diff --git a/daemon.py b/daemon.py
index 78d732d4..b978af29 100644
--- a/daemon.py
+++ b/daemon.py
@@ -3945,6 +3945,7 @@ class PubServer(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
                         # format message
                         tags=[]
                         hashtagsDict={}
+                        mentionedRecipients=[]
                         fields['message']= \
                             addHtmlTags(self.server.baseDir, \
                                         self.server.httpPrefix, \