diff --git a/botcli/cmd.go b/botcli/cmd.go
index f04d63f..36c2caf 100644
--- a/botcli/cmd.go
+++ b/botcli/cmd.go
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ func qrForAcc(cli *BotCli, bot *deltachat.Bot, cmd *cobra.Command, args []string
 		invert, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool("invert")
 		printQr(qrdata, invert)
 		fragment := strings.Replace(strings.SplitN(qrdata, ":", 2)[1], "#", "&", 1)
-		fmt.Printf("https://i.delta.chat/#%v\n", fragment)
+		fmt.Printf(GenerateInviteLink(qrdata))
 	} else {
 		cli.Logger.Error("account not configured")
 	}
diff --git a/botcli/util.go b/botcli/util.go
index cdee23b..a79c193 100644
--- a/botcli/util.go
+++ b/botcli/util.go
@@ -3,10 +3,17 @@ package botcli
 import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/mdp/qrterminal/v3"
 )
 
+// Generate an invite link (https://i.delta.chat) for the given invitation-QR data
+func GenerateInviteLink(qrdata string) string {
+	fragment := strings.Replace(strings.SplitN(qrdata, ":", 2)[1], "#", "&", 1)
+	return "https://i.delta.chat/#" + fragment
+}
+
 func getDefaultAppDir(appName string) string {
 	cfgDir, _ := os.UserConfigDir()
 	return filepath.Join(cfgDir, appName)