diff -r 5ca6d53d3186 -r 65082d91950e mod_alias/mod_alias.lua
--- a/mod_alias/mod_alias.lua	Tue Feb 20 17:30:17 2018 +0100
+++ b/mod_alias/mod_alias.lua	Sat Feb 17 08:42:10 2018 +0100
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 			local error_message = alias_response:gsub("%$([%w_]+)", function (v)
 					return replacements[v] or nil;
 				end);
-			local message = st.message{ type = "chat", from = alias, to = event.stanza.attr.from }:tag("body"):text(error_message);
+			local message = st.message({ type = "chat", from = alias, to = event.stanza.attr.from }, error_message);
 			module:send(message);
 			return event.origin.send(st.error_reply(event.stanza, "cancel", "gone", error_message));
 		end