diff --git a/src/modules/fedimbed.js b/src/modules/fedimbed.js
index 79e851e..c10b14d 100644
--- a/src/modules/fedimbed.js
+++ b/src/modules/fedimbed.js
@@ -1454,7 +1454,7 @@ async function processUrl(msg, url, spoiler = false, command = false) {
     }
   }
 
-  const user = author.name ? `${author.name} (${author.handle})` : author.handle;
+  let user = author.name ? `${author.name} (${author.handle})` : author.handle;
 
   const crawled = await getCrawledData(url, color, platformName);
   if (!color && crawled?.color) {
@@ -1470,6 +1470,11 @@ async function processUrl(msg, url, spoiler = false, command = false) {
     platformName = nn;
   }
 
+  if (platformName == "Nitter") {
+    const newHandle = author.handle.split("@")[0];
+    user = `${author.name} (@${newHandle})`;
+  }
+
   const baseEmbed = {
     color,
     url,