diff --git a/app/models/mail_handler.rb b/app/models/mail_handler.rb
index 8d73f0d6..9836a4a7 100644
--- a/app/models/mail_handler.rb
+++ b/app/models/mail_handler.rb
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ class MailHandler < ActionMailer::Base
       @plain_text_body = plain_text_part.body.to_s
     end
     @plain_text_body.strip!
+    @plain_text_body
   end