diff --git a/client/js/libs/handlebars/ircmessageparser/cleanIrcMessage.js b/client/js/libs/handlebars/ircmessageparser/cleanIrcMessage.js
index f8f18c86..8e4c4a9d 100644
--- a/client/js/libs/handlebars/ircmessageparser/cleanIrcMessage.js
+++ b/client/js/libs/handlebars/ircmessageparser/cleanIrcMessage.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 "use strict";
 
-module.exports = (message) => message.replace(/\x02|\x1D|\x1F|\x16|\x0F|\x03(?:[0-9]{1,2}(?:,[0-9]{1,2})?)?|\x04(?:[0-9a-f]{6}(?:,[0-9a-f]{6})?)?/gi, "").trim();
+const matchFormatting = /\x02|\x1D|\x1F|\x16|\x0F|\x03(?:[0-9]{1,2}(?:,[0-9]{1,2})?)?|\x04(?:[0-9a-f]{6}(?:,[0-9a-f]{6})?)?/gi;
+
+module.exports = (message) => message.replace(matchFormatting, "").trim();