion.cpp
@@ -2563,8 +2563,8 @@ namespace Larion
 		VARSTRUCT_DECODE_STRING(Sender, InBuffer);
 		VARSTRUCT_DECODE_STRING(Target, InBuffer);
 
-		//packet seems the same as rof2 with 5 more empty bytes before language
-		InBuffer += 9;
+		//packet seems the same as rof2 with 4 more empty bytes before language
+		InBuffer += 8;
 
 		uint32 Language = VARSTRUCT_DECODE_TYPE(uint32, InBuffer);
 		uint32 Channel = VARSTRUCT_DECODE_TYPE(uint32, InBuffer);
diff --git a/zone/client.cpp b/zone/client.cpp
index 268d37c8a..a8b57286d 100644
--- a/zone/client.cpp
+++ b/zone/client.cpp
@@ -1177,7 +1177,7 @@ void Client::ChannelMessageReceived(uint8 chan_num, uint8 language, uint8 lang_s
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (message[0] == COMMAND_CHAR) {
+		if (message[0] == COMMAND_CHAR || message[0] == COMMAND_CHAR_NON_HASH) {
 			if (command_dispatch(this, message, false) == -2) {
 				if (parse->PlayerHasQuestSub(EVENT_COMMAND)) {
 					int i = parse->EventPlayer(EVENT_COMMAND, this, message, 0);
@@ -7527,7 +7527,7 @@ void Client::GarbleMessage(char *message, uint8 variance)
 	int delimiter_count = 0;
 
 	// Don't garble # commands
-	if (message[0] == COMMAND_CHAR || message[0] == BOT_COMMAND_CHAR) {
+	if (message[0] == COMMAND_CHAR || message[0] == COMMAND_CHAR_NON_HASH || message[0] == BOT_COMMAND_CHAR) {
 		return;
 	}
 
diff --git a/zone/command.h b/zone/command.h
index d59fdf9a5..3f03a19ab 100644
--- a/zone/command.h
+++ b/zone/command.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ class Seperator;
 #include <string>
 
 #define    COMMAND_CHAR '#'
+#define    COMMAND_CHAR_NON_HASH '.'
 
 typedef void (*CmdFuncPtr)(Client *, const Seperator *);