diff --git a/markov.py b/markov.py
index 9788f54..eed84f0 100755
--- a/markov.py
+++ b/markov.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ def sanitizeText(text):
  try:
   if "@" in (text[0], text[1]):
    if split[1][0] not in string.ascii_lowercase:
-    return sanitizeText(text.partition(" ")[2])
+    return sanitizeText(" ".join(split[1:]))
   if split[-1][0] == "@":
    return sanitizeText(" ".join(split[:-1]))
   if text[:4] == "RT @":