diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c0fde79..700d9c3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 snapraid-runner.conf
+snapraid-runner.code-workspace
diff --git a/snapraid-runner.conf.example b/snapraid-runner.conf.example
index ed64810..b8012c0 100644
--- a/snapraid-runner.conf.example
+++ b/snapraid-runner.conf.example
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ config = snapraid.conf
 deletethreshold = 40
 ; if you want touch to be ran each time
 touch = false
+; report mode (telegram, mail)
+report = telegram
 
 [logging]
 ; logfile to write to, leave empty to disable
@@ -25,6 +27,10 @@ to =
 ; maximum email size in KiB
 maxsize = 500
 
+[telegram]
+bot_token = 
+bot_chatID = 
+
 [smtp]
 host =
 ; leave empty for default port
diff --git a/snapraid-runner.py b/snapraid-runner.py
index d7051f1..bad83f7 100644
--- a/snapraid-runner.py
+++ b/snapraid-runner.py
@@ -71,6 +71,19 @@ def snapraid_command(command, args={}, *, allow_statuscodes=[]):
     else:
         raise subprocess.CalledProcessError(ret, "snapraid " + command)
 
+def send_telegram(success):
+    import requests
+
+    if success:
+        msg = "SnapRAID job completed successfully:\n"
+    else:
+        msg = "Error during SnapRAID job:\n"
+
+    send_text = 'https://api.telegram.org/bot' + config["telegram"]["bot_token"] + '/sendMessage?chat_id=' + config["telegram"]["bot_chatid"] + '&text='
+    
+    send_text = send_text + msg + email_log.getvalue()
+
+    response = requests.get(send_text)
 
 def send_email(success):
     import smtplib
@@ -124,11 +137,14 @@ def send_email(success):
 
 
 def finish(is_success):
-    if ("error", "success")[is_success] in config["email"]["sendon"]:
-        try:
-            send_email(is_success)
-        except Exception:
-            logging.exception("Failed to send email")
+    if (config["snapraid"]["report"].lower() == "email"):
+        if ("error", "success")[is_success] in config["email"]["sendon"]:
+            try:
+                send_email(is_success)
+            except Exception:
+                logging.exception("Failed to send email")
+    else:
+        send_telegram(is_success)
     if is_success:
         logging.info("Run finished successfully")
     else:
@@ -140,7 +156,7 @@ def load_config(args):
     global config
     parser = configparser.RawConfigParser()
     parser.read(args.conf)
-    sections = ["snapraid", "logging", "email", "smtp", "scrub"]
+    sections = ["snapraid", "logging", "email", "telegram", "smtp", "scrub"]
     config = dict((x, defaultdict(lambda: "")) for x in sections)
     for section in parser.sections():
         for (k, v) in parser.items(section):
@@ -300,5 +316,11 @@ def run():
     logging.info("All done")
     finish(True)
 
+def test_run():
+    logging.info("=" * 60)
+    logging.info("Run started")
+    logging.info("=" * 60)
+    logging.info("All done")
+    finish(True)
 
 main()