diff --git a/apps/web/src/chat/threads-api.test.ts b/apps/web/src/chat/threads-api.test.ts
index 717827515..611098250 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/chat/threads-api.test.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/chat/threads-api.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, spyOn, test } from "bun:test";
-import { ChatApiError, sendToWorkbench } from "./threads-api";
+import { buildMailFrame } from "@corbits/mailbox";
+
+import { ChatApiError, frameBody, sendToWorkbench } from "./threads-api";
+import { appendRoster, stripRoster } from "./workbench-roster";
 
 const fetchSpy = spyOn(globalThis, "fetch");
 afterEach(() => {
@@ -42,3 +45,25 @@ describe("sendToWorkbench failures", () => {
     });
   }
 });
+
+describe("frameBody", () => {
+  test("a roster-bearing frame built by the mailbox hub reads back without the roster", () => {
+    const body = appendRoster("Hello there", [
+      { name: "Ada", address: "ada@example.com", kind: "person" },
+      { name: "Echo", address: "echo@example.com", kind: "agent" },
+    ]);
+    const frame = buildMailFrame({
+      from: "ada@example.com",
+      to: "echo@example.com",
+      subject: "Hi",
+      body,
+      messageId: "<one@example.com>",
+    });
+    const raw = btoa(String.fromCharCode(...frame));
+
+    const text = frameBody(raw);
+
+    expect(text).not.toContain("\r");
+    expect(stripRoster(text)).toBe("Hello there");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/web/src/chat/threads-api.ts b/apps/web/src/chat/threads-api.ts
index 8dd06dc35..31d56c5f0 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/chat/threads-api.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/chat/threads-api.ts
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ export function frameBody(raw: string): string {
   const part = frameParts(raw, "chat_frame_body").find(
     (leaf) => leaf.filename === undefined && leaf.contentType === "text/plain",
   );
-  return part === undefined ? "" : utf8.decode(part.content).trim();
+  return part === undefined ? "" : utf8.decode(part.content).replaceAll("\r\n", "\n").trim();
 }
 
 /** Every named MIME leaf of a frame, decoded. A part counts as an