1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/wat/bot.go b/wat/bot.go
index 41c030f..ffa6d8b 100644
--- a/wat/bot.go
+++ b/wat/bot.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/go-irc/irc"
+	"github.com/ergochat/irc-go/ircfmt"
 )
 
 type WatBot struct {
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ func (w *WatBot) Msg(m *irc.Message) {
 	}
 
 	// fieldsfunc allows you to obtain rune separated fields/args
-	args := strings.FieldsFunc(m.Params[1], func(c rune) bool { return c == ' ' })
+	args := strings.FieldsFunc(ircfmt.Strip(m.Params[1]), func(c rune) bool { return c == ' ' })
 
 	if len(args) == 0 {
 		return