diff --git a/src/spectralroom.cpp b/src/spectralroom.cpp
index 14838de2e..2a360fc85 100644
--- a/src/spectralroom.cpp
+++ b/src/spectralroom.cpp
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ QString SpectralRoom::eventToString(const RoomEvent& evt,
         if (prettyPrint) {
             auto plainBody = e.plainBody();
             if (removeReply) {
-                return plainBody.remove(utils::removeReplyRegex);
+                plainBody.remove(utils::removeReplyRegex);
             }
             return QMatrixClient::prettyPrint(plainBody);
         }