diff --git a/lib/pages/chat/events/html_message.dart b/lib/pages/chat/events/html_message.dart
index 1489f6485..ef945d711 100644
--- a/lib/pages/chat/events/html_message.dart
+++ b/lib/pages/chat/events/html_message.dart
@@ -219,9 +219,14 @@ class HtmlMessage extends StatelessWidget {
       );
 
       if (substringIndex == -1) continue;
-      final int tokenIndex = result[substringIndex].indexOf(tokenText);
+      int tokenIndex = result[substringIndex].indexOf(tokenText);
       if (tokenIndex == -1) continue;
 
+      final beforeSubstring = result[substringIndex].substring(0, tokenIndex);
+      if (beforeSubstring.length != beforeSubstring.characters.length) {
+        tokenIndex = beforeSubstring.characters.length;
+      }
+
       final int tokenLength = tokenText.characters.length;
       final before =
           result[substringIndex].characters.take(tokenIndex).toString();