diff --git a/components/app.js b/components/app.js
index 51b6e0b..dcd1dfd 100644
--- a/components/app.js
+++ b/components/app.js
@@ -849,6 +849,12 @@ export default class App extends Component {
 		let client = this.clients.get(serverID);
 		let chatHistoryBatch = irc.findBatchByType(msg, "chathistory");
 
+		// Reply triggered by some command sent by us, not worth displaying to
+		// the user
+		if (msg.internal) {
+			return [];
+		}
+
 		let target, channel, affectedBuffers;
 		switch (msg.command) {
 		case "MODE":
diff --git a/lib/client.js b/lib/client.js
index b89419a..f94f0e6 100644
--- a/lib/client.js
+++ b/lib/client.js
@@ -531,16 +531,19 @@ export default class Client extends EventTarget {
 			return this.roundtrip(msg, (msg) => {
 				switch (msg.command) {
 				case irc.RPL_WHOREPLY:
+					msg.internal = true;
 					l.push(this.parseWhoReply(msg));
 					break;
 				case irc.RPL_WHOSPCRPL:
 					if (msg.params.length !== fields.length + 1 || msg.params[1] !== token) {
 						break;
 					}
+					msg.internal = true;
 					l.push(this.parseWhoReply(msg));
 					break;
 				case irc.RPL_ENDOFWHO:
 					if (msg.params[1] === mask) {
+						msg.internal = true;
 						return l;
 					}
 					break;
@@ -824,7 +827,9 @@ export default class Client extends EventTarget {
 				this.removeEventListener("status", handleStatus);
 			};
 
-			this.addEventListener("message", handleMessage);
+			// Turn on capture to handle messages before external users and
+			// have the opportunity to set the "internal" flag
+			this.addEventListener("message", handleMessage, { capture: true });
 			this.addEventListener("status", handleStatus);
 			this.send(msg);
 		});