diff --git a/telegrambots-abilities/src/main/java/org/telegram/abilitybots/api/bot/AbilityBot.java b/telegrambots-abilities/src/main/java/org/telegram/abilitybots/api/bot/AbilityBot.java
index f102ec6f..c512e7c4 100644
--- a/telegrambots-abilities/src/main/java/org/telegram/abilitybots/api/bot/AbilityBot.java
+++ b/telegrambots-abilities/src/main/java/org/telegram/abilitybots/api/bot/AbilityBot.java
@@ -220,15 +220,15 @@ public abstract class AbilityBot extends TelegramLongPollingBot {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Test the update against the provided global flags. The default implementation requires a {@link Flag#MESSAGE}.
+   * Test the update against the provided global flags. The default implementation is a passthrough to all updates.
    * <p>
-   * This method should be <b>overridden</b> if the user wants updates that don't require a MESSAGE to pass through.
+   * This method should be <b>overridden</b> if the user wants to restrict bot usage to only certain updates.
    *
    * @param update a Telegram {@link Update}
    * @return <tt>true</tt> if the update satisfies the global flags
    */
   protected boolean checkGlobalFlags(Update update) {
-    return MESSAGE.test(update);
+    return true;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/telegrambots-abilities/src/main/java/org/telegram/abilitybots/api/objects/Ability.java b/telegrambots-abilities/src/main/java/org/telegram/abilitybots/api/objects/Ability.java
index 1064bb29..43446eef 100644
--- a/telegrambots-abilities/src/main/java/org/telegram/abilitybots/api/objects/Ability.java
+++ b/telegrambots-abilities/src/main/java/org/telegram/abilitybots/api/objects/Ability.java
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ public final class Ability {
     private Consumer<MessageContext> consumer;
     private Consumer<MessageContext> postConsumer;
     private List<Reply> replies;
-    private Flag[] flags;
+    private Predicate<Update>[] flags;
 
     private AbilityBuilder() {
       replies = newArrayList();
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ public final class Ability {
       return this;
     }
 
-    public AbilityBuilder flag(Flag... flags) {
+    public AbilityBuilder flag(Predicate<Update>... flags) {
       this.flags = flags;
       return this;
     }
diff --git a/telegrambots-abilities/src/test/java/org/telegram/abilitybots/api/bot/AbilityBotTest.java b/telegrambots-abilities/src/test/java/org/telegram/abilitybots/api/bot/AbilityBotTest.java
index feac9999..634d222d 100644
--- a/telegrambots-abilities/src/test/java/org/telegram/abilitybots/api/bot/AbilityBotTest.java
+++ b/telegrambots-abilities/src/test/java/org/telegram/abilitybots/api/bot/AbilityBotTest.java
@@ -410,13 +410,9 @@ public class AbilityBotTest {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void canCheckGlobalFlags() {
+  public void defaultGlobalFlagIsTrue() {
     Update update = mock(Update.class);
-    Message message = mock(Message.class);
-
-    when(update.hasMessage()).thenReturn(true);
-    when(update.getMessage()).thenReturn(message);
-    assertEquals("Unexpected result when checking for locality", true, bot.checkGlobalFlags(update));
+    assertEquals("Unexpected result when checking for the default global flags", true, bot.checkGlobalFlags(update));
   }
 
   @Test(expected = ArithmeticException.class)