diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1e10af0..e604cd3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.7)
 project (expandurl-mastodon
-         VERSION 0.1.0
+         VERSION 0.1.1
          LANGUAGES CXX
 )
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1edb07e..4dbb778 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ mention the bot account (@expandurl@botsin.space for example).
  * C++ compiler (tested: gcc 6.4, clang 5.0)
  * [cmake](https://cmake.org/) (tested: 3.9.6)
  * [curlpp](http://www.curlpp.org/) (tested: 0.8.4)
- * [mastodon-cpp](https://github.com/tastytea/mastodon-cpp) (at least: 0.12.0)
+ * [mastodon-cpp](https://github.com/tastytea/mastodon-cpp) (at least: 0.12.1)
 
 ## Get sourcecode
 
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 6165367..e8331f2 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -95,14 +95,24 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
                 {
                     message += url + " \n";
                 }
-                if (listener.send_reply(notif.status(), message))
+                if (!message.empty())
                 {
-                    cout << "Sent reply: " << message;
+                    message = '@' + notif.status().account().acct() +
+                              ' ' + message;
+                    if (listener.send_reply(notif.status(), message))
+                    {
+                        cout << "Sent reply: " << message;
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        cerr << "ERROR: could not send reply to " <<
+                                notif.status().id() << '\n';
+                    }
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    cerr << "ERROR: could not send reply to " <<
-                            notif.status().id() << '\n';
+                    listener.send_reply(notif.status(),
+                        "I couldn't find an URL in the message you replied to. 😞");
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/masto.cpp b/src/masto.cpp
index 8f205d6..fe5ee65 100644
--- a/src/masto.cpp
+++ b/src/masto.cpp
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ const bool Listener::send_reply(const Easy::Status &status,
     {
         { "in_reply_to_id", { id } },
         { "visibility", { strvisibility } },
-        { "status", { '@' + status.account().acct() + ' ' + message } }
+        { "status", { message } }
     };
 
     if (status.sensitive())