diff --git a/src/www_msgs.c b/src/www_msgs.c
index 057f3d5..e0f26ca 100644
--- a/src/www_msgs.c
+++ b/src/www_msgs.c
@@ -618,9 +618,10 @@ char *www_msgs_messageview(struct user_record *user, int conference, int area, i
 				if (body[l1] == '\e' && body[l1+1] == '[') {
 					while (strchr("ABCDEFGHIGJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz", body[l1]) == NULL && l1 < strlen(body))
 						l1++;
+				} else {
+					replybody[l2++] = body[l1];
+					replybody[l2] ='\0';
 				}
-				replybody[l2++] = body[l1];
-				replybody[l2] ='\0';
 			}
 
 			free(body);