diff --git a/ircbot/bot.py b/ircbot/bot.py
index c6cb81c..bddb10a 100644
--- a/ircbot/bot.py
+++ b/ircbot/bot.py
@@ -888,6 +888,19 @@ class IRCBot(irc.client.SimpleIRCClient):
             if recursing:
                 return replystr
             else:
+                # try doing outbound recursion
+                log.debug("old replystr: %s", replystr)
+                if event:
+                    fake_event = copy.deepcopy(event)
+                    fake_event.arguments[0] = copy.deepcopy(replystr).replace('{', '[').replace('}', ']')
+                else:
+                    fake_event = irc.client.Event(type='pubmsg', source='fake', target='fake')
+                    fake_event.arguments.append(copy.deepcopy(replystr).replace('{', '[').replace('}', ']'))
+                log.debug("hacked replystr: %s", fake_event.arguments[0])
+                self.connection.reactor.try_recursion(self.connection, fake_event)
+                replystr = fake_event.arguments[0]
+                log.debug("final replystr: %s", replystr)
+
                 lines = 0
                 replies = replystr.split('\n')
                 for reply in replies: