diff --git a/m2d/converters/event-to-message.js b/m2d/converters/event-to-message.js
index fcf0bf8..ff31607 100644
--- a/m2d/converters/event-to-message.js
+++ b/m2d/converters/event-to-message.js
@@ -324,11 +324,12 @@ async function eventToMessage(event, guild, di) {
 				replyLine += `https://discord.com/channels/${guild.id}/${row.channel_id}/${row.message_id} `
 			}
 			const sender = repliedToEvent.sender
-			const senderName = sender.match(/@([^:]*)/)?.[1] || sender
 			const authorID = select("sim", "user_id", {mxid: repliedToEvent.sender}).pluck().get()
 			if (authorID) {
 				replyLine += `<@${authorID}>`
 			} else {
+				let senderName = select("member_cache", "displayname", {mxid: repliedToEvent.sender}).pluck().get()
+				if (!senderName) senderName = sender.match(/@([^:]*)/)?.[1] || sender
 				replyLine += `Ⓜ️**${senderName}**`
 			}
 			// If the event has been edited, the homeserver will include the relation in `unsigned`.
diff --git a/m2d/converters/event-to-message.test.js b/m2d/converters/event-to-message.test.js
index 87a4b12..41d63b2 100644
--- a/m2d/converters/event-to-message.test.js
+++ b/m2d/converters/event-to-message.test.js
@@ -1151,7 +1151,7 @@ test("event2message: rich reply to a matrix user's long message with formatting"
 			messagesToEdit: [],
 			messagesToSend: [{
 				username: "cadence [they]",
-				content: "> <:L1:1144820033948762203><:L2:1144820084079087647>https://discord.com/channels/112760669178241024/687028734322147344/1144865310588014633 Ⓜ️**cadence**:"
+				content: "> <:L1:1144820033948762203><:L2:1144820084079087647>https://discord.com/channels/112760669178241024/687028734322147344/1144865310588014633 Ⓜ️**cadence [they]**:"
 					+ "\n> i should have a little happy test   list bold em..."
 					+ "\n**no you can't!!!**",
 				avatar_url: "https://matrix.cadence.moe/_matrix/media/r0/download/cadence.moe/azCAhThKTojXSZJRoWwZmhvU"
@@ -1312,7 +1312,7 @@ test("event2message: with layered rich replies, the preview should only be the r
 			messagesToEdit: [],
 			messagesToSend: [{
 				username: "cadence [they]",
-				content: "> <:L1:1144820033948762203><:L2:1144820084079087647>https://discord.com/channels/112760669178241024/687028734322147344/1144865310588014633 Ⓜ️**cadence**:"
+				content: "> <:L1:1144820033948762203><:L2:1144820084079087647>https://discord.com/channels/112760669178241024/687028734322147344/1144865310588014633 Ⓜ️**cadence [they]**:"
 					+ "\n> two"
 					+ "\nthree",
 				avatar_url: "https://matrix.cadence.moe/_matrix/media/r0/download/cadence.moe/azCAhThKTojXSZJRoWwZmhvU"