diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 33046e3..671f21b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ alexa-remote-control [-d <device>|ALL] -e <pause|play|next|prev|fwd|rwd|shuffle|
                     -m <multiroom_device> [device_1 .. device_X] | -lastalexa
 
    -e : run command, additional SEQUENCECMDs:
-        weather,traffic,flashbriefing,goodmorning,singasong,tellstory,speak:'<text>'
+        weather,traffic,flashbriefing,goodmorning,singasong,tellstory,
+        speak:'<text>',automation:'<routine name>'
    -b : connect/disconnect/list bluetooth device
    -q : query queue
    -r : play tunein radio
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ alexa-remote-control [-d <device>|ALL] -e <pause|play|next|prev|fwd|rwd|shuffle|
    -h : help
 ```
  
-There's also a "plain" version, which lacks some functionality (-i, -p, -P, -S and no radio station names) but doesn't require 'jq' for JSON processing.
+There's also a "plain" version, which lacks some functionality (-i, -p, -P, -S and no radio station names and no routines) but doesn't require 'jq' for JSON processing.
 
 http://blog.loetzimmer.de/2017/10/amazon-alexa-hort-auf-die-shell-echo.html
 
diff --git a/alexa_remote_control.sh b/alexa_remote_control.sh
index f70e138..6abdad9 100644
--- a/alexa_remote_control.sh
+++ b/alexa_remote_control.sh
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #		https://github.com/openhab/openhab2-addons/tree/master/addons/binding/org.openhab.binding.amazonechocontrol
 #		(thanks to Ralf Otto for implementing this feature in this script)
 # 2018-06-13: v0.10a added album play of imported library
+# 2018-06-18: v0.10b added Alex routine execution
 #
 ###
 #
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ LIST=""
 LOGOFF=""
 COMMAND=""
 TTS=""
+UTTERANCE=""
 SEQUENCECMD=""
 STATIONID=""
 QUEUE=""
@@ -106,7 +108,7 @@ usage()
 	echo "          -i | -p | -P | -S | -a | -m <multiroom_device> [device_1 .. device_X] | -lastalexa | -l | -h"
 	echo
 	echo "   -e : run command, additional SEQUENCECMDs:"
-	echo "        weather,traffic,flashbriefing,goodmorning,singasong,tellstory,speak:'<text>'"
+	echo "        weather,traffic,flashbriefing,goodmorning,singasong,tellstory,speak:'<text>',automation:'<routine name>'"
 	echo "   -b : connect/disconnect/list bluetooth device"
 	echo "   -q : query queue"
 	echo "   -r : play tunein radio"
@@ -307,9 +309,13 @@ case "$COMMAND" in
 			;;
 	speak:*)
 			SEQUENCECMD='Alexa.Speak'
-			TTS=$(echo ${COMMAND##*:} | sed -r 's/[^-a-zA-Z0-9_,?!]//g')
+			TTS=$(echo ${COMMAND##*:} | sed -r 's/[^-a-zA-Z0-9_,?! ]//g' | sed 's/ /_/g')
 			TTS=",\\\"textToSpeak\\\":\\\"${TTS}\\\""
 			;;
+	automation:*)
+			SEQUENCECMD='automation'
+			UTTERANCE=$(echo ${COMMAND##*:} | sed -r 's/[^-a-zA-Z0-9_,?! ]//g')
+			;;
 	weather)
 			SEQUENCECMD='Alexa.Weather.Play'
 			;;
@@ -469,8 +475,28 @@ run_cmd()
 {
 if [ -n "${SEQUENCECMD}" ]
 	then
-		echo "Sequence command: ${SEQUENCECMD}"
-		COMMAND="{\"behaviorId\":\"PREVIEW\",\"sequenceJson\":\"{\\\"@type\\\":\\\"com.amazon.alexa.behaviors.model.Sequence\\\",\\\"startNode\\\":{\\\"@type\\\":\\\"com.amazon.alexa.behaviors.model.OpaquePayloadOperationNode\\\",\\\"type\\\":\\\"${SEQUENCECMD}\\\",\\\"operationPayload\\\":{\\\"deviceType\\\":\\\"${DEVICETYPE}\\\",\\\"deviceSerialNumber\\\":\\\"${DEVICESERIALNUMBER}\\\",\\\"locale\\\":\\\"${LANGUAGE}\\\",\\\"customerId\\\":\\\"${MEDIAOWNERCUSTOMERID}\\\"${TTS}}}}\",\"status\":\"ENABLED\"}"
+		if [ "${SEQUENCECMD}" = 'automation' ] ; then
+		
+			${CURL} ${OPTS} -s -b ${COOKIE} -A "${BROWSER}" -H "DNT: 1" -H "Connection: keep-alive" -L\
+			 -H "Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8" -H "Referer: https://alexa.${AMAZON}/spa/index.html" -H "Origin: https://alexa.${AMAZON}"\
+			 -H "csrf: $(awk "\$0 ~/.${AMAZON}.*csrf[ \\s\\t]+/ {print \$7}" ${COOKIE})" -X GET \
+			 "https://${ALEXA}/api/behaviors/automations" > "${TMP}/.alexa.automation"
+
+			AUTOMATION=$(jq --arg utterance "${UTTERANCE}" -r '.[] | select( .triggers[].payload.utterance == $utterance) | .automationId' "${TMP}/.alexa.automation")
+			if [ -z "${AUTOMATION}" ] ; then
+				echo "ERROR: no such utterance '${UTTERANCE}' in Alexa routines"
+				rm -f "${TMP}/.alexa.automation"
+				exit 1
+			fi
+			SEQUENCE=$(jq --arg utterance "${UTTERANCE}"  -rc '.[] | select( .triggers[].payload.utterance == $utterance) | .sequence' "${TMP}/.alexa.automation" | sed 's/"/\\"/g' | sed "s/ALEXA_CURRENT_DEVICE_TYPE/${DEVICETYPE}/g" | sed "s/ALEXA_CURRENT_DSN/${DEVICESERIALNUMBER}/g" | sed "s/ALEXA_CUSTOMER_ID/${MEDIAOWNERCUSTOMERID}/g" | sed 's/ /_/g')
+			rm -f "${TMP}/.alexa.automation"
+
+			echo "Running routine: ${UTTERANCE}"
+			COMMAND="{\"behaviorId\":\"${AUTOMATION}\",\"sequenceJson\":\"${SEQUENCE}\",\"status\":\"ENABLED\"}"
+		else
+			echo "Sequence command: ${SEQUENCECMD}"
+			COMMAND="{\"behaviorId\":\"PREVIEW\",\"sequenceJson\":\"{\\\"@type\\\":\\\"com.amazon.alexa.behaviors.model.Sequence\\\",\\\"startNode\\\":{\\\"@type\\\":\\\"com.amazon.alexa.behaviors.model.OpaquePayloadOperationNode\\\",\\\"type\\\":\\\"${SEQUENCECMD}\\\",\\\"operationPayload\\\":{\\\"deviceType\\\":\\\"${DEVICETYPE}\\\",\\\"deviceSerialNumber\\\":\\\"${DEVICESERIALNUMBER}\\\",\\\"locale\\\":\\\"${LANGUAGE}\\\",\\\"customerId\\\":\\\"${MEDIAOWNERCUSTOMERID}\\\"${TTS}}}}\",\"status\":\"ENABLED\"}"
+		fi
 
 		${CURL} ${OPTS} -s -b ${COOKIE} -A "${BROWSER}" -H "DNT: 1" -H "Connection: keep-alive" -L\
 		 -H "Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8" -H "Referer: https://alexa.${AMAZON}/spa/index.html" -H "Origin: https://alexa.${AMAZON}"\
@@ -625,21 +651,21 @@ show_queue()
 		PARENTDEVICE=$(jq --arg serial ${PARENTID} -r '.devices[] | select(.serialNumber == $serial) | .deviceType' ${DEVLIST})
 		PARENT="&lemurId=${PARENTID}&lemurDeviceType=${PARENTDEVICE}"
 	fi
+	
+ ${CURL} ${OPTS} -s -b ${COOKIE} -A "${BROWSER}" -H "DNT: 1" -H "Connection: keep-alive" -L\
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8" -H "Referer: https://alexa.${AMAZON}/spa/index.html" -H "Origin: https://alexa.${AMAZON}"\
+  -H "csrf: $(awk "\$0 ~/.${AMAZON}.*csrf[ \\s\\t]+/ {print \$7}" ${COOKIE})" -X GET \
+  "https://${ALEXA}/api/np/player?deviceSerialNumber=${DEVICESERIALNUMBER}&deviceType=${DEVICETYPE}${PARENT}" | jq '.'
 
-${CURL} ${OPTS} -s -b ${COOKIE} -A "${BROWSER}" -H "DNT: 1" -H "Connection: keep-alive" -L\
- -H "Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8" -H "Referer: https://alexa.${AMAZON}/spa/index.html" -H "Origin: https://alexa.${AMAZON}"\
- -H "csrf: $(awk "\$0 ~/.${AMAZON}.*csrf[ \\s\\t]+/ {print \$7}" ${COOKIE})" -X GET \
- "https://${ALEXA}/api/np/player?deviceSerialNumber=${DEVICESERIALNUMBER}&deviceType=${DEVICETYPE}${PARENT}" | jq '.'
+ ${CURL} ${OPTS} -s -b ${COOKIE} -A "${BROWSER}" -H "DNT: 1" -H "Connection: keep-alive" -L\
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8" -H "Referer: https://alexa.${AMAZON}/spa/index.html" -H "Origin: https://alexa.${AMAZON}"\
+  -H "csrf: $(awk "\$0 ~/.${AMAZON}.*csrf[ \\s\\t]+/ {print \$7}" ${COOKIE})" -X GET \
+  "https://${ALEXA}/api/media/state?deviceSerialNumber=${DEVICESERIALNUMBER}&deviceType=${DEVICETYPE}" | jq '.'
 
-${CURL} ${OPTS} -s -b ${COOKIE} -A "${BROWSER}" -H "DNT: 1" -H "Connection: keep-alive" -L\
- -H "Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8" -H "Referer: https://alexa.${AMAZON}/spa/index.html" -H "Origin: https://alexa.${AMAZON}"\
- -H "csrf: $(awk "\$0 ~/.${AMAZON}.*csrf[ \\s\\t]+/ {print \$7}" ${COOKIE})" -X GET \
- "https://${ALEXA}/api/media/state?deviceSerialNumber=${DEVICESERIALNUMBER}&deviceType=${DEVICETYPE}" | jq '.'
-
-${CURL} ${OPTS} -s -b ${COOKIE} -A "${BROWSER}" -H "DNT: 1" -H "Connection: keep-alive" -L\
- -H "Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8" -H "Referer: https://alexa.${AMAZON}/spa/index.html" -H "Origin: https://alexa.${AMAZON}"\
- -H "csrf: $(awk "\$0 ~/.${AMAZON}.*csrf[ \\s\\t]+/ {print \$7}" ${COOKIE})" -X GET \
- "https://${ALEXA}/api/np/queue?deviceSerialNumber=${DEVICESERIALNUMBER}&deviceType=${DEVICETYPE}" | jq '.'
+ ${CURL} ${OPTS} -s -b ${COOKIE} -A "${BROWSER}" -H "DNT: 1" -H "Connection: keep-alive" -L\
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8" -H "Referer: https://alexa.${AMAZON}/spa/index.html" -H "Origin: https://alexa.${AMAZON}"\
+  -H "csrf: $(awk "\$0 ~/.${AMAZON}.*csrf[ \\s\\t]+/ {print \$7}" ${COOKIE})" -X GET \
+  "https://${ALEXA}/api/np/queue?deviceSerialNumber=${DEVICESERIALNUMBER}&deviceType=${DEVICETYPE}" | jq '.'
 }
 
 #
diff --git a/alexa_remote_control_plain.sh b/alexa_remote_control_plain.sh
index 499242d..1ccfffc 100644
--- a/alexa_remote_control_plain.sh
+++ b/alexa_remote_control_plain.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Amazon Alexa Remote Control (PLAIN shell)
 #  alex(at)loetzimmer.de
 #
-# 2018-06-13: v0.10a (for updates see http://blog.loetzimmer.de/2017/10/amazon-alexa-hort-auf-die-shell-echo.html)
+# 2018-06-18: v0.10b (for updates see http://blog.loetzimmer.de/2017/10/amazon-alexa-hort-auf-die-shell-echo.html)
 #
 ###
 #
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ case "$COMMAND" in
 			;;
 	speak:*)
 			SEQUENCECMD='Alexa.Speak'
-			TTS=$(echo ${COMMAND##*:} | sed -r 's/[^-a-zA-Z0-9_,?!]//g')
+			TTS=$(echo ${COMMAND##*:} | sed -r 's/[^-a-zA-Z0-9_,?! ]//g' | sed 's/ /_/g')
 			TTS=",\\\"textToSpeak\\\":\\\"${TTS}\\\""
 			;;
 	weather)