diff --git a/client/js/libs/handlebars/parse.js b/client/js/libs/handlebars/parse.js
index fdf32bdc..0bccaa1d 100644
--- a/client/js/libs/handlebars/parse.js
+++ b/client/js/libs/handlebars/parse.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 const Handlebars = require("handlebars/runtime");
 const parseStyle = require("./ircmessageparser/parseStyle");
+const anyIntersection = require("./ircmessageparser/anyIntersection");
 const findChannels = require("./ircmessageparser/findChannels");
 const findLinks = require("./ircmessageparser/findLinks");
 const findEmoji = require("./ircmessageparser/findEmoji");
@@ -66,7 +67,15 @@ module.exports = function parse(text) {
 	const parts = channelParts
 		.concat(linkParts)
 		.concat(emojiParts)
-		.sort((a, b) => a.start - b.start);
+		.sort((a, b) => a.start - b.start || b.end - a.end)
+		.reduce((prev, curr) => {
+			const intersection = prev.some((p) => anyIntersection(p, curr));
+
+			if (intersection) {
+				return prev;
+			}
+			return prev.concat([curr]);
+		}, []);
 
 	// Merge the styling information with the channels / URLs / text objects and
 	// generate HTML strings with the resulting fragments