diff --git a/content/src/lib.rs b/content/src/lib.rs
index b3fe6b7..40211d7 100644
--- a/content/src/lib.rs
+++ b/content/src/lib.rs
@@ -131,8 +131,12 @@ pub fn bbcode<F>(source: &str, mapper: F) -> String
 where
     for<'a> F: Fn(NodeView<'a>) -> NodeView<'a> + Copy,
 {
-    let stripped = STRIP_CONFIG.clean(source).to_string();
+    let stripped = strip(source);
     let preprocessed = render::preprocessor(&stripped, mapper);
     log::debug!("{}", preprocessed);
     preprocessed
 }
+
+pub fn strip(source: &str) -> String {
+    STRIP_CONFIG.clean(source).to_string()
+}