diff --git a/src/mod/applications/mod_sms/mod_sms.c b/src/mod/applications/mod_sms/mod_sms.c
index f70282f..4b28fd0 100644
--- a/src/mod/applications/mod_sms/mod_sms.c
+++ b/src/mod/applications/mod_sms/mod_sms.c
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ SWITCH_MODULE_RUNTIME_FUNCTION(mod_sms_runtime);
 SWITCH_MODULE_LOAD_FUNCTION(mod_sms_load);
 SWITCH_MODULE_DEFINITION(mod_sms, mod_sms_load, mod_sms_shutdown, NULL);
 
-
 static void event_handler(switch_event_t *event) 
 {
        const char *dest_proto = switch_event_get_header(event, "dest_proto");
@@ -412,6 +411,12 @@ static switch_status_t chat_send(switch_event_t *message_event)
 
 }
 
+SWITCH_STANDARD_CHAT_APP(log_function)
+{
+       switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_INFO, "%s\n", data);
+       return SWITCH_STATUS_FALSE;
+}
+
 SWITCH_STANDARD_CHAT_APP(stop_function)
 {
        switch_set_flag(message, EF_NO_CHAT_EXEC);
@@ -502,10 +507,11 @@ SWITCH_MODULE_LOAD_FUNCTION(mod_sms_load)
 
        SWITCH_ADD_CHAT_APP(chat_app_interface, "reply", "reply to a message", "reply to a message", reply_function, "", SCAF_NONE);
        SWITCH_ADD_CHAT_APP(chat_app_interface, "stop", "stop execution", "stop execution", stop_function, "", SCAF_NONE);
+       SWITCH_ADD_CHAT_APP(chat_app_interface, "log", "write something to the log", "write something to the log", log_function, "", SCAF_NONE);
        SWITCH_ADD_CHAT_APP(chat_app_interface, "set", "set a variable", "set a variable", set_function, "", SCAF_NONE);
        SWITCH_ADD_CHAT_APP(chat_app_interface, "send", "send the message as-is", "send the message as-is", send_function, "", SCAF_NONE);
        SWITCH_ADD_CHAT_APP(chat_app_interface, "fire", "fire the message", "fire the message", fire_function, "", SCAF_NONE);
-                                               
+
        /* indicate that the module should continue to be loaded */
        return SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS;
 }