diff --git a/plugins/seen.py b/plugins/seen.py
index 12a4ce4..bc0a539 100644
--- a/plugins/seen.py
+++ b/plugins/seen.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def seen(bot, input):
 
     if(results != None):
         reltime = timesince.timesince(datetime.fromtimestamp(results[0]))
-        return '%s was last seen %s ago saying: <%s> %s' % \
+        return '%s was last seen %s ago saying: %s' % \
                     (query, reltime, results[1])
     else:
         return "I've never seen %s" % query
diff --git a/plugins/suggest.py b/plugins/suggest.py
index 2febde3..decd04a 100644
--- a/plugins/suggest.py
+++ b/plugins/suggest.py
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ def suggest(inp):
     suggestions = yaml.load(json)[1]
     if not suggestions:
         return 'no suggestions found'
-    suggestion = random.choice(suggestions)
-    return '#%d: %s (%s)' % tuple([int(suggestion[2]) + 1] + suggestion[0:2])
+    out = random.choice(suggestions)
+    return '#%d: %s (%s)' % (int(out[2][0]) + 1, out[0], out[1])