diff --git a/src/util/irchelpers.hpp b/src/util/irchelpers.hpp
index c8ba2848..353707fe 100644
--- a/src/util/irchelpers.hpp
+++ b/src/util/irchelpers.hpp
@@ -7,10 +7,38 @@ namespace chatterino {
 QString ParseTagString(const QString &input)
 {
     QString output = input;
+    output.detach();
 
-    // code goes here
+    bool changed = false;
 
-    return output;
+    for (int i = 0; i < output.length() - 1; i++) {
+        if (output[i] == '\\') {
+            QChar c = output[i + 1];
+
+            if (c == 'n') {
+                output[i] == '\n';
+            } else if (c == 'r') {
+                output[i] == '\r';
+            } else if (c == 's') {
+                output[i] == ' ';
+            } else if (c == '\\') {
+                output[i] == '\\';
+            } else if (c == ':') {
+                output[i] == ';';
+            } else {
+                output[i] = output[i + 1];
+            }
+            output[i + 1] = '\0';
+            changed = true;
+            i++;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (changed) {
+        return output.replace("\0", "");
+    } else {
+        return output;
+    }
 }
 
 }  // namespace chatterino