diff --git a/event/reply.go b/event/reply.go
index e1844a4a..74bad2b3 100644
--- a/event/reply.go
+++ b/event/reply.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func TrimReplyFallbackHTML(html string) string {
 }
 
 func TrimReplyFallbackText(text string) string {
-	if !strings.HasPrefix(text, "> ") || !strings.Contains(text, "\n") {
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(text, "> <") || !strings.Contains(text, "\n") {
 		return text
 	}