diff --git a/markov.py b/markov.py
index c08133c..7db2f3a 100755
--- a/markov.py
+++ b/markov.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ def sanitizeText(text):
   if text[0] == "@" or text[1] == "@":
    if split[1][0] not in string.ascii_lowercase:
     return sanitizeText(" ".join(split[1:]))
-  if split[-1][0] == "@" and text[-1] in string.ascii_lowercase:
+  if split[-1][0] == "@" and text[-1] in (string.ascii_letters + "_"):
    return sanitizeText(" ".join(split[:-1]))
   if text[:4] == "RT @":
    return sanitizeText(text.partition(":")[2])