diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index 08ee804..8db7249 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -126,9 +126,24 @@ func (c *Client) Recv() <-chan interface{} {
 	return ch
 }
 
-// Send sends message text.
-// TODO Move to Go XML Marshaller
-func (c *Client) Send(packet string) error {
+// Send marshalls XMPP stanza and sends it to the server.
+func (c *Client) Send(packet Packet) error {
+	data, err := xml.Marshal(packet)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.New("cannot marshal packet " + err.Error())
+	}
+
+	if _, err := fmt.Fprintf(c.conn, string(data)); err != nil {
+		return errors.New("cannot send packet " + err.Error())
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// SendRaw sends an XMPP stanza as a string to the server.
+// It can be invalid XML or XMPP content. In that case, the server will
+// disconnect the client. It is up to the user of this method to
+// carefully craft the XML content to produce valid XMPP.
+func (c *Client) SendRaw(packet string) error {
 	fmt.Fprintf(c.Session.socketProxy, packet) // TODO handle errors
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/cmd/xmpp_echo/xmpp_echo.go b/cmd/xmpp_echo/xmpp_echo.go
index d092508..6ebda72 100644
--- a/cmd/xmpp_echo/xmpp_echo.go
+++ b/cmd/xmpp_echo/xmpp_echo.go
@@ -13,7 +13,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 func main() {
-	options := xmpp.Options{Address: "localhost:5222", Jid: "test@localhost", Password: "test", PacketLogger: os.Stdout}
+	options := xmpp.Options{
+		Address:      "localhost:5222",
+		Jid:          "test@localhost",
+		Password:     "test",
+		PacketLogger: os.Stdout,
+		Insecure:     true,
+	}
 
 	var client *xmpp.Client
 	var err error
@@ -34,7 +40,7 @@ func main() {
 		case *xmpp.Message:
 			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "Body = %s - from = %s\n", packet.Body, packet.From)
 			reply := xmpp.Message{PacketAttrs: xmpp.PacketAttrs{To: packet.From}, Body: packet.Body}
-			client.Send(reply.XMPPFormat())
+			client.Send(reply)
 		default:
 			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "Ignoring packet: %T\n", packet)
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/xmpp_jukebox/xmpp_jukebox.go b/cmd/xmpp_jukebox/xmpp_jukebox.go
index 2d7819f..c5cdf28 100644
--- a/cmd/xmpp_jukebox/xmpp_jukebox.go
+++ b/cmd/xmpp_jukebox/xmpp_jukebox.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func processIq(client *xmpp.Client, p *mpg123.Player, packet *xmpp.IQ) {
 		playSCURL(p, url)
 		setResponse := new(iot.ControlSetResponse)
 		reply := xmpp.IQ{PacketAttrs: xmpp.PacketAttrs{To: packet.From, Type: "result", Id: packet.Id}, Payload: []xmpp.IQPayload{setResponse}}
-		client.Send(reply.XMPPFormat())
+		client.SendRaw(reply.XMPPFormat())
 		// TODO add Soundclound artist / title retrieval
 		sendUserTune(client, "Radiohead", "Spectre")
 	default:
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func processIq(client *xmpp.Client, p *mpg123.Player, packet *xmpp.IQ) {
 
 func sendUserTune(client *xmpp.Client, artist string, title string) {
 	tune := pep.Tune{Artist: artist, Title: title}
-	client.Send(tune.XMPPFormat())
+	client.SendRaw(tune.XMPPFormat())
 }
 
 func playSCURL(p *mpg123.Player, rawURL string) {
diff --git a/component.go b/component.go
index 5077066..57bbabf 100644
--- a/component.go
+++ b/component.go
@@ -73,11 +73,12 @@ func (c *Component) Connect(connStr string) error {
 }
 
 // ReadPacket reads next incoming XMPP packet
-// TODO use defined interface Packet
 func (c *Component) ReadPacket() (Packet, error) {
+	// TODO use defined interface Packet
 	return next(c.decoder)
 }
 
+// Send marshalls XMPP stanza and sends it to the server.
 func (c *Component) Send(packet Packet) error {
 	data, err := xml.Marshal(packet)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -90,6 +91,15 @@ func (c *Component) Send(packet Packet) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// SendRaw sends an XMPP stanza as a string to the server.
+// It can be invalid XML or XMPP content. In that case, the server will
+// disconnect the component. It is up to the user of this method to
+// carefully craft the XML content to produce valid XMPP.
+func (c *Component) SendRaw(packet string) error {
+	fmt.Fprintf(c.conn, packet) // TODO handle errors
+	return nil
+}
+
 // handshake generates an authentication token based on StreamID and shared secret.
 func (c *Component) handshake(streamId string) string {
 	// 1. Concatenate the Stream ID received from the server with the shared secret.