diff --git a/src/client/mudlet.rs b/src/client/mudlet.rs
index 4ff492b..e71bc77 100644
--- a/src/client/mudlet.rs
+++ b/src/client/mudlet.rs
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ pub fn parse_log(raw: &Vec<u8>) -> Result<Value> {
 			return Err("text_chunk size too small".into());
 		}
 
-		let text: String = String::from_utf8_lossy(&text_chunk).into();
-		let text: String = convert_escaped(&text)?;
+		let mut text: String = String::from_utf8_lossy(&text_chunk).into();
+		text = convert_escaped(&text)?;
 
 		for line in text.lines() {
 			let mut map: Map<String, Value> = Map::new();