diff --git a/src/mod/applications/mod_dptools/mod_dptools.c b/src/mod/applications/mod_dptools/mod_dptools.c
index d0a6337166..011acd43c3 100755
--- a/src/mod/applications/mod_dptools/mod_dptools.c
+++ b/src/mod/applications/mod_dptools/mod_dptools.c
@@ -1562,7 +1562,7 @@ SWITCH_STANDARD_API(chat_api_function)
 	if (!zstr(cmd) && (lbuf = strdup(cmd))
 		&& (argc = switch_separate_string(lbuf, '|', argv, (sizeof(argv) / sizeof(argv[0])))) >= 4) {
 
-		if (switch_core_chat_send_args(argv[0], "dp", argv[1], argv[2], "", argv[3], !zstr(argv[4]) ? argv[4] : NULL, "") == SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
+		if (switch_core_chat_send_args(argv[0], "global", argv[1], argv[2], "", argv[3], !zstr(argv[4]) ? argv[4] : NULL, "") == SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
 			stream->write_function(stream, "Sent");
 		} else {
 			stream->write_function(stream, "Error! Message Not Sent");
diff --git a/src/mod/applications/mod_sms/mod_sms.c b/src/mod/applications/mod_sms/mod_sms.c
index 70db75a5e3..5c1e8c5ab5 100644
--- a/src/mod/applications/mod_sms/mod_sms.c
+++ b/src/mod/applications/mod_sms/mod_sms.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ SWITCH_MODULE_DEFINITION(mod_sms, mod_sms_load, mod_sms_shutdown, NULL);
 static void event_handler(switch_event_t *event) 
 {
 	const char *dest_proto = switch_event_get_header(event, "dest_proto");
+	switch_event_add_header(event, SWITCH_STACK_BOTTOM, "skip_global_process", "true");
 	switch_core_chat_send(dest_proto, event);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/switch_loadable_module.c b/src/switch_loadable_module.c
index 48e9226080..d788908437 100644
--- a/src/switch_loadable_module.c
+++ b/src/switch_loadable_module.c
@@ -547,10 +547,15 @@ static switch_status_t do_chat_send(switch_event_t *message_event)
 	hint = switch_event_get_header(message_event, "hint");
 	*/
 
-	proto = switch_event_get_header(message_event, "proto");
+	if (!(proto = switch_event_get_header(message_event, "proto"))) {
+		proto = "global";
+		switch_event_add_header(message_event, SWITCH_STACK_BOTTOM, "proto", proto);
+	}
+
+
 	replying = switch_event_get_header(message_event, "replying");
 	
-	if (!switch_true(replying) && !switch_stristr("global", proto)) {
+	if (!switch_true(replying) && !switch_stristr("global", proto) && !switch_true(switch_event_get_header(message_event, "skip_global_process"))) {
 		switch_mutex_lock(loadable_modules.mutex);
 		for (hi = switch_hash_first(NULL, loadable_modules.chat_hash); hi; hi = switch_hash_next(hi)) {
 			switch_hash_this(hi, &var, NULL, &val);
@@ -741,6 +746,7 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_core_chat_send_args(const char *dest_prot
 		switch_event_add_header_string(message_event, SWITCH_STACK_BOTTOM, "subject", subject);
 		switch_event_add_header_string(message_event, SWITCH_STACK_BOTTOM, "type", type);
 		switch_event_add_header_string(message_event, SWITCH_STACK_BOTTOM, "hint", hint);
+		switch_event_add_header_string(message_event, SWITCH_STACK_BOTTOM, "skip_global_process", "true");
 		
 		if (body) {
 			switch_event_add_body(message_event, "%s", body);