diff -U4 -r psi-0.12/src/groupchatdlg.cpp psi-0.12+byte/src/groupchatdlg.cpp
--- psi-0.12/src/groupchatdlg.cpp	2008-03-19 20:59:10.000000000 +0000
+++ psi-0.12+byte/src/groupchatdlg.cpp	2008-11-08 20:26:19.000000000 +0000
@@ -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(PsiOptions::instance()->getOption("options.ui.chat.use-chat-says-style").toBool()) {
 			//ui_.log->append(QString("<font color=\"%1\">").arg(color) + QString("[%1] ").arg(timestr) + QString("%1 says:").arg(Qt::escape(who)) + "</font><br>" + txt);
diff -U4 -r psi-0.12/src/psichatdlg.cpp psi-0.12+byte/src/psichatdlg.cpp
--- psi-0.12/src/psichatdlg.cpp	2008-02-02 17:59:35.000000000 +0000
+++ psi-0.12+byte/src/psichatdlg.cpp	2008-11-08 20:37:23.000000000 +0000
@@ -376,9 +376,9 @@
 	updateLastMsgTime(time);
 	QString color = colorString(local, spooled);
 	QString timestr = chatView()->formatTimeStamp(time);
 
-	chatView()->appendText(QString("<span style=\"color: %1\">").arg(color) + QString("[%1]").arg(timestr) + QString(" *%1 ").arg(whoNick(local)) + txt + "</span>");
+	chatView()->appendText(QString("<span style=\"color: %1\">").arg(color) + QString("[%1]").arg(timestr) + QString(" * %1 ").arg(whoNick(local)) + txt + "</span>");
 }
 
 void PsiChatDlg::appendNormalMessage(SpooledType spooled, const QDateTime& time, bool local, QString txt)
 {