diff --git a/markov.py b/markov.py
index 5aa5601..0eeb2ff 100755
--- a/markov.py
+++ b/markov.py
@@ -13,10 +13,20 @@ class Possy(markovify.NewlineText):
   sentence = " ".join(word.split("::")[0] for word in words)
   return sentence
 
+def sanitizeText(text):
+ try:
+  if text[0] == "@":
+   return sanitizeText(text.partition(" ")[2])
+  if text.split()[-1][0] == "@":
+   return sanitizeText(" ".join(text.split()[:-1]))
+ except:
+  return ""
+ return text
+
 def getText(db = dbtools.dbHelper()):
  text = ""
- for string in db.executeQuery('SELECT text FROM tweets WHERE text NOT LIKE "@%" AND text NOT LIKE "RT %";'):
-  text += string[0] + "\n"
+ for string in db.executeQuery('SELECT text FROM tweets WHERE text NOT LIKE "RT %";'):
+  text += sanitizeText(string[0]) + "\n"
  return html.unescape("".join([s for s in text.strip().splitlines(True) if s.strip()]))
 
 def markovifyText(text):