diff --git a/sopel_modules/SpiceBot_AI/AI_aiml.py b/sopel_modules/SpiceBot_AI/AI_aiml.py
index b791e34..b3d400d 100644
--- a/sopel_modules/SpiceBot_AI/AI_aiml.py
+++ b/sopel_modules/SpiceBot_AI/AI_aiml.py
@@ -19,4 +19,6 @@ def bot_command_nick(bot, trigger):
     if str(trigger.args[1]).startswith((".", '?', '!')) or str(trigger.args[1]).lower().startswith(bot.nick.lower()):
         return
 
-    bot.osd(str(SpiceBot.botai.on_message(str(bot, trigger, trigger.args[1]))))
+    returnmessage = SpiceBot.botai.on_message(bot, trigger, trigger.args[1])
+
+    bot.osd(str(returnmessage))