diff --git a/tasmota/xdrv_05_irremote_full.ino b/tasmota/xdrv_05_irremote_full.ino
index ba132b9be..d4f289c0a 100644
--- a/tasmota/xdrv_05_irremote_full.ino
+++ b/tasmota/xdrv_05_irremote_full.ino
@@ -470,9 +470,8 @@ uint32_t IrRemoteCmndIrSendRaw(void)
       return IE_INVALID_RAWDATA;
     }   // Parameters must be at least 3
 
-
 #ifdef IR_GC
-   if (strcmp(str, "gc") == 0 ||strcmp(str, "GC") == 0) {  //if first parameter is gc then we process global cache data else it is raw
+   if (strcmp(str, "gc") == 0 || strcmp(str, "GC") == 0) {  //if first parameter is gc then we process global cache data else it is raw
 	uint16_t GC[count+1];
 	for (uint32_t i = 0; i <= count; i++) {
 	  GC[i] = strtol(strtok_r(nullptr, ", ", &p), nullptr, 0);
@@ -480,6 +479,7 @@ uint32_t IrRemoteCmndIrSendRaw(void)
         return IE_INVALID_RAWDATA;                
       }
     }
+	irsend_active = true;
 	for (uint32_t r = 0; r <= repeat; r++) {
       irsend->sendGC(GC, count+1);
     }
@@ -487,8 +487,6 @@ uint32_t IrRemoteCmndIrSendRaw(void)
   }
 #endif
 
-
-
     uint16_t parm[count];
     for (uint32_t i = 0; i < count; i++) {
       parm[i] = strtol(strtok_r(nullptr, ", ", &p), nullptr, 0);