diff --git a/pkg/acquisition/modules/appsec/appsec_hooks_test.go b/pkg/acquisition/modules/appsec/appsec_hooks_test.go
index c549d2ef1..3a8ac57f3 100644
--- a/pkg/acquisition/modules/appsec/appsec_hooks_test.go
+++ b/pkg/acquisition/modules/appsec/appsec_hooks_test.go
@@ -660,6 +660,34 @@ func TestAppsecPreEvalHooks(t *testing.T) {
 				require.Equal(t, "foobar", responses[0].Action)
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name:             "pre_eval : SetRemediation (WAF rule in expr) + Bypass",
+			expected_load_ok: true,
+			inband_rules: []appsec_rule.CustomRule{
+				{
+					Name:      "rulez",
+					Zones:     []string{"ARGS"},
+					Variables: []string{"foo"},
+					Match:     appsec_rule.Match{Type: "regex", Value: "^toto"},
+					Transform: []string{"lowercase"},
+				},
+			},
+			pre_eval: []appsec.Hook{
+				{Filter: "IsInBand && 1 == 1", Apply: []string{"SetRemediation('ban')", "SetReturnCode(403)"}},
+			},
+			input_request: appsec.ParsedRequest{
+				RemoteAddr: "1.2.3.4",
+				Method:     "GET",
+				URI:        "/urllll",
+				Args:       url.Values{"bar": []string{"bar"}},
+			},
+			output_asserts: func(events []types.Event, responses []appsec.AppsecTempResponse, appsecResponse appsec.BodyResponse, statusCode int) {
+				require.Equal(t, appsec.BanRemediation, responses[0].Action)
+				//require.Equal(t, http.StatusForbidden, statusCode)
+				require.Equal(t, appsec.BanRemediation, appsecResponse.Action)
+				//require.Equal(t, http.StatusForbidden, appsecResponse.HTTPStatus)
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
diff --git a/pkg/acquisition/modules/appsec/appsec_runner.go b/pkg/acquisition/modules/appsec/appsec_runner.go
index ed49d6a7b..7245ac3bd 100644
--- a/pkg/acquisition/modules/appsec/appsec_runner.go
+++ b/pkg/acquisition/modules/appsec/appsec_runner.go
@@ -128,6 +128,10 @@ func (r *AppsecRunner) processRequest(tx appsec.ExtendedTransaction, request *ap
 		}
 	}()
 
+	r.logger.Infof("(before pre_eval) planned remediation: %s", r.AppsecRuntime.Response.Action)             //.Response.Action =
+	r.logger.Infof("(before pre_eval) planned resp code: %d", r.AppsecRuntime.Response.UserHTTPResponseCode) //.Response.Action =
+	r.logger.Infof("(before pre_eval) planned response: %+v", r.AppsecRuntime.Response)                      //.Response.Action =
+
 	//pre eval (expr) rules
 	err = r.AppsecRuntime.ProcessPreEvalRules(request)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -135,6 +139,14 @@ func (r *AppsecRunner) processRequest(tx appsec.ExtendedTransaction, request *ap
 		//FIXME: should we abort here ?
 	}
 
+	r.logger.Infof("(after pre_eval) planned remediation: %s", r.AppsecRuntime.Response.Action)             //.Response.Action =
+	r.logger.Infof("(after pre_eval) planned resp code: %d", r.AppsecRuntime.Response.UserHTTPResponseCode) //.Response.Action =
+	r.logger.Infof("(after pre_eval) planned response: %+v", r.AppsecRuntime.Response)                      //.Response.Action =
+
+	if r.AppsecRuntime.FlagSkipProcessing {
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	request.Tx.ProcessConnection(request.RemoteAddr, 0, "", 0)
 
 	for k, v := range request.Args {
@@ -214,6 +226,8 @@ func (r *AppsecRunner) ProcessOutOfBandRules(request *appsec.ParsedRequest) erro
 }
 
 func (r *AppsecRunner) handleInBandInterrupt(request *appsec.ParsedRequest) {
+
+	r.logger.Infof("entering inband interrupt")
 	//create the associated event for crowdsec itself
 	evt, err := EventFromRequest(request, r.Labels)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -322,6 +336,9 @@ func (r *AppsecRunner) handleRequest(request *appsec.ParsedRequest) {
 		logger.Errorf("unable to process InBand rules: %s", err)
 		return
 	}
+	logger.Infof("(after processInBand) planned remediation: %s", r.AppsecRuntime.Response.Action)             //.Response.Action =
+	logger.Infof("(after processInBand) planned resp code: %d", r.AppsecRuntime.Response.UserHTTPResponseCode) //.Response.Action =
+	logger.Infof("(after processInBand) planned response: %+v", r.AppsecRuntime.Response)                      //.Response.Action =
 
 	// time spent to process in band rules
 	inBandParsingElapsed := time.Since(startInBandParsing)
diff --git a/pkg/appsec/appsec.go b/pkg/appsec/appsec.go
index 96f977b47..3b20fc07d 100644
--- a/pkg/appsec/appsec.go
+++ b/pkg/appsec/appsec.go
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ type AppsecSubEngineOpts struct {
 
 // runtime version of AppsecConfig
 type AppsecRuntimeConfig struct {
-	Name           string
+	Name string
+
 	OutOfBandRules []AppsecCollection
 
 	InBandRules []AppsecCollection
@@ -107,6 +108,8 @@ type AppsecRuntimeConfig struct {
 	OutOfBandTx ExtendedTransaction //is it a good idea ?
 	InBandTx    ExtendedTransaction //is it a good idea ?
 	Response    AppsecTempResponse
+
+	FlagSkipProcessing bool
 	//should we store matched rules here ?
 
 	Logger *log.Entry
@@ -603,6 +606,15 @@ func (w *AppsecRuntimeConfig) SetActionByName(name string, action string) error
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (w *AppsecRuntimeConfig) DenyRequest() error {
+	w.Logger.Debugf("setting action to deny")
+	w.Response.Action = BanRemediation
+	w.Response.BouncerHTTPResponseCode = w.Config.BouncerBlockedHTTPCode
+	w.Response.UserHTTPResponseCode = w.Config.UserBlockedHTTPCode
+	//w.Response.InBandInterrupt = true
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (w *AppsecRuntimeConfig) SetAction(action string) error {
 	//log.Infof("setting to %s", action)
 	w.Logger.Debugf("setting action to %s", action)
@@ -616,6 +628,12 @@ func (w *AppsecRuntimeConfig) SetHTTPCode(code int) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (w *AppsecRuntimeConfig) SkipProcessing() error {
+	w.Logger.Debugf("setting flag to skip normal processing")
+	w.FlagSkipProcessing = true
+	return nil
+}
+
 type BodyResponse struct {
 	Action     string `json:"action"`
 	HTTPStatus int    `json:"http_status"`
diff --git a/pkg/appsec/waf_helpers.go b/pkg/appsec/waf_helpers.go
index 3d9a96a0d..8a03e889e 100644
--- a/pkg/appsec/waf_helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/appsec/waf_helpers.go
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ func GetPreEvalEnv(w *AppsecRuntimeConfig, request *ParsedRequest) map[string]in
 		"SetRemediationByTag":     w.SetActionByTag,
 		"SetRemediationByID":      w.SetActionByID,
 		"SetRemediationByName":    w.SetActionByName,
+		"SetRemediation":          w.SetAction,
+		"SetReturnCode":           w.SetHTTPCode,
+		"SkipProcessing":          w.SkipProcessing,
+		"DenyRequest":             w.DenyRequest,
 	}
 }