diff --git a/gramjs/extensions/markdown.ts b/gramjs/extensions/markdown.ts
index cc8345e3..50241980 100644
--- a/gramjs/extensions/markdown.ts
+++ b/gramjs/extensions/markdown.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export class MarkdownParser {
                     foundIndex - tempEntities[foundDelim].offset;
                 entities.push(tempEntities[foundDelim]);
             }
-            message = message.replace(foundDelim, "");
+            message = message.toString().replace(foundDelim, "");
             i = foundIndex;
         }
         return [message, entities];