diff --git a/kordophoned/src/dbus/server_impl.rs b/kordophoned/src/dbus/server_impl.rs
index 8d9fea7..98ff227 100644
--- a/kordophoned/src/dbus/server_impl.rs
+++ b/kordophoned/src/dbus/server_impl.rs
@@ -127,7 +127,13 @@ impl DbusRepository for ServerImpl {
                     .map(|msg| {
                         let mut map = arg::PropMap::new();
                         map.insert("id".into(), arg::Variant(Box::new(msg.id)));
-                        map.insert("text".into(), arg::Variant(Box::new(msg.text)));
+
+                        // xxx: Remove the attachment placeholder here. 
+                        // This is not the ideal place to do this, but once we start using ChatItems instead of IMMessages
+                        // from the server, we shouldn't be seeing these placeholders. 
+                        let text = msg.text.replace("\u{FFFC}", "");
+                        
+                        map.insert("text".into(), arg::Variant(Box::new(text)));
                         map.insert(
                             "date".into(),
                             arg::Variant(Box::new(msg.date.and_utc().timestamp())),