diff --git a/discord.sh b/discord.sh
index 4f803ff..d3eef82 100755
--- a/discord.sh
+++ b/discord.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,18 @@ LOCATION=`dirname "$0"`
 source "${LOCATION}/config.sh"
 
 HOOK_ARG="$1"
+MESSAGE=`echo "${@:2}"`
+
+# if message is too long, split it, and after curl, recursively call with remainder
+# 2k max, but we must account for escaping text in json, so limit to 90% capacity
+EXTRA="${MESSAGE:1800}"
+
+if [ -n "${EXTRA}" ]; then
+    MESSAGE="${MESSAGE:0:1800}"
+fi
+
 # sed: rewrite json string, because "\u001b[m" needs to "\u001b[0m" instead
-MESSAGE=`echo "${@:2}" | jq -aRs . | sed 's/\\\\u001b\[m/\\\\u001b[0m/g'`
+MESSAGE=`echo "${MESSAGE}" | jq -aRs . | sed 's/\\\\u001b\[m/\\\\u001b[0m/g'`
 HOOK="general"
 HOOK_URL=$DISCORD_GENERAL_HOOK
 
@@ -33,3 +43,7 @@ fi
 
 curl -s -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST -d "{\"username\": \"${DISCORD_SERVER_NAME}\", \"content\": ${MESSAGE}}" $HOOK_URL | jq -r '.id'
 
+if [ -n "${EXTRA}" ]; then
+    "${LOCATION}/discord.sh" "${HOOK}" "${EXTRA}"
+fi
+