diff -U4 -r psi-0.11/src/chatdlg.cpp psi-0.11+byte/src/chatdlg.cpp
--- psi-0.11/src/chatdlg.cpp	2007-10-14 15:00:51.000000000 +0100
+++ psi-0.11+byte/src/chatdlg.cpp	2008-05-18 16:20:26.000000000 +0100
@@ -1101,9 +1108,9 @@
 
 	who = Qt::escape(who);
 
 	if(emote) {
-		ui_.log->appendText(QString("<span style=\"color: %1\">").arg(color) + QString("[%1]").arg(timestr) + QString(" *%1 ").arg(who) + txt + "</span>");
+		ui_.log->appendText(QString("<span style=\"color: %1\">").arg(color) + QString("[%1]").arg(timestr) + QString(" * %1 ").arg(who) + txt + "</span>");
 	}
 	else {
 		if(option.chatSays)
 			ui_.log->appendText(QString("<p style=\"color: %1\">").arg(color) + QString("[%1] ").arg(timestr) + tr("%1 says:").arg(who) + "</p>" + txt);
diff -U4 -r psi-0.11/src/groupchatdlg.cpp psi-0.11+byte/src/groupchatdlg.cpp
--- psi-0.11/src/groupchatdlg.cpp	2007-10-14 15:00:51.000000000 +0100
+++ psi-0.11+byte/src/groupchatdlg.cpp	2008-05-18 02:19:56.000000000 +0100
@@ -1306,10 +1306,10 @@
 	if( PsiOptions::instance()->getOption("options.ui.chat.legacy-formatting").toBool() )
 		txt = TextUtil::legacyFormat(txt);
 
 	if(emote) {
-		//ui_.log->append(QString("<font color=\"%1\">").arg(color) + QString("[%1]").arg(timestr) + QString(" *%1 ").arg(Qt::escape(who)) + txt + "</font>");
-		ui_.log->appendText(QString("<font color=\"%1\">").arg(nickcolor) + QString("[%1]").arg(timestr) + QString(" *%1 ").arg(Qt::escape(who)) + alerttagso + txt + alerttagsc + "</font>");
+		//ui_.log->append(QString("<font color=\"%1\">").arg(color) + QString("[%1]").arg(timestr) + QString(" * %1 ").arg(Qt::escape(who)) + txt + "</font>");
+		ui_.log->appendText(QString("<font color=\"%1\">").arg(nickcolor) + QString("[%1]").arg(timestr) + QString(" * %1 ").arg(Qt::escape(who)) + alerttagso + txt + alerttagsc + "</font>");
 	}
 	else {
 		if(option.chatSays) {
 			//ui_.log->append(QString("<font color=\"%1\">").arg(color) + QString("[%1] ").arg(timestr) + QString("%1 says:").arg(Qt::escape(who)) + "</font><br>" + txt);