diff --git a/legacy-proxy/proxy.py b/legacy-proxy/proxy.py
index 962bb47..971e20d 100755
--- a/legacy-proxy/proxy.py
+++ b/legacy-proxy/proxy.py
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ async def handle_request(self, request):
         if not request:
             raise ProtocolError("invalid command")
 
+        if request[0] == "echo":
+            return " ".join(request[1:]
+
         if request[0] == "search":
             query = parse_hashes(request[1])
             results = await self.search(query)