diff --git a/osu.Game/Online/Chat/MessageFormatter.cs b/osu.Game/Online/Chat/MessageFormatter.cs
index 4c477d58b6..39a51876c2 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Online/Chat/MessageFormatter.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Online/Chat/MessageFormatter.cs
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Online.Chat
             handleAdvanced(advanced_link_regex, result, startIndex);
 
             // handle editor times
-            handleMatches(time_regex, "{0}", $"{OsuGameBase.OSU_PROTOCOL}edit/{0}", result, startIndex, LinkAction.OpenEditorTimestamp);
+            handleMatches(time_regex, "{0}", $@"{OsuGameBase.OSU_PROTOCOL}edit/{{0}}", result, startIndex, LinkAction.OpenEditorTimestamp);
 
             // handle channels
             handleMatches(channel_regex, "{0}", $"{OsuGameBase.OSU_PROTOCOL}chan/{0}", result, startIndex, LinkAction.OpenChannel);