diff --git a/lib/PBot/Core/Interpreter.pm b/lib/PBot/Core/Interpreter.pm
index 9e2e7c37..2bac88ad 100644
--- a/lib/PBot/Core/Interpreter.pm
+++ b/lib/PBot/Core/Interpreter.pm
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ sub output_result($self, $context) {
         # /me stripped off
         $type = 'action';
     }
-    elsif ($output =~ s/^\/msg\s+([^\s]+) //i) {
+    elsif ($context->{keyword} ne 'vm-client' && $output =~ s/^\/msg\s+([^\s]+) //i) {
         # /msg somenick stripped off
 
         $to = $1;  # reset $to to output to somenick
diff --git a/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm b/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm
index 66e0622b..fe690009 100644
--- a/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm
+++ b/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ use PBot::Imports;
 # These are set by the /misc/update_version script
 use constant {
     BUILD_NAME     => "PBot",
-    BUILD_REVISION => 4682,
-    BUILD_DATE     => "2023-07-30",
+    BUILD_REVISION => 4683,
+    BUILD_DATE     => "2023-08-19",
 };
 
 sub initialize {}