diff --git a/bashbot-lib.sh b/bashbot-lib.sh
index 0efab6a..71afa68 100755
--- a/bashbot-lib.sh
+++ b/bashbot-lib.sh
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ getupd() {
 
 getmsg_id() {
   tail -n1 "${bot_tmpdir}${1}" | grep -om1\
-  "\"message\":{\"message_id\":[0-9]\+" | grep -om1 "[0-9]\+"
+  "\"message\":{\"message_id\":[0-9]\+\|^\"message_id\":[0-9]\+" | grep -om1 "[0-9]\+"
 }
 
 getusr_id() {
@@ -87,8 +87,11 @@ getusr_name(){
 
 getusrname(){
   local username="$(tail -n 1 "${bot_tmpdir}${1}" | grep -om1\
-   '"username":"\(\\"\|[^"]*\)*","language_code"' | head -n1)"
-  utf-16-surrogate-pair-decode "${username:12:-17}"
+   '"username":"\(\\"\|[^"]*\)*"\(,"language_code"\|},"chat"\)' | head -n1)"
+  grep "\"language_code\"$" <<< "${username}" >/dev/null && utf-16-surrogate-pair-decode "${user_name:12:-17}"\
+  || {
+    grep "},\"chat\"$" <<< "${username}" >/dev/null && utf-16-surrogate-pair-decode "${username:12:-9}"
+  }
 }
 
 getchat_title(){