diff --git a/Main.hs b/Main.hs
--- a/Main.hs
+++ b/Main.hs
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@
     
     exitWith (if isErr then ExitFailure 1 else ExitSuccess)
 
+commonConfig =
+    [ lbVersion ==> P.version
+    , textWidth ==> 4096
+    ]
+
 -- do argument handling
 main :: IO ()
 main = do
@@ -75,12 +80,12 @@
     config' <- sequence config
     dir <- P.getDataDir
     exitWith <=< lambdabotMain modulesInfo $
-        [dataDir ==> dir, lbVersion ==> P.version] ++ config'
+        (dataDir ==> dir) : commonConfig ++ config'
 
 
 -- special online target for ghci use
 online :: [String] -> IO ()
 online strs = do
     dir <- P.getDataDir
-    void $ lambdabotMain modulesInfo
-        [dataDir ==> dir, lbVersion ==> P.version, onStartupCmds ==> strs]
+    void $ lambdabotMain modulesInfo $
+        (dataDir ==> dir) : commonConfig
diff --git a/XMPP.hs b/XMPP.hs
--- a/XMPP.hs
+++ b/XMPP.hs
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@
         True -> T.replace "ACTION" "/me" m
         False -> T.stripStart m
 
+joinMessages = T.intercalate (T.singleton '\n')
+
 readTimeout :: Chan T.Text -> Int -> IO T.Text
 readTimeout chan time = do
     result <- timeout time $ readChan chan
@@ -98,14 +100,14 @@
         Nothing -> return T.empty
         Just text -> do
             next <- readTimeout chan time
-            return $ T.concat [text, next]
+            return $ joinMessages [text, next]
 
 consolidate :: Session -> XMPPConfig -> Chan T.Text -> XMPP ()
 consolidate sess xmppconf chan = io $ forever $ do
     first <- readChan chan
     others <- readTimeout chan 50000
     let name = Name "body" (Just "jabber:client") Nothing
-        node = NodeContent (ContentText $ T.concat [first, others])
+        node = NodeContent (ContentText $ joinMessages [first, others])
     let payload = Element name [] [node]
 
     let m = Message{ messageFrom    = Nothing
diff --git a/lambdabot-xmpp.cabal b/lambdabot-xmpp.cabal
--- a/lambdabot-xmpp.cabal
+++ b/lambdabot-xmpp.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                lambdabot-xmpp
-version:             0.1.0.3
+version:             0.1.0.4
 synopsis:            Lambdabot plugin for XMPP (Jabber) protocol
 description:         Usage: cabal build && .\/dist\/build\/lambdabot\/lambdabot -e 'xmpp-connect asdfasdf example.com 5222 username nick password haskell@conference.example.com'
 license:             OtherLicense
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 Source-repository this
   type:              git
   location:          https://github.com/l29ah/lambdabot-xmpp
-  tag:               0.1.0.3
+  tag:               0.1.0.4
 
 executable lambdabot-xmpp
   main-is:             Main.hs