diff --git a/modular_bandastation/tts/code/hear.dm b/modular_bandastation/tts/code/hear.dm
index bdb5e768ad446..3ff04a0eeb69a 100644
--- a/modular_bandastation/tts/code/hear.dm
+++ b/modular_bandastation/tts/code/hear.dm
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+/mob/show_message(msg, type, alt_msg, alt_type, avoid_highlighting)
+    if(!client)
+        return FALSE
+    msg = replacetext_char(msg, "+", null)
+    . = ..()
+
 /mob/living/Hear(message, atom/movable/speaker, datum/language/message_language, raw_message, radio_freq, list/spans, list/message_mods, message_range)
     . = ..()
     if(!.)