diff --git a/src/commands/dmuser.js b/src/commands/dmuser.js
index f14b833..a5baad1 100644
--- a/src/commands/dmuser.js
+++ b/src/commands/dmuser.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ module.exports = {
     if (msg !== "") {
       user.send(msg).catch(() => {
         message.channel.send(
-          `<@${message.author}>, cannot send message to ${user}, this is usually caused by them not being inside the server`
+          `${message.author}, cannot send message to ${user}, this is usually caused by them not being inside the server`
         );
         fs.appendFileSync(
           "../pepperbot/src/logs/forcesay.log",