diff --git a/bot.go b/bot.go
index c63e761..11561c5 100644
--- a/bot.go
+++ b/bot.go
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ type BotSettings struct {
 	UpdateTypes      []string
 	LoggerBasePath   string
 	UseRequestLogger bool
+	WriteToFile      bool
 }
 
 func LoadSettingsFromEnv() *BotSettings {
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ func LoadSettingsFromEnv() *BotSettings {
 		Prefixes:         LoadPrefixesFromEnv(),
 		UpdateTypes:      strings.Split(os.Getenv("UPDATE_TYPES"), ";"),
 		UseRequestLogger: os.Getenv("USE_REQ_LOG") == "true",
+		WriteToFile:      os.Getenv("WRITE_TO_FILE") == "true",
 	}
 }
 
@@ -99,10 +101,16 @@ func NewBot(settings *BotSettings) *Bot {
 	if settings.Debug {
 		level = DEBUG
 	}
-	bot.logger = CreateLogger().Level(level).OpenFile(fmt.Sprintf("%s/main.log", strings.TrimRight(settings.LoggerBasePath, "/")))
+	bot.logger = CreateLogger().Level(level)
+	if settings.WriteToFile {
+		bot.logger = bot.logger.OpenFile(fmt.Sprintf("%s/main.log", strings.TrimRight(settings.LoggerBasePath, "/")))
+	}
 	bot.logger = bot.logger.PrintTraceback(true)
 	if settings.UseRequestLogger {
-		bot.requestLogger = CreateLogger().Level(level).Prefix("REQUESTS").OpenFile(fmt.Sprintf("%s/requests.log", strings.TrimRight(settings.LoggerBasePath, "/")))
+		bot.requestLogger = CreateLogger().Level(level).Prefix("REQUESTS")
+		if settings.WriteToFile {
+			bot.requestLogger = bot.requestLogger.OpenFile(fmt.Sprintf("%s/requests.log", strings.TrimRight(settings.LoggerBasePath, "/")))
+		}
 	}
 
 	return bot
@@ -375,6 +383,7 @@ func (ctx *MsgContext) Error(err error) {
 		ChatID: ctx.Msg.Chat.ID,
 		Text:   fmt.Sprintf(ctx.Bot.errorTemplate, err.Error()),
 	})
+	ctx.Bot.logger.Error(err)
 
 	if sendErr != nil {
 		ctx.Bot.logger.Error(sendErr)
diff --git a/utils.go b/utils.go
index e015dc1..6725da0 100644
--- a/utils.go
+++ b/utils.go
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ func Map[T, V any](ts []T, fn func(T) V) []V {
 }
 
 func EscapeMarkdown(s string) string {
-	s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, "_", "\\_")
-	s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, "*", "\\*")
-	s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, "[", "\\[")
+	s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, "_", `\_`)
+	s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, "*", `\*`)
+	s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, "[", `\[`)
 	return strings.ReplaceAll(s, "`", "\\`")
 }
 
@@ -52,3 +52,57 @@ func EscapeMarkdownV2(s string) string {
 	}
 	return s
 }
+
+func GetUnclosedTag(markdown string) string {
+	// order is important!
+	var tags = []string{
+		"```",
+		"`",
+		"*",
+		"_",
+	}
+	var currentTag = ""
+
+	markdownRunes := []rune(markdown)
+
+	var i = 0
+outer:
+	for i < len(markdownRunes) {
+		// skip escaped characters (only outside tags)
+		if markdownRunes[i] == '\\' && currentTag == "" {
+			i += 2
+			continue
+		}
+		if currentTag != "" {
+			if strings.HasPrefix(string(markdownRunes[i:]), currentTag) {
+				// turn a tag off
+				i += len(currentTag)
+				currentTag = ""
+				continue
+			}
+		} else {
+			for _, tag := range tags {
+				if strings.HasPrefix(string(markdownRunes[i:]), tag) {
+					// turn a tag on
+					currentTag = tag
+					i += len(currentTag)
+					continue outer
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		i++
+	}
+
+	return currentTag
+}
+func IsValid(markdown string) bool {
+	return GetUnclosedTag(markdown) == ""
+}
+
+func FixMarkdown(markdown string) string {
+	tag := GetUnclosedTag(markdown)
+	if tag == "" {
+		return markdown
+	}
+	return markdown + tag
+}
diff --git a/version.go b/version.go
index d47af22..1a090c8 100644
--- a/version.go
+++ b/version.go
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ package laniakea
 import "os"
 
 const (
-	VersionString = "0.1.4"
+	VersionString = "0.2.0"
 	VersionMajor  = 0
-	VersionMinor  = 1
-	VersionPatch  = 4
+	VersionMinor  = 2
+	VersionPatch  = 0
 )
 
 var GoVersion = os.Getenv("GoV")