diff --git a/tiix.tcl b/tiix.tcl
index 2f4d5e2..44defd7 100755
--- a/tiix.tcl
+++ b/tiix.tcl
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ proc updatefromreps {} {
         }
       }
       if {![string match "$shortnick>*" [$textw get 1.0 1.end]]} {
-        $textw insert 1.0 "[string trimright [join [lmap s $msg(body) {string cat $shortnick {> } $s}] \n]]\n"
+        $textw insert 1.0 "[string trimright [join [lmap s $msg(body) {string cat $shortnick {> } [string trimright $s]}] \n]]\n"
       }
     }
     msgdb close