diff --git a/lib/PBot/Core/Commands/MessageHistory.pm b/lib/PBot/Core/Commands/MessageHistory.pm
index 2ddfe5ab..65850cfb 100644
--- a/lib/PBot/Core/Commands/MessageHistory.pm
+++ b/lib/PBot/Core/Commands/MessageHistory.pm
@@ -266,10 +266,12 @@ sub cmd_recall_message {
         if (not $channel_arg) {
             $recall_channel = "@$opt_args" if @$opt_args;
         } else {
-            if (defined $recall_history) {
-                $recall_history .= ' ';
+            if (@$opt_args) {
+                if (defined $recall_history) {
+                    $recall_history .= ' ';
+                }
+                $recall_history .= "@$opt_args";
             }
-            $recall_history .= "@$opt_args" if @$opt_args;
         }
 
         if (defined $recall_text and not defined $recall_history) {
diff --git a/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm b/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm
index ea40f276..f5c779ba 100644
--- a/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm
+++ b/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ use PBot::Imports;
 # These are set by the /misc/update_version script
 use constant {
     BUILD_NAME     => "PBot",
-    BUILD_REVISION => 4623,
-    BUILD_DATE     => "2023-02-23",
+    BUILD_REVISION => 4624,
+    BUILD_DATE     => "2023-02-24",
 };
 
 sub initialize {}