diff --git a/src/main/java/com/booksaw/betterTeams/events/ChatManagement.java b/src/main/java/com/booksaw/betterTeams/events/ChatManagement.java
index 59a13abe..43adb9c7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/booksaw/betterTeams/events/ChatManagement.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/booksaw/betterTeams/events/ChatManagement.java
@@ -50,24 +50,40 @@ public void onChat(AsyncPlayerChatEvent event) {
 		if(teamPlayer == null) {
 			throw new IllegalStateException("Player " + p.getName() + " is registered to be in a team, yet has no playerdata associated with that team");
 		}
-		
-		if ((teamPlayer.isInTeamChat() || teamPlayer.isInAllyChat())
-				&& (event.getMessage().startsWith("!") && event.getMessage().length() > 1)) {
-			event.setMessage(event.getMessage().substring(1));
-		} else if (teamPlayer.isInTeamChat()) {
-			// player is sending to team chat
-			event.setCancelled(true);
 
-			team.sendMessage(teamPlayer, event.getMessage());
-			// Used as some chat plugins do not accept when a message is cancelled
-			event.setMessage("");
-			event.setFormat("");
-			return;
-		} else if (teamPlayer.isInAllyChat()) {
-			// player is sending to ally chat
+		String anyChatToGlobalPrefix = Main.plugin.getConfig().getString("chatPrefixes.teamOrAllyToGlobal", "!");
+		String globalToTeamPrefix = Main.plugin.getConfig().getString("chatPrefixes.globalToTeam", "!");
+		String globalToAllyPrefix = Main.plugin.getConfig().getString("chatPrefixes.globalToAlly", "?");
+
+		if (teamPlayer.isInTeamChat() || teamPlayer.isInAllyChat()) {
+			if (!anyChatToGlobalPrefix.isEmpty() && event.getMessage().startsWith(anyChatToGlobalPrefix) && event.getMessage().length() > anyChatToGlobalPrefix.length()) {
+				event.setMessage(event.getMessage().substring(anyChatToGlobalPrefix.length()));
+			} else {
+				// Player is not sending to global chat
+				event.setCancelled(true);
+
+				if (teamPlayer.isInTeamChat()) {
+					team.sendMessage(teamPlayer, event.getMessage());
+				} else {
+					team.sendAllyMessage(teamPlayer, event.getMessage());
+				}
+				// Used as some chat plugins do not accept when a message is cancelled
+				event.setMessage("");
+				event.setFormat("");
+				return;
+			}
+		} else if (
+				(!globalToTeamPrefix.isEmpty() && event.getMessage().startsWith(globalToTeamPrefix) && event.getMessage().length() > globalToTeamPrefix.length())
+				|| (!globalToAllyPrefix.isEmpty() && event.getMessage().startsWith(globalToAllyPrefix) && event.getMessage().length() > globalToAllyPrefix.length())
+		) {
+			// Player is not sending to global chat
 			event.setCancelled(true);
 
-			team.sendAllyMessage(teamPlayer, event.getMessage());
+			if (event.getMessage().startsWith(globalToTeamPrefix)) {
+				team.sendMessage(teamPlayer, event.getMessage().substring(globalToTeamPrefix.length()));
+			} else {
+				team.sendAllyMessage(teamPlayer, event.getMessage().substring(globalToAllyPrefix.length()));
+			}
 			// Used as some chat plugins do not accept when a message is cancelled
 			event.setMessage("");
 			event.setFormat("");
diff --git a/src/main/resources/config.yml b/src/main/resources/config.yml
index 386d2c71..fd7b0da7 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/config.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/config.yml
@@ -86,6 +86,16 @@ announceTeamLeave: false
 # This is used to determine whether disbanding a team should be announced (Message is configurable in messages.yml)
 announceTeamDisband: false
 
+# These are prefix shortcuts to change where a chat message is sent
+# Possible values: [Any text/character(s)]
+chatPrefixes:
+   # This prefix will instead send the global message to the team chat
+   globalToTeam: '!'
+   # This prefix will instead send the global message to the ally chat
+   globalToAlly: '?'
+   # This prefix will instead send the team or ally message to the global chat
+   teamOrAllyToGlobal: '!'
+
 # This is used to set the maxmimum number of allies a team can have
 # - If this feature is unwanted, set the allyLimit to -1 and there will be unlimited allies for each team
 # - Keep this value reasonable, as Java cannot cope with larger numbers (over 2 billion), so if you want the team to be limitless, set the value to -1 instead of something large