diff --git a/toot/utils.py b/toot/utils.py
index 6575698..2508e5a 100644
--- a/toot/utils.py
+++ b/toot/utils.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import os
 import re
 import socket
 import unicodedata
+import warnings
 
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 
@@ -17,7 +18,13 @@ def str_bool(b):
 
 def get_text(html):
     """Converts html to text, strips all tags."""
-    text = BeautifulSoup(html.replace(''', "'"), "html.parser").get_text()
+
+    # Ignore warnings made by BeautifulSoup, if passed something that looks like
+    # a file (e.g. a dot which matches current dict), it will warn that the file
+    # should be opened instead of passing a filename.
+    with warnings.catch_warnings():
+        warnings.simplefilter("ignore")
+        text = BeautifulSoup(html.replace(''', "'"), "html.parser").get_text()
 
     return unicodedata.normalize('NFKC', text)