diff --git a/journal/journal.py b/journal/journal.py
index fdb3a3e..2a78fe3 100644
--- a/journal/journal.py
+++ b/journal/journal.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+import re
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
-from typing import Optional
 
 from maubot import MessageEvent, Plugin
 from maubot.handlers import command
@@ -25,6 +25,22 @@ async def upgrade_v1(conn: Connection) -> None:
     await conn.execute("CREATE INDEX entries_ts      ON entries (ts DESC)")
 
 
+# Match `!journal` followed by any whitespace (space, tab, OR newline)
+# and capture everything after. Maubot's @command.new parser only treats
+# *space* as the command/args delimiter, so `!journal\n<content>` gets
+# parsed as a command name of "journal\n<content>" and matches nothing,
+# silently dropping multi-line entries. A passive regex matcher with
+# DOTALL bypasses the parser quirk and catches every form.
+_JOURNAL_RE = re.compile(r"^!journal(?:[ \t\r\n]+(.*))?$", re.DOTALL)
+
+_USAGE = (
+    "Usage:\n"
+    "- `!journal <what you did>` — record an entry (multi-line OK)\n"
+    "- `!journal show [@user]` — last 10 entries, optionally filtered\n"
+    "- `!journal today` — all entries from today (UTC)"
+)
+
+
 def _fmt(rows) -> str:
     if not rows:
         return "No entries."
@@ -40,49 +56,55 @@ class JournalBot(Plugin):
     def get_db_upgrade_table(cls) -> UpgradeTable:
         return upgrade_table
 
-    @command.new(
-        "journal",
-        help="Farm journal — record what you did today",
-        require_subcommand=False,
-        arg_fallthrough=False,
-    )
-    @command.argument("text", pass_raw=True, required=False)
-    async def journal(self, evt: MessageEvent, text: str = "") -> None:
-        if not text:
-            await evt.reply(
-                "Usage:\n"
-                "- `!journal <what you did>` — record an entry\n"
-                "- `!journal show [@user]` — last 10 entries (optionally filtered by user)\n"
-                "- `!journal today` — all entries from today"
-            )
+    @command.passive(regex=_JOURNAL_RE)
+    async def journal(self, evt: MessageEvent, match) -> None:
+        rest = (match[1] or "").strip()
+
+        if not rest:
+            await evt.reply(_USAGE)
             return
 
+        # Subcommand detection on the first whitespace-delimited token of
+        # the first line — only catches `show`/`today` if they appear
+        # alone on the first line (with optional arg). Anything else
+        # (including pasted multi-line lists) is recorded as-is.
+        first_line, _, _ = rest.partition("\n")
+        first_token, _, after = first_line.partition(" ")
+
+        if first_token == "show":
+            user = after.strip() or None
+            if user:
+                rows = await self.database.fetch(
+                    "SELECT user, ts, text FROM entries"
+                    " WHERE user = $1 ORDER BY ts DESC LIMIT 10",
+                    user,
+                )
+            else:
+                rows = await self.database.fetch(
+                    "SELECT user, ts, text FROM entries ORDER BY ts DESC LIMIT 10",
+                )
+            await evt.reply(_fmt(rows))
+            return
+
+        if first_token == "today":
+            midnight = datetime.now(timezone.utc).replace(
+                hour=0, minute=0, second=0, microsecond=0
+            )
+            cutoff_ms = int(midnight.timestamp() * 1000)
+            rows = await self.database.fetch(
+                "SELECT user, ts, text FROM entries"
+                " WHERE ts >= $1 ORDER BY ts ASC",
+                cutoff_ms,
+            )
+            await evt.reply(_fmt(rows))
+            return
+
+        # Default: record the full rest (multi-line preserved)
         await self.database.execute(
             "INSERT INTO entries (user, room, ts, text) VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4)",
-            evt.sender, evt.room_id, evt.timestamp, text,
+            evt.sender,
+            evt.room_id,
+            evt.timestamp,
+            rest,
         )
         await evt.reply(f"📓 Logged for {evt.sender}.")
-
-    @journal.subcommand("show", help="Show recent entries, optionally filtered by user")
-    @command.argument("user", required=False)
-    async def show(self, evt: MessageEvent, user: Optional[str] = None) -> None:
-        if user:
-            rows = await self.database.fetch(
-                "SELECT user, ts, text FROM entries WHERE user = $1 ORDER BY ts DESC LIMIT 10",
-                user,
-            )
-        else:
-            rows = await self.database.fetch(
-                "SELECT user, ts, text FROM entries ORDER BY ts DESC LIMIT 10",
-            )
-        await evt.reply(_fmt(rows))
-
-    @journal.subcommand("today", help="All entries from today (UTC) across users")
-    async def today(self, evt: MessageEvent) -> None:
-        midnight = datetime.now(timezone.utc).replace(hour=0, minute=0, second=0, microsecond=0)
-        cutoff_ms = int(midnight.timestamp() * 1000)
-        rows = await self.database.fetch(
-            "SELECT user, ts, text FROM entries WHERE ts >= $1 ORDER BY ts ASC",
-            cutoff_ms,
-        )
-        await evt.reply(_fmt(rows))
diff --git a/journal/maubot.yaml b/journal/maubot.yaml
index 9352d83..74e2ae3 100644
--- a/journal/maubot.yaml
+++ b/journal/maubot.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 maubot: 0.1.0
 id: dev.aiolabs.journal
-version: 0.1.3
+version: 0.2.0
 license: AGPL-3.0-or-later
 modules:
   - journal