diff --git a/scripts/modem/sxmo_modemsendsms.sh b/scripts/modem/sxmo_modemsendsms.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e7d5cf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/modem/sxmo_modemsendsms.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+LOGDIR="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME"/sxmo/modem
+
+info() {
+	echo "$1" > /dev/stderr
+}
+
+err() {
+	info "$1"
+	exit 1
+}
+
+usage() {
+	err "Usage: $(basename "$0") number [-|message]"
+}
+
+modem_n() {
+	MODEMS="$(mmcli -L)"
+	echo "$MODEMS" | grep -qoE 'Modem\/([0-9]+)' || err "Couldn't find modem - is your modem enabled?"
+	echo "$MODEMS" | grep -oE 'Modem\/([0-9]+)' | cut -d'/' -f2
+}
+
+MODEM="$(modem_n)"
+[ 0 -eq $# ] && usage
+NUMBER="$1"
+
+if [ "-" = "$2" ]; then
+	TEXT="$(cat)"
+else
+	shift
+	[ 0 -eq $# ] && usage
+
+	TEXT="$*"
+fi
+TEXTSIZE="${#TEXT}"
+
+SMSNO="$(
+	mmcli -m "$MODEM" --messaging-create-sms="text='$TEXT',number=$NUMBER" |
+	grep -o "[0-9]*$"
+)"
+mmcli -s "${SMSNO}" --send || err "Couldn't send text message"
+for i in $(mmcli -m "$MODEM" --messaging-list-sms | grep " (sent)" | cut -f5 -d' ') ; do
+  mmcli -m "$MODEM" --messaging-delete-sms="$i"
+done
+
+TIME="$(date --iso-8601=seconds)"
+mkdir -p "$LOGDIR/$NUMBER"
+printf %b "Sent to $NUMBER at $TIME:\n$TEXT\n\n" >> "$LOGDIR/$NUMBER/sms.txt"
+printf %b "$TIME\tsent_txt\t$NUMBER\t$TEXTSIZE chars\n" >> "$LOGDIR/modemlog.tsv"
+
+info "Sent text message ok"
diff --git a/scripts/modem/sxmo_modemtext.sh b/scripts/modem/sxmo_modemtext.sh
index 55db8b0..cb9bf46 100755
--- a/scripts/modem/sxmo_modemtext.sh
+++ b/scripts/modem/sxmo_modemtext.sh
@@ -33,29 +33,6 @@ editmsg() {
 	cat "$TMP"
 }
 
-sendmsg() {
-	MODEM="$(modem_n)"
-	NUMBER="$1"
-	TEXT="$2"
-	TEXTSIZE="${#TEXT}"
-
-	SMSNO="$(
-		mmcli -m "$MODEM" --messaging-create-sms="text='$TEXT',number=$NUMBER" |
-		grep -o "[0-9]*$"
-	)"
-	mmcli -s "${SMSNO}" --send || err "Couldn't send text message\nPostponed to $(postpone "$NUMBER" "$TEXT")"
-	for i in $(mmcli -m "$MODEM" --messaging-list-sms | grep " (sent)" | cut -f5 -d' ') ; do
-	  mmcli -m "$MODEM" --messaging-delete-sms="$i"
-	done
-
-	TIME="$(date --iso-8601=seconds)"
-	mkdir -p "$LOGDIR/$NUMBER"
-	printf %b "Sent to $NUMBER at $TIME:\n$TEXT\n\n" >> "$LOGDIR/$NUMBER/sms.txt"
-	printf %b "$TIME\tsent_txt\t$NUMBER\t$TEXTSIZE chars\n" >> "$LOGDIR/modemlog.tsv"
-
-	err "Sent text message ok"
-}
-
 choosenumbermenu() {
 	modem_n >/dev/null || err "Couldn't determine modem number - is modem online?"
 
@@ -88,7 +65,7 @@ sendtextmenu() {
 			printf %b "Edit Message ($(echo "$TEXT" | head -n1))\nSend to → $NUMBER\nPostpone\nCancel" |
 			menu dmenu -c -idx 1 -p "Confirm" -fn "Terminus-20" -l 10
 		)"
-		echo "$CONFIRM" | grep -E "^Send" && sendmsg "$NUMBER" "$TEXT" && exit 0
+		echo "$CONFIRM" | grep -E "^Send" && (echo "$TEXT" | sxmo_modemsendsms.sh "$NUMBER" -) && exit 0
 		echo "$CONFIRM" | grep -E "^Cancel$" && exit 1
 		echo "$CONFIRM" | grep -E "^Edit Message" && TEXT="$(editmsg "$NUMBER" "$TEXT")"
 		echo "$CONFIRM" | grep -E "^Postpone$" && err "Postponed to $(postpone "$NUMBER" "$TEXT")"