diff --git a/src/BridgedRoom.ts b/src/BridgedRoom.ts
index 126d6815..eeaffad5 100644
--- a/src/BridgedRoom.ts
+++ b/src/BridgedRoom.ts
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ export class BridgedRoom {
         // re-write the message so the matrixToSlack converter works as expected.
         let newMessage = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(message));
         newMessage.content = message.content["m.new_content"];
-        newMessage = await this.stripMatrixReplyFallback(newMessage);
+        newMessage = substitutions.stripMatrixReplyFallback(newMessage);
 
         const body = await substitutions.matrixToSlack(newMessage, this.main, this.SlackTeamId!);
 
@@ -443,8 +443,11 @@ export class BridgedRoom {
         if (!this.slackWebhookUri && !this.botClient && !puppetedClient) { return false; }
         const slackClient = puppetedClient || this.botClient;
         const user = this.main.getOrCreateMatrixUser(message.sender);
-        message = await this.stripMatrixReplyFallback(message);
+
+        message = substitutions.stripMatrixReplyFallback(message);
+
         const matrixToSlackResult = await substitutions.matrixToSlack(message, this.main, this.SlackTeamId!);
+
         if (!matrixToSlackResult) {
             // Could not handle content, dropped.
             log.warn(`Dropped ${message.event_id}, message content could not be identified`);
@@ -994,7 +997,7 @@ export class BridgedRoom {
         if (message.thread_ts !== undefined && message.text) {
             let replyMEvent = await this.getReplyEvent(this.MatrixRoomId, message, this.SlackChannelId!);
             if (replyMEvent) {
-                replyMEvent = await this.stripMatrixReplyFallback(replyMEvent);
+                replyMEvent = substitutions.stripMatrixReplyFallback(replyMEvent);
                 return await ghost.sendInThread(
                     this.MatrixRoomId, message.text, this.SlackChannelId!, eventTS, replyMEvent,
                 );
@@ -1048,7 +1051,7 @@ export class BridgedRoom {
                 let replyEvent = await this.getReplyEvent(
                     this.MatrixRoomId, message.message as unknown as ISlackMessageEvent, this.slackChannelId!,
                 );
-                replyEvent = await this.stripMatrixReplyFallback(replyEvent);
+                replyEvent = substitutions.stripMatrixReplyFallback(replyEvent);
                 if (replyEvent) {
                     const bodyFallback = ghost.getFallbackText(replyEvent);
                     const formattedFallback = ghost.getFallbackHtml(this.MatrixRoomId, replyEvent);
@@ -1152,43 +1155,6 @@ export class BridgedRoom {
         return intent.getEvent(roomID, replyToEvent.eventId);
     }
 
-    /*
-        Strip out reply fallbacks. Borrowed from
-        https://github.com/turt2live/matrix-js-bot-sdk/blob/master/src/preprocessors/RichRepliesPreprocessor.ts
-    */
-    private async stripMatrixReplyFallback(event: any): Promise<any> {
-        if (!event.content?.body) {
-            return event;
-        }
-
-        let realHtml = event.content.formatted_body;
-        let realText = event.content.body || "";
-
-        if (event.content.format === "org.matrix.custom.html" && realHtml) {
-            const formattedBody = realHtml;
-            if (formattedBody.startsWith("<mx-reply>") && formattedBody.indexOf("</mx-reply>") !== -1) {
-                const parts = formattedBody.split("</mx-reply>");
-                realHtml = parts[1];
-                event.content.formatted_body = realHtml.trim();
-            }
-        }
-
-        let processedFallback = false;
-        for (const line of realText.split("\n")) {
-            if (line.startsWith("> ") && !processedFallback) {
-                continue;
-            } else if (!processedFallback) {
-                realText = line;
-                processedFallback = true;
-            } else {
-                realText += line + "\n";
-            }
-        }
-
-        event.content.body = realText.trim();
-        return event;
-    }
-
     /*
         Given an event which is in reply to something else return the event ID of the
         top most event in the reply chain, i.e. the one without a relates to.
diff --git a/src/substitutions.ts b/src/substitutions.ts
index dd2bdea2..7222c1c5 100644
--- a/src/substitutions.ts
+++ b/src/substitutions.ts
@@ -312,6 +312,43 @@ class Substitutions {
             return `${file.url_private}?pub_secret=${pubSecret[1]}`;
         }
     }
+
+    /*
+        Strip out reply fallbacks. Borrowed from
+        https://github.com/turt2live/matrix-js-bot-sdk/blob/master/src/preprocessors/RichRepliesPreprocessor.ts
+    */
+    public stripMatrixReplyFallback<T>(event: T & any): T {
+        if (!event.content?.body) {
+            return event;
+        }
+
+        let realHtml = event.content.formatted_body;
+        let realText = event.content.body || "";
+
+        if (event.content.format === "org.matrix.custom.html" && realHtml) {
+            const formattedBody = realHtml;
+            if (formattedBody.startsWith("<mx-reply>") && formattedBody.indexOf("</mx-reply>") !== -1) {
+                const parts = formattedBody.split("</mx-reply>");
+                realHtml = parts[1];
+                event.content.formatted_body = realHtml.trim();
+            }
+        }
+
+        let processedFallback = false;
+        for (const line of realText.split("\n")) {
+            if (line.startsWith("> ") && !processedFallback) {
+                continue;
+            } else if (!processedFallback) {
+                realText = line + "\n";
+                processedFallback = true;
+            } else {
+                realText += line + "\n";
+            }
+        }
+
+        event.content.body = realText.trim();
+        return event;
+    }
 }
 
 const substitutions = new Substitutions();
diff --git a/tests/unit/substitutionsTest.ts b/tests/unit/substitutionsTest.ts
index efefe053..b1719513 100644
--- a/tests/unit/substitutionsTest.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/substitutionsTest.ts
@@ -315,4 +315,12 @@ describe("Substitutions", () => {
             expect(res).to.equal("@room hello");
         });
     });
+
+    describe("stripMatrixReplyFallback", () => {
+        it("should leave newlines intact in messages", () => {
+            let message = { content: { body: "foo\nbar" } };
+            message = substitutions.stripMatrixReplyFallback(message);
+            expect(message.content.body).to.equal("foo\nbar");
+        });
+    });
 });