diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/github/fmueller/jarvis/ai/OllamaService.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/github/fmueller/jarvis/ai/OllamaService.kt
index 3e3e795..407d515 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/github/fmueller/jarvis/ai/OllamaService.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/github/fmueller/jarvis/ai/OllamaService.kt
@@ -44,15 +44,22 @@ object OllamaService {
     }
 
     @OptIn(ExperimentalCoroutinesApi::class)
-    suspend fun chat(conversation: Conversation): String = withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
+    suspend fun chat(conversation: Conversation, useCodeContext: Boolean): String = withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
         // TODO check if model is available
         // TODO if not, download model
 
+        var lastUserMessage = if (conversation.getLastUserMessage() != null)
+            if (useCodeContext)
+                conversation.getLastUserMessage()!!.contentWithCodeContext()
+            else
+                conversation.getLastUserMessage()!!.contentWithClosedTrailingCodeBlock()
+        else "Tell me that there was no message provided."
+
         val responseInFlight = StringBuilder()
         try {
             suspendCancellableCoroutine<String> { continuation ->
                 assistant
-                    .chat(conversation.getLastUserMessage()?.contentWithCodeContext() ?: "Tell me that there was no message provided.")
+                    .chat(lastUserMessage.removePrefix("/plain "))
                     .onNext { update ->
                         responseInFlight.append(update)
                         conversation.addToMessageBeingGenerated(update)
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/github/fmueller/jarvis/commands/ChatCommand.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/github/fmueller/jarvis/commands/ChatCommand.kt
index 3345356..41b5cc0 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/github/fmueller/jarvis/commands/ChatCommand.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/github/fmueller/jarvis/commands/ChatCommand.kt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class ChatCommand : SlashCommand {
             return conversation
         }
 
-        val response = OllamaService.chat(conversation).trim()
+        val response = OllamaService.chat(conversation, true).trim()
         conversation.addMessage(Message.fromAssistant(response))
         return conversation
     }
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/github/fmueller/jarvis/commands/PlainChatCommand.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/github/fmueller/jarvis/commands/PlainChatCommand.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..011e75a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/github/fmueller/jarvis/commands/PlainChatCommand.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package com.github.fmueller.jarvis.commands
+
+import com.github.fmueller.jarvis.ai.OllamaService
+import com.github.fmueller.jarvis.conversation.Conversation
+import com.github.fmueller.jarvis.conversation.Message
+
+class PlainChatCommand : SlashCommand {
+
+    override suspend fun run(conversation: Conversation): Conversation {
+        if (!OllamaService.isAvailable()) {
+            conversation.addMessage(
+                Message.fromAssistant("I can't access Ollama at ```http://localhost:11434```. You need to install it first and download the ```llama3.1``` model.")
+            )
+            return conversation
+        }
+
+        val response = OllamaService.chat(conversation, false).trim()
+        conversation.addMessage(Message.fromAssistant(response))
+        return conversation
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/github/fmueller/jarvis/commands/SlashCommandParser.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/github/fmueller/jarvis/commands/SlashCommandParser.kt
index 9141677..af54d77 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/github/fmueller/jarvis/commands/SlashCommandParser.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/github/fmueller/jarvis/commands/SlashCommandParser.kt
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ object SlashCommandParser {
             return NewConversationCommand()
         }
 
+        if (trimmedMessage.startsWith("/plain ")) {
+            return PlainChatCommand()
+        }
+
         return ChatCommand()
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/github/fmueller/jarvis/conversation/Conversation.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/github/fmueller/jarvis/conversation/Conversation.kt
index c59f276..7102ecb 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/github/fmueller/jarvis/conversation/Conversation.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/github/fmueller/jarvis/conversation/Conversation.kt
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ data class Message(
             
             - ```/help``` or ```/?``` - Shows this help message
             - ```/new``` - Starts a new conversation
+            - ```/plain``` - Sends a chat message without code context
             """.trimIndent()
         )