diff --git a/handler.py b/handler.py
index b00a886..ae7311d 100755
--- a/handler.py
+++ b/handler.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def messageHandler(sender, recipient, mid, date, driver, mode = 0, db = dbtools.
  juha = BeautifulSoup(driver.page_source, "html5lib")
  text = juha.select("div.msg div")[0]
 
- db.executeQuery("INSERT INTO messages(id, text, sender_id, recipient_id, created_at) VALUES('%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s');" % (mid, setuptools.unescapeText(text.string or "").strip(), sender, recipient, date))
+ db.executeQuery("INSERT INTO messages(id, text, sender_id, recipient_id, created_at) VALUES('%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s');" % (mid, setuptools.unescapeText(text.text).strip(), sender, recipient, date))
  db.commit()
 
  try: