diff --git a/exec/ircmsg.js b/exec/ircmsg.js
index 6a6db8ddcf39c9a1f783071f7e41911e26b0b352..de3deed30e91b03949181ebc0910a1a42ba958eb 100644
--- a/exec/ircmsg.js
+++ b/exec/ircmsg.js
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ if(join) {
 if(msg)
 	send(msg);
 else while(msg=readln())	/* read from stdin */
-	msg=expand_tabs(msg);
+	send(msg);
 
 while(my_server.poll(0) && (response=my_server.recvline()))
 	log(response);