diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 379fe30..9c1dc02 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.noximity</groupId>
     <artifactId>remmychat</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.1</version>
+    <version>1.4.2</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>remmychat</name>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/noximity/remmyChat/commands/MessageCommand.java b/src/main/java/com/noximity/remmyChat/commands/MessageCommand.java
index b09e922..4c180ae 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/noximity/remmyChat/commands/MessageCommand.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/noximity/remmyChat/commands/MessageCommand.java
@@ -38,7 +38,19 @@ public boolean onCommand(@NotNull CommandSender sender, @NotNull Command command
             return true;
         }
 
-        Player target = Bukkit.getPlayer(args[0]);
+        // First try to get an exact match to prevent partial matches
+        Player target = null;
+        String targetName = args[0];
+
+        // Check for exact match first
+        for (Player onlinePlayer : Bukkit.getOnlinePlayers()) {
+            if (onlinePlayer.getName().equalsIgnoreCase(targetName)) {
+                target = onlinePlayer;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // If no exact match was found, show error
         if (target == null || !target.isOnline()) {
             player.sendMessage(plugin.getFormatService().formatSystemMessage("error.player-not-found",
                     Placeholder.parsed("player", args[0])));
@@ -46,8 +58,11 @@ public boolean onCommand(@NotNull CommandSender sender, @NotNull Command command
         }
 
         if (target.equals(player)) {
-            player.sendMessage(plugin.getFormatService().formatSystemMessage("error.cannot-message-self"));
-            return true;
+            // Only block self-messaging if not allowed in config
+            if (!plugin.getConfigManager().isAllowSelfMessaging()) {
+                player.sendMessage(plugin.getFormatService().formatSystemMessage("error.cannot-message-self"));
+                return true;
+            }
         }
 
         ChatUser targetUser = plugin.getChatService().getChatUser(target.getUniqueId());
@@ -100,4 +115,5 @@ public boolean onCommand(@NotNull CommandSender sender, @NotNull Command command
         }
         return new ArrayList<>();
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/noximity/remmyChat/config/ConfigManager.java b/src/main/java/com/noximity/remmyChat/config/ConfigManager.java
index d24ccfa..bae9cc1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/noximity/remmyChat/config/ConfigManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/noximity/remmyChat/config/ConfigManager.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ public class ConfigManager {
     private final Map<String, String> nameStyleTemplates = new HashMap<>();
     private boolean urlFormattingEnabled;
     private boolean useGroupFormat;
+    private boolean allowSelfMessaging;
     private String chatFormat;
     private boolean debugEnabled;
     private boolean verboseStartup;
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ private void loadConfig() {
         loadGroupFormats();
         loadUrlFormatting();
         this.useGroupFormat = config.getBoolean("features.use-group-format", true);
+        this.allowSelfMessaging = config.getBoolean("features.allow-self-messaging", false);
         this.chatFormat = config.getString("chat-format", "%channel_prefix% %group_prefix%%name%: %message%");
     }
 
@@ -180,6 +182,7 @@ public void reloadConfig() {
         loadGroupFormats();
         loadUrlFormatting();
         this.useGroupFormat = config.getBoolean("features.use-group-format", true);
+        this.allowSelfMessaging = config.getBoolean("features.allow-self-messaging", false);
         this.chatFormat = config.getString("chat-format", "%channel_prefix% %group_prefix%%name%: %message%");
 
         // Reload placeholders
@@ -250,4 +253,8 @@ public int getCooldown() {
     public boolean isDebugEnabled() {
         return debugEnabled;
     }
+
+    public boolean isAllowSelfMessaging() {
+        return allowSelfMessaging;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/config.yml b/src/main/resources/config.yml
index 5c2bfd3..db770d8 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/config.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/config.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ features:
   clickable-links: true
   player-formatting: false  # Whether players can use MiniMessage formatting
   use-group-format: true    # Whether to use group-based formatting
+  allow-self-messaging: false  # Whether players can send messages to themselves
 
 # Chat cooldown in seconds (0 to disable)
 chat-cooldown: 3