diff --git a/settings.js b/settings.js
index b782097..4ca090c 100644
--- a/settings.js
+++ b/settings.js
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ const settings = {
     "init_message": "Respond with hello world and your name", // sends to all on spawn
     "only_chat_with": [], // users that the bots listen to and send general messages to. if empty it will chat publicly
     "speak": false, // allows all bots to speak through system text-to-speech. works on windows, mac, on linux you need to `apt install espeak`
+    "chat_response": true, // enables or disables bots sending their responses to minecraft chat
     "language": "en", // translate to/from this language. Supports these language names: https://cloud.google.com/translate/docs/languages
     "show_bot_views": false, // show bot's view in browser at localhost:3000, 3001...
 
diff --git a/src/agent/agent.js b/src/agent/agent.js
index 3cd671b..04cda4c 100644
--- a/src/agent/agent.js
+++ b/src/agent/agent.js
@@ -392,7 +392,8 @@ export class Agent {
 	    if (settings.speak) {
             say(to_translate);
 	    }
-            this.bot.chat(message);
+            if (settings.chat_response) {this.bot.chat(message);}
+            sendResponseToServer(this.name, message);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/agent/agent_proxy.js b/src/agent/agent_proxy.js
index b0333b1..ba16f85 100644
--- a/src/agent/agent_proxy.js
+++ b/src/agent/agent_proxy.js
@@ -71,3 +71,7 @@ export const serverProxy = new AgentServerProxy();
 export function sendBotChatToServer(agentName, json) {
     serverProxy.getSocket().emit('chat-message', agentName, json);
 }
+
+export function sendResponseToServer(agentName, message) {
+    serverProxy.getSocket().emit('response-message', agentName, message);
+}
diff --git a/src/server/mind_server.js b/src/server/mind_server.js
index eed71d7..1c79a2e 100644
--- a/src/server/mind_server.js
+++ b/src/server/mind_server.js
@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@ export function createMindServer(port = 8080) {
 				console.error('Error: ', error);
 			}
 		});
+    	socket.on('response-message', (agentName, message) => {
+    		io.emit('response-message', {agentName, message});
+        });
     });
 
     server.listen(port, 'localhost', () => {