diff --git a/client/components/Chat.vue b/client/components/Chat.vue
index 8d616e77..96bfc647 100644
--- a/client/components/Chat.vue
+++ b/client/components/Chat.vue
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@
 					<span class="title">{{ channel.name }}</span>
 					<span
 						:title="channel.topic"
-						class="topic"
-						v-html="$options.filters.parse(channel.topic)"/>
+						class="topic"><ParsedMessage
+							v-if="channel.topic"
+							:text="channel.topic"/></span>
 					<button
 						class="menu"
 						aria-label="Open the context menu"
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@
 <script>
 require("intersection-observer");
 const socket = require("../js/socket");
+import ParsedMessage from "./ParsedMessage.vue";
 import MessageList from "./MessageList.vue";
 import ChatInput from "./ChatInput.vue";
 import ChatUserList from "./ChatUserList.vue";
@@ -96,6 +98,7 @@ import ListIgnored from "./Special/ListIgnored.vue";
 export default {
 	name: "Chat",
 	components: {
+		ParsedMessage,
 		MessageList,
 		ChatInput,
 		ChatUserList,
diff --git a/client/components/Message.vue b/client/components/Message.vue
index acddec41..e673e373 100644
--- a/client/components/Message.vue
+++ b/client/components/Message.vue
@@ -28,9 +28,7 @@
 				</template>
 			</span>
 			<span class="content">
-				<span
-					ref="text"
-					class="text"><ParsedMessage :message="message"/></span>
+				<span class="text"><ParsedMessage :message="message"/></span>
 
 				<LinkPreview
 					v-for="preview in message.previews"
diff --git a/client/components/MessageTypes/away.vue b/client/components/MessageTypes/away.vue
index 1b569006..3f04fa8c 100644
--- a/client/components/MessageTypes/away.vue
+++ b/client/components/MessageTypes/away.vue
@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
 <template>
 	<span class="content">
-		<template v-if="message.self">
-			<i v-html="$options.filters.parse(message.text)"/>
-		</template>
+		<ParsedMessage
+			v-if="message.self"
+			:message="message"/>
 		<template v-else>
 			<Username :user="message.from"/>
 			is away
-			<i
-				class="away-message"
-				v-html="'(' + $options.filters.parse(message.text) + ')'"/>
+			<i class="away-message">(<ParsedMessage :message="message"/>)</i>
 		</template>
 	</span>
 </template>
 
 <script>
+import ParsedMessage from "../ParsedMessage.vue";
 import Username from "../Username.vue";
 
 export default {
 	name: "MessageTypeAway",
 	components: {
+		ParsedMessage,
 		Username,
 	},
 	props: {
diff --git a/client/components/MessageTypes/back.vue b/client/components/MessageTypes/back.vue
index 459884e1..1a948c0a 100644
--- a/client/components/MessageTypes/back.vue
+++ b/client/components/MessageTypes/back.vue
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <template>
 	<span class="content">
-		<template v-if="message.self">
-			<i v-html="$options.filters.parse(message.text)"/>
-		</template>
+		<ParsedMessage
+			v-if="message.self"
+			:message="message"/>
 		<template v-else>
 			<Username :user="message.from"/>
 			is back
diff --git a/client/components/MessageTypes/ctcp.vue b/client/components/MessageTypes/ctcp.vue
index 23f9985f..0bd83e03 100644
--- a/client/components/MessageTypes/ctcp.vue
+++ b/client/components/MessageTypes/ctcp.vue
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 <template>
 	<span class="content">
 		<Username :user="message.from"/>
-		<span
-			class="ctcp-message"
-			v-html="$options.filters.parse(message.ctcpMessage)"/>
+		<span class="ctcp-message"><ParsedMessage :text="message.ctcpMessage"/></span>
 	</span>
 </template>
 
 <script>
+import ParsedMessage from "../ParsedMessage.vue";
 import Username from "../Username.vue";
 
 export default {
 	name: "MessageTypeCTCP",
 	components: {
+		ParsedMessage,
 		Username,
 	},
 	props: {
diff --git a/client/components/MessageTypes/ctcp_request.vue b/client/components/MessageTypes/ctcp_request.vue
index 3d0c8cf0..e5e137cd 100644
--- a/client/components/MessageTypes/ctcp_request.vue
+++ b/client/components/MessageTypes/ctcp_request.vue
@@ -2,18 +2,18 @@
 	<span class="content">
 		<Username :user="message.from"/>
 		sent a <abbr title="Client-to-client protocol">CTCP</abbr> request:
-		<span
-			class="ctcp-message"
-			v-html="$options.filters.parse(message.ctcpMessage)"/>
+		<span class="ctcp-message"><ParsedMessage :text="message.ctcpMessage"/></span>
 	</span>
 </template>
 
 <script>
+import ParsedMessage from "../ParsedMessage.vue";
 import Username from "../Username.vue";
 
 export default {
 	name: "MessageTypeRequestCTCP",
 	components: {
+		ParsedMessage,
 		Username,
 	},
 	props: {
diff --git a/client/components/MessageTypes/invite.vue b/client/components/MessageTypes/invite.vue
index 12b60a32..3f7a144f 100644
--- a/client/components/MessageTypes/invite.vue
+++ b/client/components/MessageTypes/invite.vue
@@ -6,16 +6,18 @@
 		<Username
 			v-else
 			:user="message.target"/>
-		to <span v-html="$options.filters.parse(message.channel)"/>
+		to <ParsedMessage :text="message.channel"/>
 	</span>
 </template>
 
 <script>
+import ParsedMessage from "../ParsedMessage.vue";
 import Username from "../Username.vue";
 
 export default {
 	name: "MessageTypeInvite",
 	components: {
+		ParsedMessage,
 		Username,
 	},
 	props: {
diff --git a/client/components/MessageTypes/kick.vue b/client/components/MessageTypes/kick.vue
index deb9e17c..bb2bc41c 100644
--- a/client/components/MessageTypes/kick.vue
+++ b/client/components/MessageTypes/kick.vue
@@ -5,17 +5,18 @@
 		<Username :user="message.target"/>
 		<i
 			v-if="message.text"
-			class="part-reason"
-			v-html="'(' + $options.filters.parse(message.text) + ')'"/>
+			class="part-reason">(<ParsedMessage :message="message"/>)</i>
 	</span>
 </template>
 
 <script>
+import ParsedMessage from "../ParsedMessage.vue";
 import Username from "../Username.vue";
 
 export default {
 	name: "MessageTypeKick",
 	components: {
+		ParsedMessage,
 		Username,
 	},
 	props: {
diff --git a/client/components/MessageTypes/mode.vue b/client/components/MessageTypes/mode.vue
index 6f32584c..9b02abf6 100644
--- a/client/components/MessageTypes/mode.vue
+++ b/client/components/MessageTypes/mode.vue
@@ -2,16 +2,18 @@
 	<span class="content">
 		<Username :user="message.from"/>
 		sets mode
-		<span v-html="$options.filters.parse(message.text)"/>
+		<ParsedMessage :message="message"/>
 	</span>
 </template>
 
 <script>
+import ParsedMessage from "../ParsedMessage.vue";
 import Username from "../Username.vue";
 
 export default {
 	name: "MessageTypeMode",
 	components: {
+		ParsedMessage,
 		Username,
 	},
 	props: {
diff --git a/client/components/MessageTypes/part.vue b/client/components/MessageTypes/part.vue
index 4cd20c15..fe122f73 100644
--- a/client/components/MessageTypes/part.vue
+++ b/client/components/MessageTypes/part.vue
@@ -5,17 +5,18 @@
 		has left the channel
 		<i
 			v-if="message.text"
-			class="part-reason"
-			v-html="'(' + $options.filters.parse(message.text) + ')'"/>
+			class="part-reason">(<ParsedMessage :message="message"/>)</i>
 	</span>
 </template>
 
 <script>
+import ParsedMessage from "../ParsedMessage.vue";
 import Username from "../Username.vue";
 
 export default {
 	name: "MessageTypePart",
 	components: {
+		ParsedMessage,
 		Username,
 	},
 	props: {
diff --git a/client/components/MessageTypes/quit.vue b/client/components/MessageTypes/quit.vue
index 63b7c4db..66672e52 100644
--- a/client/components/MessageTypes/quit.vue
+++ b/client/components/MessageTypes/quit.vue
@@ -5,17 +5,18 @@
 		has quit
 		<i
 			v-if="message.text"
-			class="quit-reason"
-			v-html="'(' + $options.filters.parse(message.text) + ')'"/>
+			class="quit-reason">(<ParsedMessage :message="message"/>)</i>
 	</span>
 </template>
 
 <script>
+import ParsedMessage from "../ParsedMessage.vue";
 import Username from "../Username.vue";
 
 export default {
 	name: "MessageTypeQuit",
 	components: {
+		ParsedMessage,
 		Username,
 	},
 	props: {
diff --git a/client/components/MessageTypes/topic.vue b/client/components/MessageTypes/topic.vue
index 8cd48955..9aca33d5 100644
--- a/client/components/MessageTypes/topic.vue
+++ b/client/components/MessageTypes/topic.vue
@@ -9,17 +9,18 @@
 		</template>
 		<span
 			v-if="message.text"
-			class="new-topic"
-			v-html="$options.filters.parse(message.text)"/>
+			class="new-topic"><ParsedMessage :message="message"/></span>
 	</span>
 </template>
 
 <script>
+import ParsedMessage from "../ParsedMessage.vue";
 import Username from "../Username.vue";
 
 export default {
 	name: "MessageTypeTopic",
 	components: {
+		ParsedMessage,
 		Username,
 	},
 	props: {
diff --git a/client/components/MessageTypes/whois.vue b/client/components/MessageTypes/whois.vue
index bc0d44eb..9b94e36d 100644
--- a/client/components/MessageTypes/whois.vue
+++ b/client/components/MessageTypes/whois.vue
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 			<template v-if="message.whois.real_name">
 				<dt>Real name:</dt>
-				<dd v-html="$options.filters.parse(message.whois.real_name)"/>
+				<dd><ParsedMessage :text="message.whois.real_name"/></dd>
 			</template>
 
 			<template v-if="message.whois.registered_nick">
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
 			<template v-if="message.whois.channels">
 				<dt>Channels:</dt>
-				<dd v-html="$options.filters.parse(message.whois.channels)"/>
+				<dd><ParsedMessage :text="message.whois.channels"/></dd>
 			</template>
 
 			<template v-if="message.whois.modes">
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 
 			<template v-if="message.whois.away">
 				<dt>Away:</dt>
-				<dd v-html="$options.filters.parse(message.whois.away)"/>
+				<dd><ParsedMessage :text="message.whois.away"/></dd>
 			</template>
 
 			<template v-if="message.whois.secure">
@@ -94,11 +94,13 @@
 </template>
 
 <script>
+import ParsedMessage from "../ParsedMessage.vue";
 import Username from "../Username.vue";
 
 export default {
 	name: "MessageTypeWhois",
 	components: {
+		ParsedMessage,
 		Username,
 	},
 	props: {
diff --git a/client/components/ParsedMessage.vue b/client/components/ParsedMessage.vue
index 05681cdc..2b832021 100644
--- a/client/components/ParsedMessage.vue
+++ b/client/components/ParsedMessage.vue
@@ -5,10 +5,15 @@ export default {
 	name: "ParsedMessage",
 	functional: true,
 	props: {
+		text: String,
 		message: Object,
 	},
 	render(createElement, context) {
-		return parse(context.props.message.text, context.props.message, createElement);
+		if (typeof context.props.text !== "undefined") {
+			return parse(createElement, context.props.text);
+		}
+
+		return parse(createElement, context.props.message.text, context.props.message);
 	},
 };
 </script>
diff --git a/client/components/Special/ListBans.vue b/client/components/Special/ListBans.vue
index e412f336..ec825126 100644
--- a/client/components/Special/ListBans.vue
+++ b/client/components/Special/ListBans.vue
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@
 				v-for="ban in channel.data"
 				:key="ban.hostmask">
 				<td class="hostmask">{{ ban.hostmask }}</td>
-				<td
-					class="banned_by"
-					v-html="$options.filters.parse(ban.banned_by)"/>
+				<td class="banned_by">{{ ban.banned_by }}</td>
 				<td class="banned_at">{{ ban.banned_at | localetime }}</td>
 			</tr>
 		</tbody>
diff --git a/client/components/Special/ListChannels.vue b/client/components/Special/ListChannels.vue
index 67fce833..a9fbd8bb 100644
--- a/client/components/Special/ListChannels.vue
+++ b/client/components/Special/ListChannels.vue
@@ -14,21 +14,22 @@
 			<tr
 				v-for="chan in channel.data"
 				:key="chan.channel">
-				<td
-					class="channel"
-					v-html="$options.filters.parse(chan.channel)"/>
+				<td class="channel"><ParsedMessage :text="chan.channel"/></td>
 				<td class="users">{{ chan.num_users }}</td>
-				<td
-					class="topic"
-					v-html="$options.filters.parse(chan.topic)"/>
+				<td class="topic"><ParsedMessage :text="chan.topic"/></td>
 			</tr>
 		</tbody>
 	</table>
 </template>
 
 <script>
+import ParsedMessage from "../ParsedMessage.vue";
+
 export default {
 	name: "ListChannels",
+	components: {
+		ParsedMessage,
+	},
 	props: {
 		channel: Object,
 	},
diff --git a/client/js/libs/handlebars/parse.js b/client/js/libs/handlebars/parse.js
index 2a29a0a3..03f1d38f 100644
--- a/client/js/libs/handlebars/parse.js
+++ b/client/js/libs/handlebars/parse.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 "use strict";
 
-const Handlebars = require("handlebars/runtime");
 const parseStyle = require("./ircmessageparser/parseStyle");
 const findChannels = require("./ircmessageparser/findChannels");
 const findLinks = require("./ircmessageparser/findLinks");
@@ -12,58 +11,7 @@ const emojiMap = require("../fullnamemap.json");
 const LinkPreviewToggle = require("../../../components/LinkPreviewToggle.vue").default;
 
 // Create an HTML `span` with styling information for a given fragment
-function createFragment(fragment) {
-	const classes = [];
-
-	if (fragment.bold) {
-		classes.push("irc-bold");
-	}
-
-	if (fragment.textColor !== undefined) {
-		classes.push("irc-fg" + fragment.textColor);
-	}
-
-	if (fragment.bgColor !== undefined) {
-		classes.push("irc-bg" + fragment.bgColor);
-	}
-
-	if (fragment.italic) {
-		classes.push("irc-italic");
-	}
-
-	if (fragment.underline) {
-		classes.push("irc-underline");
-	}
-
-	if (fragment.strikethrough) {
-		classes.push("irc-strikethrough");
-	}
-
-	if (fragment.monospace) {
-		classes.push("irc-monospace");
-	}
-
-	let attributes = classes.length ? ` class="${classes.join(" ")}"` : "";
-	const escapedText = Handlebars.Utils.escapeExpression(fragment.text);
-
-	if (fragment.hexColor) {
-		attributes += ` style="color:#${fragment.hexColor}`;
-
-		if (fragment.hexBgColor) {
-			attributes += `;background-color:#${fragment.hexBgColor}`;
-		}
-
-		attributes += '"';
-	}
-
-	if (attributes.length) {
-		return `<span${attributes}>${escapedText}</span>`;
-	}
-
-	return escapedText;
-}
-
-function createVueFragment(fragment, createElement) {
+function createFragment(fragment, createElement) {
 	const classes = [];
 
 	if (fragment.bold) {
@@ -109,7 +57,7 @@ function createVueFragment(fragment, createElement) {
 
 // Transform an IRC message potentially filled with styling control codes, URLs,
 // nicknames, and channels into a string of HTML elements to display on the client.
-module.exports = function parse(text, message = null, createElement = null) {
+module.exports = function parse(createElement, text, message = null) {
 	// Extract the styling information and get the plain text version from it
 	const styleFragments = parseStyle(text);
 	const cleanText = styleFragments.map((fragment) => fragment.text).join("");
@@ -129,97 +77,69 @@ module.exports = function parse(text, message = null, createElement = null) {
 		.concat(emojiParts)
 		.concat(nameParts);
 
-	if (createElement) {
-		return merge(parts, styleFragments, cleanText).map((textPart) => {
-			const fragments = textPart.fragments.map((fragment) => createVueFragment(fragment, createElement));
-
-			// Wrap these potentially styled fragments with links and channel buttons
-			if (textPart.link) {
-				const preview = message && message.previews.find((p) => p.link === textPart.link);
-				const link = createElement("a", {
-					class: [
-						"inline-channel",
-					],
-					attrs: {
-						href: textPart.link,
-						target: "_blank",
-						rel: "noopener",
-					},
-				}, fragments);
-
-				if (!preview) {
-					return link;
-				}
-
-				return [link, createElement(LinkPreviewToggle, {
-					class: ["toggle-button", "toggle-preview"],
-					props: {
-						link: preview,
-					},
-				}, fragments)];
-			} else if (textPart.channel) {
-				return createElement("span", {
-					class: [
-						"inline-channel",
-					],
-					attrs: {
-						"role": "button",
-						"tabindex": 0,
-						"data-chan": textPart.channel,
-					},
-				}, fragments);
-			} else if (textPart.emoji) {
-				return createElement("span", {
-					class: [
-						"emoji",
-					],
-					attrs: {
-						"role": "img",
-						"aria-label": emojiMap[textPart.emoji] ? `Emoji: ${emojiMap[textPart.emoji]}` : null,
-					},
-				}, fragments);
-			} else if (textPart.nick) {
-				return createElement("span", {
-					class: [
-						"user",
-						colorClass(textPart.nick),
-					],
-					attrs: {
-						"role": "button",
-						"data-name": textPart.nick,
-					},
-				}, fragments);
-			}
-
-			return fragments;
-		});
-	}
-
 	// Merge the styling information with the channels / URLs / nicks / text objects and
 	// generate HTML strings with the resulting fragments
 	return merge(parts, styleFragments, cleanText).map((textPart) => {
-		// Create HTML strings with styling information
-		const fragments = textPart.fragments.map(createFragment).join("");
+		const fragments = textPart.fragments.map((fragment) => createFragment(fragment, createElement));
 
 		// Wrap these potentially styled fragments with links and channel buttons
 		if (textPart.link) {
-			const escapedLink = Handlebars.Utils.escapeExpression(textPart.link);
-			return `<a href="${escapedLink}" target="_blank" rel="noopener">${fragments}</a>` +
-				`<button class="toggle-button toggle-preview" data-url="${escapedLink}" hidden></button>`;
-		} else if (textPart.channel) {
-			const escapedChannel = Handlebars.Utils.escapeExpression(textPart.channel);
-			return `<span class="inline-channel" role="button" tabindex="0" data-chan="${escapedChannel}">${fragments}</span>`;
-		} else if (textPart.emoji) {
-			if (!emojiMap[textPart.emoji]) {
-				return `<span class="emoji" role="img">${fragments}</span>`;
+			const preview = message && message.previews.find((p) => p.link === textPart.link);
+			const link = createElement("a", {
+				class: [
+					"inline-channel",
+				],
+				attrs: {
+					href: textPart.link,
+					target: "_blank",
+					rel: "noopener",
+				},
+			}, fragments);
+
+			if (!preview) {
+				return link;
 			}
 
-			return `<span class="emoji" role="img" aria-label="Emoji: ${emojiMap[textPart.emoji]}" title="${emojiMap[textPart.emoji]}">${fragments}</span>`;
+			return [link, createElement(LinkPreviewToggle, {
+				class: ["toggle-button", "toggle-preview"],
+				props: {
+					link: preview,
+				},
+			}, fragments)];
+		} else if (textPart.channel) {
+			return createElement("span", {
+				class: [
+					"inline-channel",
+				],
+				attrs: {
+					"role": "button",
+					"tabindex": 0,
+					"data-chan": textPart.channel,
+				},
+			}, fragments);
+		} else if (textPart.emoji) {
+			return createElement("span", {
+				class: [
+					"emoji",
+				],
+				attrs: {
+					"role": "img",
+					"aria-label": emojiMap[textPart.emoji] ? `Emoji: ${emojiMap[textPart.emoji]}` : null,
+				},
+			}, fragments);
 		} else if (textPart.nick) {
-			const nick = Handlebars.Utils.escapeExpression(textPart.nick);
-			return `<span role="button" class="user ${colorClass(textPart.nick)}" data-name="${nick}">${fragments}</span>`;
+			return createElement("span", {
+				class: [
+					"user",
+					colorClass(textPart.nick),
+				],
+				attrs: {
+					"role": "button",
+					"data-name": textPart.nick,
+				},
+			}, fragments);
 		}
 
 		return fragments;
-	}).join("");
+	});
 };
diff --git a/client/js/vue.js b/client/js/vue.js
index 4da110c7..2c608b2f 100644
--- a/client/js/vue.js
+++ b/client/js/vue.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 const Vue = require("vue").default;
 const App = require("../components/App.vue").default;
 const roundBadgeNumber = require("./libs/handlebars/roundBadgeNumber");
-const parse = require("./libs/handlebars/parse");
 const tz = require("./libs/handlebars/tz");
 const localetime = require("./libs/handlebars/localetime");
 const localedate = require("./libs/handlebars/localedate");
@@ -11,7 +10,6 @@ const friendlydate = require("./libs/handlebars/friendlydate");
 const friendlysize = require("./libs/handlebars/friendlysize");
 const colorClass = require("./libs/handlebars/colorClass");
 
-Vue.filter("parse", parse);
 Vue.filter("tz", tz);
 Vue.filter("localetime", localetime);
 Vue.filter("localedate", localedate);