diff --git a/pkg/channels/telegram/parser_markdown_to_html.go b/pkg/channels/telegram/parser_markdown_to_html.go
index bdaa51807..f24ee45cc 100644
--- a/pkg/channels/telegram/parser_markdown_to_html.go
+++ b/pkg/channels/telegram/parser_markdown_to_html.go
@@ -109,3 +109,9 @@ func escapeHTML(text string) string {
 	text = strings.ReplaceAll(text, ">", ">")
 	return text
 }
+
+func parseChatID(chatIDStr string) (int64, error) {
+	var id int64
+	_, err := fmt.Sscanf(chatIDStr, "%d", &id)
+	return id, err
+}
diff --git a/pkg/channels/telegram/telegram.go b/pkg/channels/telegram/telegram.go
index af0a4bbb8..470714396 100644
--- a/pkg/channels/telegram/telegram.go
+++ b/pkg/channels/telegram/telegram.go
@@ -570,12 +570,6 @@ func logParseFailed(useMarkdownV2 bool, err error) {
 	)
 }
 
-func parseChatID(chatIDStr string) (int64, error) {
-	var id int64
-	_, err := fmt.Sscanf(chatIDStr, "%d", &id)
-	return id, err
-}
-
 // isBotMentioned checks if the bot is mentioned in the message via entities.
 func (c *TelegramChannel) isBotMentioned(message *telego.Message) bool {
 	botUsername := c.bot.Username()