diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1c645f3..c4cfcc1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 # Change Log
 
-All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. If there is a `Changed` section please read carefully, as this often means that you will need to adapt your `config.yml`, otherwise the bot might fail to start.
+All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. If there is a `Changed` section please read carefully, as this often means that you will need to adapt your `config.yml`.
+
+## [1.7.1] - 2022-10-02
+
+### Fixed 1.7.1
+
+* Allow usage of `!sq` command when TTS is disabled
 
 ## [1.7.0] - 2022-08-27
 
diff --git a/tts.py b/tts.py
index e8175e9..53a3edb 100644
--- a/tts.py
+++ b/tts.py
@@ -764,38 +764,27 @@ class IRC:
         if not isinstance(quote, str):
             quote = quote.decode('utf-8')
 
-        if IRC.check_tts_disabled(self, user):
-            logging.info('TTS is disabled')
-        elif IRC.check_user_denied(self, user):
-            logging.info('User is not allowed to use TTS')
-        elif IRC.check_subonly(self, tags):
-            logging.info('TTS is sub-only')
-        elif IRC.check_modonly(self, tags):
-            logging.info('TTS is mod-only')
-        elif IRC.check_whitelist(self, user):
-            logging.info('User is not on whitelist')
-        else:
-            logging.info('Sending quote to TTS')
-            logging.debug("Quote: %s", quote)
-            self.sendmsg(
-                CONF['IRC_CHANNEL'],
-                "",
-                quote
-            )
+        logging.info('Sending quote to TTS')
+        logging.debug("Quote: %s", quote)
+        self.sendmsg(
+            CONF['IRC_CHANNEL'],
+            "",
+            quote
+        )
 
-            message = quote.rsplit('(', 1)[0]
-            raw_msg = {
-                "TTS": True,
-                "msg": message,
-                "badges": True,
-                "subscriber": True,
-                "msgid": True,
-                "user": CONF['IRC_USERNAME'],
-                "length": CONF['IRC_TTS_LEN'],
-                "queuetime": datetime.datetime.now(),
-                "timestamp": str(time.time_ns())
-            }
-            msg_queue[raw_msg['timestamp']] = [raw_msg['user'], raw_msg['msg']]
+        message = quote.rsplit('(', 1)[0]
+        raw_msg = {
+            "TTS": True,
+            "msg": message,
+            "badges": True,
+            "subscriber": True,
+            "msgid": True,
+            "user": CONF['IRC_USERNAME'],
+            "length": CONF['IRC_TTS_LEN'],
+            "queuetime": datetime.datetime.now(),
+            "timestamp": str(time.time_ns())
+        }
+        msg_queue[raw_msg['timestamp']] = [raw_msg['user'], raw_msg['msg']]
 
         return True