diff --git a/chatterino.pro b/chatterino.pro
index 5f3b48706..3b704d192 100644
--- a/chatterino.pro
+++ b/chatterino.pro
@@ -169,7 +169,8 @@ HEADERS  += \
     src/widgets/window.hpp \
     src/widgets/splitcontainer.hpp \
     src/widgets/helper/droppreview.hpp \
-    src/widgets/helper/splitcolumn.hpp
+    src/widgets/helper/splitcolumn.hpp \
+    src/util/irchelpers.hpp
 
 
 PRECOMPILED_HEADER =
diff --git a/src/messages/message.cpp b/src/messages/message.cpp
index e58eef6e4..0e675b1b4 100644
--- a/src/messages/message.cpp
+++ b/src/messages/message.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "ircmanager.hpp"
 #include "messages/link.hpp"
 #include "resources.hpp"
+#include "util/irchelpers.hpp"
 
 #include <ctime>
 #include <list>
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ Message *Message::createTimeoutMessage(const QString &username, const QString &d
 
     if (reason.length() > 0) {
         text.append(": \"");
-        text.append(reason);
+        text.append(ParseTagString(reason));
         text.append("\"");
     }
     text.append(".");
diff --git a/src/util/irchelpers.hpp b/src/util/irchelpers.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c8ba28488
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/irchelpers.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <QString>
+
+namespace chatterino {
+
+QString ParseTagString(const QString &input)
+{
+    QString output = input;
+
+    // code goes here
+
+    return output;
+}
+
+}  // namespace chatterino