diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index f39099c..a691438 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ CHATGPT_CONTEXT=thread
 #CHATGPT_MODEL=text-chat-davinci-002-20221122
 # (Optional) Explicitly set the prefix sent to model at the beginning of a conversation
 #CHATGPT_PROMPT_PREFIX=Instructions:\nYou are ChatGPT, a large language model trained by OpenAI.
+# (Optional) Set to true if ChatGPT should ignore any messages which are not text
+#CHATGPT_IGNORE_MEDIA=false
 
 # Set data store settings
 KEYV_BACKEND=file
diff --git a/src/env.ts b/src/env.ts
index ae07dce..da36de8 100644
--- a/src/env.ts
+++ b/src/env.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ export const {
   CHATGPT_TIMEOUT,
   CHATGPT_MODEL,
   CHATGPT_PROMPT_PREFIX,
+  CHATGPT_IGNORE_MEDIA,
 } = parseEnv(process.env, {
   DATA_PATH:                   { schema: z.string().default("./storage"),          description: "Set to /storage/ if using docker, ./storage if running without" },
   KEYV_BACKEND:                { schema: z.enum(["file", "other"]).default("file"),description: "Set the Keyv backend to 'file' or 'other' if other set KEYV_URL" },
@@ -59,4 +60,5 @@ export const {
   CHATGPT_CONTEXT:             { schema: z.enum(["thread", "room", "both"]).default("thread"), description: "Set the ChatGPT conversation context to 'thread', 'room' or 'both'" },
   CHATGPT_MODEL:               { schema: z.string().default("text-chat-davinci-002-20221122"), description: "The model for the ChatGPT-API to use" },
   CHATGPT_PROMPT_PREFIX:       { schema: z.string().default('Instructions:\nYou are ChatGPT, a large language model trained by OpenAI.'), description: "Instructions to feed to ChatGPT on startup"},
+  CHATGPT_IGNORE_MEDIA:        { schema: z.boolean().default(false),               description: "Wether or not the bot should react to non-text messages"},
 });
diff --git a/src/handlers.ts b/src/handlers.ts
index 7ba66aa..6a1fa16 100644
--- a/src/handlers.ts
+++ b/src/handlers.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import ChatGPTClient from '@waylaidwanderer/chatgpt-api';
 import { LogService, MatrixClient, UserID } from "matrix-bot-sdk";
-import { CHATGPT_CONTEXT, CHATGPT_TIMEOUT, MATRIX_DEFAULT_PREFIX_REPLY, MATRIX_DEFAULT_PREFIX, MATRIX_BLACKLIST, MATRIX_WHITELIST, MATRIX_RICH_TEXT, MATRIX_PREFIX_DM, MATRIX_THREADS } from "./env.js";
+import { CHATGPT_CONTEXT, CHATGPT_TIMEOUT, CHATGPT_IGNORE_MEDIA, MATRIX_DEFAULT_PREFIX_REPLY, MATRIX_DEFAULT_PREFIX, MATRIX_BLACKLIST, MATRIX_WHITELIST, MATRIX_RICH_TEXT, MATRIX_PREFIX_DM, MATRIX_THREADS } from "./env.js";
 import { RelatesTo, MessageEvent, StoredConversation, StoredConversationConfig } from "./interfaces.js";
 import { sendChatGPTMessage, sendError, sendReply } from "./utils.js";
 
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ export default class CommandHandler {
     if (MATRIX_WHITELIST && !MATRIX_WHITELIST.split(" ").find(w => event.sender.endsWith(w))) return true;  // Ignore if not on whitelist if set
     if (Date.now() - event.origin_server_ts > 10000) return true;                                           // Ignore old messages
     if (event.content["m.relates_to"]?.["rel_type"] === "m.replace") return true;                           // Ignore edits
+    if (CHATGPT_IGNORE_MEDIA && event.content.msgtype !== "m.text") return true;                            // Ignore everything which is not text if set
     return false;
   }