diff --git a/bot/email.go b/bot/email.go
index 059eb06..9a6e7d7 100644
--- a/bot/email.go
+++ b/bot/email.go
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ func (b *Bot) getParentEvent(evt *event.Event) (id.EventID, *event.Event) {
 		b.log.Error().Err(err).Msg("cannot get parent event")
 		return threadID, nil
 	}
-	linkpearl.ParseContent(parentEvt, parentEvt.Type, b.log)
+	linkpearl.ParseContent(parentEvt, b.log)
 
 	if !b.lp.GetMachine().StateStore.IsEncrypted(evt.RoomID) {
 		return threadID, parentEvt
diff --git a/bot/reaction.go b/bot/reaction.go
index d931227..0ae40f6 100644
--- a/bot/reaction.go
+++ b/bot/reaction.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 
 	"gitlab.com/etke.cc/linkpearl"
-	"maunium.net/go/mautrix/event"
 )
 
 var supportedReactions = map[string]string{
@@ -28,9 +27,16 @@ func (b *Bot) handleReaction(ctx context.Context) {
 		b.Error(ctx, "cannot find event %s: %v", srcID, err)
 		return
 	}
+	linkpearl.ParseContent(srcEvt, b.log)
+	if b.lp.GetMachine().StateStore.IsEncrypted(evt.RoomID) {
+		decrypted, derr := b.lp.GetClient().Crypto.Decrypt(srcEvt)
+		if derr == nil {
+			srcEvt = decrypted
+		}
+	}
 	threadID := linkpearl.EventParent(srcID, srcEvt.Content.AsMessage())
 	ctx = threadIDToContext(ctx, threadID)
-	linkpearl.ParseContent(evt, event.EventMessage, b.log)
+	linkpearl.ParseContent(evt, b.log)
 
 	switch action {
 	case commandSpamlistAdd:
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4e4afd9..677fa12 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ require (
 	gitlab.com/etke.cc/go/secgen v1.1.1
 	gitlab.com/etke.cc/go/trysmtp v1.1.3
 	gitlab.com/etke.cc/go/validator v1.0.6
-	gitlab.com/etke.cc/linkpearl v0.0.0-20230928120707-1e99315dc616
+	gitlab.com/etke.cc/linkpearl v0.0.0-20230929133006-84554ee97edb
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230905200255-921286631fa9
 	maunium.net/go/mautrix v0.16.1
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e5b649b..8acb538 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ gitlab.com/etke.cc/go/trysmtp v1.1.3 h1:e2EHond77onMaecqCg6mWumffTSEf+ycgj88nbee
 gitlab.com/etke.cc/go/trysmtp v1.1.3/go.mod h1:lOO7tTdAE0a3ETV3wN3GJ7I1Tqewu7YTpPWaOmTteV0=
 gitlab.com/etke.cc/go/validator v1.0.6 h1:w0Muxf9Pqw7xvF7NaaswE6d7r9U3nB2t2l5PnFMrecQ=
 gitlab.com/etke.cc/go/validator v1.0.6/go.mod h1:Id0SxRj0J3IPhiKlj0w1plxVLZfHlkwipn7HfRZsDts=
-gitlab.com/etke.cc/linkpearl v0.0.0-20230928120707-1e99315dc616 h1:Gvhmq84VmAJN1xRzRBK79XJVObAvVcx9Q3s6K+Zo644=
-gitlab.com/etke.cc/linkpearl v0.0.0-20230928120707-1e99315dc616/go.mod h1:IZ0TE+ZnIdJLb538owDMxhtpWH7blfW+oR7e5XRXxNY=
+gitlab.com/etke.cc/linkpearl v0.0.0-20230929133006-84554ee97edb h1:QoabJtxrQg7P2kuxwOp3iU6uKoep+5QQAtMomajXcpA=
+gitlab.com/etke.cc/linkpearl v0.0.0-20230929133006-84554ee97edb/go.mod h1:IZ0TE+ZnIdJLb538owDMxhtpWH7blfW+oR7e5XRXxNY=
 go.mau.fi/util v0.1.0 h1:BwIFWIOEeO7lsiI2eWKFkWTfc5yQmoe+0FYyOFVyaoE=
 go.mau.fi/util v0.1.0/go.mod h1:AxuJUMCxpzgJ5eV9JbPWKRH8aAJJidxetNdUj7qcb84=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220518034528-6f7dac969898/go.mod h1:IxCIyHEi3zRg3s0A5j5BB6A9Jmi73HwBIUl50j+osU4=
diff --git a/vendor/gitlab.com/etke.cc/linkpearl/sync.go b/vendor/gitlab.com/etke.cc/linkpearl/sync.go
index edcdeed..da43491 100644
--- a/vendor/gitlab.com/etke.cc/linkpearl/sync.go
+++ b/vendor/gitlab.com/etke.cc/linkpearl/sync.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package linkpearl
 
 import (
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"maunium.net/go/mautrix"
@@ -65,14 +66,22 @@ func (l *Linkpearl) onInvite(evt *event.Event) {
 	l.tryLeave(evt.RoomID, 0)
 }
 
+// TODO: https://spec.matrix.org/v1.8/client-server-api/#post_matrixclientv3joinroomidoralias
+// endpoint supports server_name param and tells "The servers to attempt to join the room through. One of the servers must be participating in the room.",
+// meaning you can specify more than 1 server. It is not clear, what format should be used "example.com,example.org", or "example.com example.org", or whatever else.
+// Moreover, it is not clear if the following values can be used together with that field: l.api.UserID.Homeserver() and evt.Sender.Homeserver()
 func (l *Linkpearl) tryJoin(roomID id.RoomID, retry int) {
 	if retry >= l.maxretries {
 		return
 	}
 
-	_, err := l.api.JoinRoomByID(roomID)
+	_, err := l.api.JoinRoom(roomID.String(), "", nil)
+	err = UnwrapError(err)
 	if err != nil {
 		l.log.Error().Err(err).Str("roomID", roomID.String()).Msg("cannot join room")
+		if strings.HasPrefix(err.Error(), "403") { // no permission to join, no need to retry
+			return
+		}
 		time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
 		l.log.Error().Err(err).Str("roomID", roomID.String()).Int("retry", retry+1).Msg("trying to join again")
 		l.tryJoin(roomID, retry+1)
@@ -85,6 +94,7 @@ func (l *Linkpearl) tryLeave(roomID id.RoomID, retry int) {
 	}
 
 	_, err := l.api.LeaveRoom(roomID)
+	err = UnwrapError(err)
 	if err != nil {
 		l.log.Error().Err(err).Str("roomID", roomID.String()).Msg("cannot leave room")
 		time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
@@ -99,6 +109,7 @@ func (l *Linkpearl) onEmpty(evt *event.Event) {
 	}
 
 	members, err := l.api.StateStore.GetRoomJoinedOrInvitedMembers(evt.RoomID)
+	err = UnwrapError(err)
 	if err != nil {
 		l.log.Error().Err(err).Str("roomID", evt.RoomID.String()).Msg("cannot get joined or invited members")
 		return
diff --git a/vendor/gitlab.com/etke.cc/linkpearl/utils.go b/vendor/gitlab.com/etke.cc/linkpearl/utils.go
index 2e699f7..ba28ce7 100644
--- a/vendor/gitlab.com/etke.cc/linkpearl/utils.go
+++ b/vendor/gitlab.com/etke.cc/linkpearl/utils.go
@@ -7,6 +7,17 @@ import (
 	"maunium.net/go/mautrix/id"
 )
 
+// EventRelatesTo uses evt as source for EventParent() and RelatesTo()
+func EventRelatesTo(evt *event.Event) *event.RelatesTo {
+	ParseContent(evt, nil)
+	relatable, ok := evt.Content.Parsed.(event.Relatable)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return RelatesTo(EventParent(evt.ID, relatable))
+}
+
 // RelatesTo returns relation object of a matrix event (either threads with reply-to fallback or plain reply-to)
 func RelatesTo(parentID id.EventID, noThreads ...bool) *event.RelatesTo {
 	if parentID == "" {
@@ -36,34 +47,58 @@ func RelatesTo(parentID id.EventID, noThreads ...bool) *event.RelatesTo {
 	}
 }
 
-// EventParent returns parent event ID (either from thread or from reply-to relation)
-func EventParent(currentID id.EventID, content *event.MessageEventContent) id.EventID {
-	if content == nil {
-		return currentID
+// GetParent is nil-safe version of evt.Content.AsMessage().RelatesTo.(GetThreadParent()|GetReplyTo())
+func GetParent(evt *event.Event) id.EventID {
+	ParseContent(evt, nil)
+	content, ok := evt.Content.Parsed.(event.Relatable)
+	if !ok {
+		return ""
 	}
 
-	relation := content.OptionalGetRelatesTo()
+	relation := content.GetRelatesTo()
 	if relation == nil {
-		return currentID
+		return ""
 	}
 
-	threadParent := relation.GetThreadParent()
-	if threadParent != "" {
-		return threadParent
+	if parentID := relation.GetThreadParent(); parentID != "" {
+		return parentID
+	}
+	if parentID := relation.GetReplyTo(); parentID != "" {
+		return parentID
 	}
 
-	replyParent := relation.GetReplyTo()
-	if replyParent != "" {
-		return replyParent
+	return ""
+}
+
+// EventParent returns parent event ID (either from thread or from reply-to relation), like GetRelatesTo(), but with content and default return value
+func EventParent(currentID id.EventID, content event.Relatable) id.EventID {
+	if parentID := GetParent(&event.Event{Content: event.Content{Parsed: content}}); parentID != "" {
+		return parentID
 	}
 
 	return currentID
 }
 
+// EventContains checks if raw event content contains specified field with specified values
+func EventContains[T comparable](evt *event.Event, field string, value T) bool {
+	if evt.Content.Raw == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	if EventField[T](&evt.Content, field) != value {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return true
+}
+
 // EventField returns field value from raw event content
-func EventField[T any](content *event.Content, field string) T {
+func EventField[T comparable](content *event.Content, field string) T {
 	var zero T
-	raw := content.Raw[field]
+	raw, ok := content.Raw[field]
+	if !ok {
+		return zero
+	}
+
 	if raw == nil {
 		return zero
 	}
@@ -76,12 +111,13 @@ func EventField[T any](content *event.Content, field string) T {
 	return v
 }
 
-func ParseContent(evt *event.Event, eventType event.Type, log *zerolog.Logger) {
+// ParseContent parses event content according to evt.Type
+func ParseContent(evt *event.Event, log *zerolog.Logger) {
 	if evt.Content.Parsed != nil {
 		return
 	}
-	perr := evt.Content.ParseRaw(eventType)
-	if perr != nil {
+	perr := evt.Content.ParseRaw(evt.Type)
+	if perr != nil && log != nil {
 		log.Error().Err(perr).Msg("cannot parse event content")
 	}
 }
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 5b590b4..ec286fa 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ gitlab.com/etke.cc/go/trysmtp
 # gitlab.com/etke.cc/go/validator v1.0.6
 ## explicit; go 1.18
 gitlab.com/etke.cc/go/validator
-# gitlab.com/etke.cc/linkpearl v0.0.0-20230928120707-1e99315dc616
+# gitlab.com/etke.cc/linkpearl v0.0.0-20230929133006-84554ee97edb
 ## explicit; go 1.18
 gitlab.com/etke.cc/linkpearl
 # go.mau.fi/util v0.1.0