diff --git a/mods/chat-levels.lua b/mods/chat-levels.lua
index 24f036a..94623c5 100644
--- a/mods/chat-levels.lua
+++ b/mods/chat-levels.lua
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ local _G = ShaguTweaks.GetGlobalEnv()
 local T = ShaguTweaks.T
 local gfind = string.gmatch or string.gfind
 local rgbhex = ShaguTweaks.rgbhex
+local strsplit = ShaguTweaks.strsplit
 
 local module = ShaguTweaks:register({
     title = T["Chat Levels"],
@@ -26,18 +27,25 @@ module.enable = function(self)
         frame.HookAddMessageLevel = frame.AddMessage
         frame.AddMessage = function(f, text, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5)
           if text and playerdb then
-            for name in gfind(text, "|Hplayer:(.-)|h") do
-              local data = playerdb[name]
+            for linkName in gfind(text, "|Hplayer:(.-)|h") do
+              -- Turtle/other chat handlers may append metadata after the
+              -- actual player name in the hyperlink payload. Keep the full
+              -- payload in the link, but use only the real name for our cache.
+              local real = strsplit(":", linkName)
+              local data = real and playerdb[real]
               if data and data.level then
                 local level = data.level
                 local color = rgbhex(GetDifficultyColor(level))
                 text = string.gsub(text,
-                  "|Hplayer:" .. name .. "|h%[" .. name .. "%]|h|r",
-                  "|Hplayer:" .. name .. "|h[" .. name .. "]|h|r " .. color .. level .. "|r")
+                  "|Hplayer:" .. linkName .. "|h%[" .. real .. "%]|h|r",
+                  "|Hplayer:" .. linkName .. "|h[" .. real .. "]|h|r " .. color .. level .. "|r")
               end
             end
           end
-          frame.HookAddMessageLevel(f, text, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5)
+
+          -- Call the wrapper owned by the frame being invoked. This keeps the
+          -- hook chain correct even if another chat addon wraps frames later.
+          f.HookAddMessageLevel(f, text, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5)
         end
       end
     end