diff --git a/admin/main.go b/admin/main.go
index 8b02042..4e1190d 100644
--- a/admin/main.go
+++ b/admin/main.go
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ var (
 	}
 )
 
-func cmd_generic(tbm *TBM, command string, args []string) error {
-	cmd := &Command{command, args}
+func cmd_generic(tbm *TBM, command string, args []string, payload []byte) error {
+	cmd := &Command{command, args, payload}
 	tbm.Commands <- cmd
 	res := <-tbm.Results
 
@@ -40,43 +40,43 @@ func cmd_generic(tbm *TBM, command string, args []string) error {
 }
 
 func cmd_ls(tbm *TBM, args []string) error {
-	return cmd_generic(tbm, "mufs ls", args)
+	return cmd_generic(tbm, "mufs ls", args, nil)
 }
 
 func cmd_cat(tbm *TBM, args []string) error {
-	return cmd_generic(tbm, "mufs cat", args)
+	return cmd_generic(tbm, "mufs cat", args, nil)
 }
 
 func cmd_stat(tbm *TBM, args []string) error {
-	return cmd_generic(tbm, "mufs stat", args)
+	return cmd_generic(tbm, "mufs stat", args, nil)
 }
 
 func cmd_cp(tbm *TBM, args []string) error {
-	return cmd_generic(tbm, "mufs cp", args)
+	return cmd_generic(tbm, "mufs cp", args, nil)
 }
 
 func cmd_rm(tbm *TBM, args []string) error {
-	return cmd_generic(tbm, "mufs rm", args)
+	return cmd_generic(tbm, "mufs rm", args, nil)
 }
 
 func cmd_mkdir(tbm *TBM, args []string) error {
-	return cmd_generic(tbm, "mufs mkdir", args)
+	return cmd_generic(tbm, "mufs mkdir", args, nil)
 }
 
 func cmd_rmdir(tbm *TBM, args []string) error {
-	return cmd_generic(tbm, "mufs rmdir", args)
+	return cmd_generic(tbm, "mufs rmdir", args, nil)
 }
 
 func cmd_date(tbm *TBM, args []string) error {
-	return cmd_generic(tbm, "date", args)
+	return cmd_generic(tbm, "date", args, nil)
 }
 
 func cmd_set_date(tbm *TBM, args []string) error {
-	return cmd_generic(tbm, "set-date", args)
+	return cmd_generic(tbm, "set-date", args, nil)
 }
 
 func cmd_time(tbm *TBM, args []string) error {
-	return cmd_generic(tbm, "time", args)
+	return cmd_generic(tbm, "time", args, nil)
 }
 
 func main() {
diff --git a/admin/tbm.go b/admin/tbm.go
index 2b58b0f..d4cb6d7 100644
--- a/admin/tbm.go
+++ b/admin/tbm.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ type TBM struct {
 type Command struct {
 	command string
 	args    []string
+	payload []byte
 }
 
 type Result struct {
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ func handleResults(in io.Reader, c chan *Result) {
 	}
 }
 
-func serialise(out io.Writer, command string, args []string) error {
+func serialise(out io.Writer, command string, args []string, payload []byte) error {
 	var quoted_args []string
 
 	quoted_args = append(quoted_args, command)
@@ -137,7 +138,11 @@ func serialise(out io.Writer, command string, args []string) error {
 
 	output := []byte(out_string)
 	output = append(output, '\r')
-	//output = append(output, 0x4)
+
+	if payload != nil {
+		output = append(output, payload...)
+		output = append(output, 0x4)
+	}
 
 	_, err := out.Write(output)
 	// err is non nil if n != len(output)
@@ -150,7 +155,7 @@ func serialise(out io.Writer, command string, args []string) error {
 
 func handleCommands(out io.Writer, c chan *Command) {
 	for command := range c {
-		err := serialise(out, command.command, command.args)
+		err := serialise(out, command.command, command.args, command.payload)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatal(err)
 		}