diff --git a/src/control_backend/agents/bdi/bdi_core_agent.py b/src/control_backend/agents/bdi/bdi_core_agent.py
index 7f961ec..572786c 100644
--- a/src/control_backend/agents/bdi/bdi_core_agent.py
+++ b/src/control_backend/agents/bdi/bdi_core_agent.py
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ class BDICoreAgent(BaseAgent):
                         self._set_goal("transition_phase")
                     case "force_trigger":
                         self._force_trigger(msg.body)
+                    case "force_norm":
+                        self._force_norm(msg.body)
                     case _:
                         self.logger.warning("Received unknow user interruption: %s", msg)
 
@@ -311,6 +313,17 @@ class BDICoreAgent(BaseAgent):
 
         self.logger.info("Manually forced trigger %s.", name)
 
+    # TODO: make this compatible for critical norms
+    def _force_norm(self, name: str):
+        self.bdi_agent.call(
+            agentspeak.Trigger.addition,
+            agentspeak.GoalType.belief,
+            agentspeak.Literal("force_norm", (agentspeak.Literal(agentspeak.asl_repr(name)),)),
+            agentspeak.runtime.Intention(),
+        )
+
+        self.logger.info("Manually forced norm %s.", name)
+
     def _add_custom_actions(self) -> None:
         """
         Add any custom actions here. Inside `@self.actions.add()`, the first argument is