diff --git a/assets/chat/js/chat.js b/assets/chat/js/chat.js
index b629511a..48074f86 100644
--- a/assets/chat/js/chat.js
+++ b/assets/chat/js/chat.js
@@ -756,12 +756,7 @@ class Chat {
     // Populate highlight for this $message
     if (message.type === MessageTypes.USER) {
       // check if the last message was from the same user
-      message.continued =
-        win.lastmessage &&
-        !win.lastmessage.target &&
-        win.lastmessage.user &&
-        (!win.lastmessage.ignored || win.lastmessage.continued) && // messages should not appear as "continued" if the previous message is ignored and was the start of the thread
-        win.lastmessage.user.username === message.user.username;
+      message.continued = win.isContinued(message);
       // set highlighted state
       message.highlighted = this.shouldHighlightMessage(message);
     }
diff --git a/assets/chat/js/window.js b/assets/chat/js/window.js
index 8fb0e2f9..bbcc60f4 100644
--- a/assets/chat/js/window.js
+++ b/assets/chat/js/window.js
@@ -134,15 +134,7 @@ class ChatWindow extends EventEmitter {
         message.ignore(chat.ignored(username, message.message));
         message.highlight(chat.shouldHighlightMessage(message));
         if (message.type === MessageTypes.USER) {
-          const lastMessage = this.messages[i - 1];
-          message.setContinued(
-            lastMessage &&
-              !lastMessage.target &&
-              lastMessage.user &&
-              (!lastMessage.ignored || lastMessage.continued) && // messages should not appear as "continued" if the previous message is ignored and was the start of the thread
-              lastMessage.user.username === username,
-          );
-
+          message.setContinued(this.isContinued(message, this.messages[i - 1]));
           message.setTag(chat.taggednicks.get(username));
         }
         message.setTagTitle(chat.taggednotes.get(username));
@@ -160,6 +152,21 @@ class ChatWindow extends EventEmitter {
     this.messages = this.messages.filter((m) => m !== this.lastmessage);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @param {ChatMessage} message
+   * @param {ChatMessage} lastMessage
+   * @returns {boolean}
+   */
+  isContinued(message, lastMessage = this.lastmessage) {
+    return (
+      lastMessage &&
+      !lastMessage.target &&
+      lastMessage.user &&
+      (!lastMessage.ignored || lastMessage.continued) && // messages should not appear as "continued" if the previous message is ignored and was the start of the thread
+      lastMessage.user.username === message.user.username
+    );
+  }
+
   cleanupThrottle = throttle(50, this.cleanup);
 }