diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 36b28b2..8962ca2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 .idea/
 hot-*
+hot
diff --git a/cmd/command.go b/cmd/command.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce6eeef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/command.go
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2019 Red Hat Inc
+ *
+ * See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
+ * information regarding copyright ownership.
+ *
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+ * terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
+ *******************************************************************************/
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"os"
+	"time"
+)
+
+type CommandReader interface {
+	ReadCommand(timeout time.Duration) *string
+}
+
+// noop command reader
+
+type NoopCommandReader struct {
+}
+
+func (_ *NoopCommandReader) ReadCommand(timeout time.Duration) *string {
+	return nil
+}
+
+var _ CommandReader = &NoopCommandReader{}
+
+// stdin command reader
+
+type StdinCommandReader struct {
+}
+
+func (_ *StdinCommandReader) ReadCommand(timeout time.Duration) *string {
+
+	s := make(chan string)
+	e := make(chan error)
+
+	go func() {
+		reader := bufio.NewReader(os.Stdin)
+		line, err := reader.ReadString('\n')
+		if err != nil {
+			e <- err
+		} else {
+			s <- line
+		}
+		close(s)
+		close(e)
+	}()
+
+	select {
+	case line := <-s:
+		return &line
+	case _ = <-e:
+		return nil
+	case <-time.After(timeout):
+		return nil
+	}
+
+}
+
+var _ CommandReader = &StdinCommandReader{}
diff --git a/cmd/consume.go b/cmd/consume.go
index 7b98233..ac6c163 100644
--- a/cmd/consume.go
+++ b/cmd/consume.go
@@ -88,5 +88,34 @@ func consume(messageType string, uri string, tenant string) error {
 		}
 
 		utils.PrintMessage(msg)
+		if processCommands {
+			processCommand(msg)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func processCommand(msg *amqp.Message) {
+	ttd, ok := msg.ApplicationProperties["ttd"].(int32)
+
+	if !ok {
+		return
+	}
+
+	if ttd < 0 {
+		return
 	}
+
+	reader := &StdinCommandReader{}
+
+	fmt.Printf("Enter command response (%v s): ", ttd)
+
+	cmd := reader.ReadCommand(time.Duration(ttd) * time.Second)
+
+	if cmd == nil {
+		fmt.Print("Timeout!")
+		fmt.Println()
+		return
+	}
+
+	// FIXME: implement
 }
diff --git a/cmd/main.go b/cmd/main.go
index 7ae7992..355f6e2 100644
--- a/cmd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/main.go
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ import (
 
 var insecure bool
 var contentType string = "text/plain"
+var processCommands bool = false
+var ttd uint32 = 0
+var qos uint8 = 0
 
 func createTlsConfig() *tls.Config {
 	return &tls.Config{
@@ -60,16 +63,28 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	cmdPublish.AddCommand(cmdPublishHttp)
-	cmdPublish.Flags().StringVarP(&contentType, "content-type", "t", "text/plain", "content type")
+
+	// publish flags
+
+	cmdPublish.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&contentType, "content-type", "text/plain", "content type")
+
+	// publish http flags
+
+	cmdPublishHttp.Flags().Uint32VarP(&ttd, "ttd", "t", 0, "Wait for command")
+	cmdPublishHttp.Flags().Uint8VarP(&qos, "qos", "q", 0, "Quality of service")
+
+	// consume flags
+
+	cmdConsume.Flags().BoolVarP(&processCommands, "command", "c", false, "Enable commands")
 
 	// root command
 
 	var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{Use: "hot"}
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(cmdConsume, cmdPublish)
 
-	rootCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&insecure, "insecure", false, "Skip TLS validation")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&insecure, "insecure", false, "Skip TLS validation")
 
 	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
-		panic(err)
+		println(err.Error())
 	}
 }
diff --git a/cmd/publish_http.go b/cmd/publish_http.go
index af9cddb..4d41cd1 100644
--- a/cmd/publish_http.go
+++ b/cmd/publish_http.go
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	neturl "net/url"
+	"strconv"
+
+	"github.com/ctron/hot/pkg/utils"
 )
 
 func publishHttp(messageType string, uri string, tenant string, deviceId string, authId string, password string, contentType string, payload string) error {
@@ -44,6 +47,12 @@ func publishHttp(messageType string, uri string, tenant string, deviceId string,
 
 	request.SetBasicAuth(authId+"@"+tenant, password)
 
+	if qos > 0 {
+		request.Header.Set("QoS-Level", strconv.Itoa(int(qos)))
+	}
+	if ttd > 0 {
+		request.Header.Set("hono-ttd", strconv.FormatUint(uint64(ttd), 10))
+	}
 	request.Header.Set("Content-Type", contentType)
 
 	response, err := client.Do(request)
@@ -59,7 +68,22 @@ func publishHttp(messageType string, uri string, tenant string, deviceId string,
 		return err
 	}
 
-	fmt.Println(body.String())
+	utils.PrintStart()
+
+	utils.PrintTitle("Headers")
+	for k, v := range response.Header {
+		if len(v) == 1 {
+			utils.PrintEntry(k, v[0])
+		} else {
+			utils.PrintEntry(k, v)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if body.Len() > 0 {
+		utils.PrintTitle("Payload")
+		fmt.Println(body.String())
+	}
+	utils.PrintEnd()
 
 	if err := response.Body.Close(); err != nil {
 		fmt.Printf("Failed to close response: %v", err)
diff --git a/pkg/utils/print.go b/pkg/utils/print.go
index 88ad0df..a532ffa 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/print.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/print.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func PrintTitle(title string) {
 }
 
 func PrintEntry(k interface{}, v interface{}) {
-	fmt.Printf("%s => %s", k, v)
+	fmt.Printf("%s => %[2]v (%[2]T)", k, v)
 	fmt.Println()
 }
 
@@ -59,19 +59,29 @@ func PrintMessageProperties(p *amqp.MessageProperties) {
 
 }
 
+func PrintStart() {
+	fmt.Println(">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>")
+}
+
+func PrintEnd() {
+	fmt.Println("<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<")
+}
+
 func PrintMessage(msg *amqp.Message) {
 
+	PrintStart()
+
 	PrintAnnotations("Annotations", msg.Annotations)
 	PrintAnnotations("Delivery annotations", msg.DeliveryAnnotations)
 
 	PrintMessageProperties(msg.Properties)
 	PrintProperties("Application Properties", msg.ApplicationProperties)
 
-	fmt.Println("---------------------------------------------------------")
-	fmt.Println("Payload")
-	fmt.Println("---------------------------------------------------------")
+	PrintTitle("Payload")
+
 	fmt.Printf("%s", msg.GetData())
 	fmt.Println()
-	fmt.Println("=========================================================")
+
+	PrintEnd()
 
 }