diff --git a/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/ui/drawer/ComposeAdapter.java b/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/ui/drawer/ComposeAdapter.java
index 903d3f045..8f0fb68bf 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/ui/drawer/ComposeAdapter.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/ui/drawer/ComposeAdapter.java
@@ -224,9 +224,9 @@ public class ComposeAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<RecyclerView.ViewHolder
             final SharedPreferences sharedpreferences = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context);
             boolean capitalize = sharedpreferences.getBoolean(context.getString(R.string.SET_CAPITALIZE), true);
             if (capitalize) {
-                statusDraft.text = mentionedAccount.acct + "\n";
+                statusDraft.text = "@" + mentionedAccount.acct + "\n";
             } else {
-                statusDraft.text = mentionedAccount.acct + " ";
+                statusDraft.text = "@" + mentionedAccount.acct + " ";
             }
             holder.binding.content.setText(statusDraft.text);
             updateCharacterCount(holder);