diff --git a/src/TgBotLib/Abstracts/UpdateEventType.php b/src/TgBotLib/Abstracts/UpdateEventType.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c3e849b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/TgBotLib/Abstracts/UpdateEventType.php
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?php
+
+    namespace TgBotLib\Abstracts;
+
+    abstract class UpdateEventType
+    {
+        const GenericUpdate = 'generic_update';
+
+        const Message = 'message';
+
+        const EditedMessage = 'edited_message';
+    }
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diff --git a/src/TgBotLib/Bot.php b/src/TgBotLib/Bot.php
index c77eef0..bf40e5a 100644
--- a/src/TgBotLib/Bot.php
+++ b/src/TgBotLib/Bot.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     use CURLFile;
     use CurlHandle;
     use TgBotLib\Exceptions\TelegramException;
+    use TgBotLib\Interfaces\CommandInterface;
     use TgBotLib\Interfaces\ObjectTypeInterface;
     use TgBotLib\Objects\Telegram\BotCommandScope;
     use TgBotLib\Objects\Telegram\Chat;
@@ -51,6 +52,11 @@
          */
         private $curl_handle;
 
+        /**
+         * @var CommandInterface[]
+         */
+        private $command_handlers;
+
         /**
          * Public Constructor
          *
@@ -62,6 +68,7 @@
             $this->host = 'api.telegram.org';
             $this->ssl = true;
             $this->last_update_id = 0;
+            $this->command_handlers = [];
         }
 
         /**
@@ -204,6 +211,71 @@
             return $parsed['result'];
         }
 
+        /**
+         * Sets a command handler for the specified command
+         *
+         * @param string $command
+         * @param CommandInterface $handler
+         * @return void
+         * @noinspection PhpUnused
+         */
+        public function setCommandHandler(string $command, CommandInterface $handler): void
+        {
+            $this->command_handlers[$command] = $handler;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Removes the command handler for the specified command
+         *
+         * @param string $command
+         * @return void
+         * @noinspection PhpUnused
+         */
+        public function removeCommandHandler(string $command): void
+        {
+            unset($this->command_handlers[$command]);
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Handles a single update object
+         *
+         * @param Update $update
+         * @return void
+         */
+        public function handleUpdate(Update $update): void
+        {
+            if(($update->getMessage() ?? null) !== null && ($update->getMessage()->getText() ?? null) !== null)
+            {
+                $text = $update->getMessage()->getText();
+                if(strpos($text, '/') === 0)
+                {
+                    $command = explode(' ', substr($text, 1))[0];
+                    if(isset($this->command_handlers[$command]))
+                    {
+                        $this->command_handlers[$command]->handle($this, $update);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Handles all updates received from the Telegram API using long polling
+         *
+         * @param bool $run_forever
+         * @return void
+         * @throws TelegramException
+         */
+        public function handleGetUpdates(bool $run_forever = false): void
+        {
+            do
+            {
+                $updates = $this->getUpdates();
+                foreach($updates as $update)
+                {
+                    $this->handleUpdate($update);
+                }
+            } while($run_forever);
+        }
 
         /**
          * Use this method to receive incoming updates using long polling (wiki). Returns an Array of Update objects.
@@ -348,7 +420,7 @@
          * @link https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#sendmessage
          * @noinspection PhpUnused
          */
-        public function sendMessage(string|int $chat_id, string $text, array $options): Message
+        public function sendMessage(string|int $chat_id, string $text, array $options=[]): Message
         {
             return Message::fromArray($this->sendRequest('sendMessage', array_merge($options, [
                 'chat_id' => $chat_id,
diff --git a/src/TgBotLib/Interfaces/CommandInterface.php b/src/TgBotLib/Interfaces/CommandInterface.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93f3328
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/TgBotLib/Interfaces/CommandInterface.php
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?php
+
+    namespace TgBotLib\Interfaces;
+
+    use TgBotLib\Bot;
+    use TgBotLib\Objects\Telegram\Update;
+
+    interface CommandInterface
+    {
+        /**
+         * Execute the command
+         *
+         * @param Bot $bot
+         * @param Update $update
+         * @return void
+         */
+        public function handle(Bot $bot, Update $update): void;
+    }
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diff --git a/tests/commands/StartCommand.php b/tests/commands/StartCommand.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8193e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/commands/StartCommand.php
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?php
+
+    namespace commands;
+
+    use TgBotLib\Bot;
+    use TgBotLib\Exceptions\TelegramException;
+    use TgBotLib\Interfaces\CommandInterface;
+    use TgBotLib\Objects\Telegram\Update;
+
+    class StartCommand implements CommandInterface
+    {
+        /**
+         * @param Bot $bot
+         * @param Update $update
+         * @return void
+         * @throws TelegramException
+         */
+        public function handle(Bot $bot, Update $update): void
+        {
+            // reply to the incoming message
+            $bot->sendMessage($update->getMessage()->getChat()->getId(), 'Hello, ' . $update->getMessage()->getFrom()->getFirstName());
+        }
+    }
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diff --git a/tests/get_updates.php b/tests/get_updates.php
index da40fa5..600b501 100644
--- a/tests/get_updates.php
+++ b/tests/get_updates.php
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 <?php
 
+    use commands\StartCommand;
+
     require 'ncc';
     import('net.nosial.tgbotlib');
 
-    $bot = new TgBotLib\Bot('5126030313:AAEn3QcwSvTJ2eAKUnSb_MkC5U0tlqkM1xw');
-    $bot->sendMessage(chat_id: 570787098, text: 'Hello world!');
\ No newline at end of file
+    require 'commands/StartCommand.php';
+
+    $bot = new TgBotLib\Bot('YOUR_BOT_TOKEN');
+    $bot->setCommandHandler('start', new StartCommand());
+
+    $bot->handleGetUpdates(true);
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