diff --git a/questbook.rb b/questbook.rb
index 90c3487..efdb98b 100644
--- a/questbook.rb
+++ b/questbook.rb
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ class QuestBook
           if msg[1] != '' then
             print = true
           end
+          color = Digest::MD5.hexdigest(msg[1]).to_i(16) % 14 + 2
+          who = "[\x03#{color}#{msg[1]}\x0f]" 
           msg = msg[2]
           a = Nokogiri::HTML.parse msg
           msg = a.text
-          color = Digest::MD5.hexdigest(msg[1]).to_i(16) % 14 + 2
-          who = "[\x03#{color}#{msg[1]}\x0f]" 
           if msg[2] != @last and print then
             Channel('#questbook').send("#{who}: #{msg}")
             @last = msg[2]