diff --git a/spectrum/src/frontends/slack/SlackAPI.cpp b/spectrum/src/frontends/slack/SlackAPI.cpp
index 7d387384211a9ce953b35f6c258c3fc208b7b19c..36d0456ce82ff3ab089b5989ea7209cc2ac3dc52 100644
--- a/spectrum/src/frontends/slack/SlackAPI.cpp
+++ b/spectrum/src/frontends/slack/SlackAPI.cpp
@@ -254,6 +254,21 @@ void SlackAPI::getSlackUserInfo(HTTPRequest *req, bool ok, rapidjson::Document &
 	return;
 }
 
+std::string &SlackAPI::SlackObjectToPlainText(std::string &object, bool isChannel) {
+	if (isChannel) {
+		if (object[0] == '<') {
+			object = object.substr(2, object.size() - 3);
+		}
+	} else {
+		if (object[0] == '<') {
+			object = object.substr(1, object.size() - 2);
+			object = object.substr(object.find("|") + 1);
+		}
+	}
+
+	return object;
+}
+
 
 
 }