diff --git a/src/Message.cpp b/src/Message.cpp
index a56decf9..7d9d243f 100644
--- a/src/Message.cpp
+++ b/src/Message.cpp
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ void CMessage::Parse(CString sMessage)
 	//                   NUL or CR or LF>
 
 	// <prefix>
-	if (sMessage.TrimLeft(":")) {
+	if (sMessage.TrimPrefix(":")) {
 		m_Nick.Parse(sMessage.Token(0));
 		sMessage = sMessage.Token(1, true);
 	}
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ void CMessage::Parse(CString sMessage)
 	// <params>
 	m_vsParams.clear();
 	while (!sMessage.empty()) {
-		if (sMessage.TrimLeft(":")) {
+		if (sMessage.TrimPrefix(":")) {
 			m_vsParams.push_back(sMessage);
 			sMessage.clear();
 		} else {
diff --git a/test/MessageTest.cpp b/test/MessageTest.cpp
index 351fa930..b50886ed 100644
--- a/test/MessageTest.cpp
+++ b/test/MessageTest.cpp
@@ -198,6 +198,14 @@ TEST(MessageTest, Topic) {
 	EXPECT_EQ(":nick TOPIC #chan test", topic.ToString());
 }
 
+TEST(MessageTest, Parse) {
+	CMessage msg;
+
+	// #1037
+	msg.Parse(":irc.znc.in PRIVMSG ::)");
+	EXPECT_EQ(":)", msg.GetParam(0));
+}
+
 // The test data for MessageTest.Parse originates from https://github.com/SaberUK/ircparser
 //
 // IRCParser - Internet Relay Chat Message Parser