--- a/mcbot/cmds/mcabber_bts.lua	Tue Apr 13 22:43:43 2010 +0200
+++ b/mcbot/cmds/mcabber_bts.lua	Tue Apr 13 22:45:12 2010 +0200
@@ -18,10 +18,8 @@
 
 local function mcabber_bts (num)
     -- Check that xepnum is a valid number
-    if num then
-        num = num:gsub("[%s%?%.%!]+$", "")
-        num = tonumber(num)
-    end
+    if num then num = num:gsub("[%s%?%.%!]+$", "") end
+    num = tonumber(num)
     if not num or num < 1 then
         return nil, "Please provide an issue number"
     end