diff --git a/src/sbbs3/wordwrap.c b/src/sbbs3/wordwrap.c
index 168d554a83188ef099a269c820e07ae180b8ba25..3c64df1aa2e979c29853b82cf0e86f0fd327811b 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/wordwrap.c
+++ b/src/sbbs3/wordwrap.c
@@ -388,6 +388,7 @@ char* wordwrap(char* inbuf, int len, int oldlen, BOOL handle_quotes)
 						}
 					}
 				}
+				icol=prefix_len+1;
 				/* Fall-through soft CRs for wrapping! */
 			default:
 				if (inbuf[i] != '\n') {