diff --git a/src/twitch.go b/src/twitch.go
index fa98071..5845c3e 100644
--- a/src/twitch.go
+++ b/src/twitch.go
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ func tw_process_message(rawmsg string) {
 
     /* process system messages (e.g. in USERNOTICE event) */
     if _, ok := metadata["system-msg"]; ok && len(metadata["system-msg"]) > 0 {
+      out_message.Text = strings.ReplaceAll(out_message.Text, "\\s", " ")
       out_message.Text = strings.Join(strings.Fields(metadata["system-msg"]), " ")  + ": " + out_message.Text
     }