diff --git a/src/app/render.ts b/src/app/render.ts
index 2f345674..5605f637 100644
--- a/src/app/render.ts
+++ b/src/app/render.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export const renderNode = (parsed: Parsed): string => {
     case ParsedType.Text:
       return parsed.value
     case ParsedType.Topic:
-      return parsed.value.slice(1)
+      return parsed.value
   }
 }