diff --git a/fractal-gtk/src/app.rs b/fractal-gtk/src/app.rs
index a115bbf6..362be437 100644
--- a/fractal-gtk/src/app.rs
+++ b/fractal-gtk/src/app.rs
@@ -1242,8 +1242,8 @@ impl AppOp {
             id: None,
         };
 
-        if msg.starts_with("/me") {
-            m.body = msg.replace("/me ", "");
+        if msg.starts_with("/me ") {
+            m.body = msg.trim_left_matches("/me ").to_owned();
             m.mtype = strn!("m.emote");
         };