diff --git a/src/components/chat/messageRender.ts b/src/components/chat/messageRender.ts
index 67bb9dd8..3ada24fd 100644
--- a/src/components/chat/messageRender.ts
+++ b/src/components/chat/messageRender.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ export namespace MessageRender {
 
       args.push(postViewsSpan, ' ', channelViews);
       if(postAuthor) {
-        args.push(RichTextProcessor.wrapEmojiText(postAuthor), ', ');
+        const span = document.createElement('span');
+        span.innerHTML = RichTextProcessor.wrapEmojiText(postAuthor);
+        args.push(span, ', ');
       }
     }