diff --git a/src/signal/monitor/event-handler.ts b/src/signal/monitor/event-handler.ts
index 72195ff78..8cf290c68 100644
--- a/src/signal/monitor/event-handler.ts
+++ b/src/signal/monitor/event-handler.ts
@@ -313,7 +313,23 @@ export function createSignalEventHandler(deps: SignalEventHandlerDeps) {
       : deps.isSignalReactionMessage(dataMessage?.reaction)
         ? dataMessage?.reaction
         : null;
-    const messageText = (dataMessage?.message ?? "").trim();
+
+    // Replace  (object replacement character) with @uuid or @phone from mentions
+    let messageText = (dataMessage?.message ?? "").trim();
+    if (messageText && dataMessage?.mentions?.length) {
+      const mentions = dataMessage.mentions
+        .filter((m) => (m.uuid || m.number) && m.start != null && m.length != null)
+        .sort((a, b) => (b.start ?? 0) - (a.start ?? 0)); // Reverse order to avoid index shifting
+
+      for (const mention of mentions) {
+        const start = mention.start!;
+        const length = mention.length!;
+        const identifier = mention.uuid || mention.number || "";
+        const replacement = `@${identifier}`;
+        messageText = messageText.slice(0, start) + replacement + messageText.slice(start + length);
+      }
+    }
+
     const quoteText = dataMessage?.quote?.text?.trim() ?? "";
     const hasBodyContent =
       Boolean(messageText || quoteText) || Boolean(!reaction && dataMessage?.attachments?.length);
diff --git a/src/signal/monitor/event-handler.types.ts b/src/signal/monitor/event-handler.types.ts
index 153bdf501..d68cb5093 100644
--- a/src/signal/monitor/event-handler.types.ts
+++ b/src/signal/monitor/event-handler.types.ts
@@ -16,10 +16,19 @@ export type SignalEnvelope = {
   reactionMessage?: SignalReactionMessage | null;
 };
 
+export type SignalMention = {
+  name?: string | null;
+  number?: string | null;
+  uuid?: string | null;
+  start?: number | null;
+  length?: number | null;
+};
+
 export type SignalDataMessage = {
   timestamp?: number;
   message?: string | null;
   attachments?: Array<SignalAttachment>;
+  mentions?: Array<SignalMention> | null;
   groupInfo?: {
     groupId?: string | null;
     groupName?: string | null;