diff --git a/data/themes/dark.py b/data/themes/dark.py
index f176617e..92175320 100644
--- a/data/themes/dark.py
+++ b/data/themes/dark.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class DarkTheme(theming.Theme):
     COLOR_VERTICAL_TAB_DISCONNECTED = (13, -1)
 
     COLOR_INFORMATION_TEXT = (244, -1)
+    COLOR_LOG_MSG = (244, -1)
 
 
 theme = DarkTheme()
diff --git a/src/logger.py b/src/logger.py
index e758bdc0..7ed0692f 100644
--- a/src/logger.py
+++ b/src/logger.py
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ class Logger(object):
             lines = m[pos-1:].decode(errors='replace').splitlines()
 
         messages = []
-        color = '\x19%s}' % dump_tuple(get_theme().COLOR_INFORMATION_TEXT)
+        color = '\x19%s}' % dump_tuple(get_theme().COLOR_LOG_MSG)
 
         # now convert that data into actual Message objects
         idx = 0
diff --git a/src/tabs/muctab.py b/src/tabs/muctab.py
index bb094bbf..8953d075 100644
--- a/src/tabs/muctab.py
+++ b/src/tabs/muctab.py
@@ -1202,7 +1202,9 @@ class MucTab(ChatTab):
             if self.state != 'highlight' and\
                     config.get_by_tabname('notify_messages', True, self.get_name()):
                 self.state = 'message'
-        if (not nickname or time) and not txt.startswith('/me '):
+        if time:
+            txt = '\x19%(info_col)s}%(txt)s' % {'txt':txt, 'info_col': dump_tuple(get_theme().COLOR_LOG_MSG)}
+        elif (not nickname or time) and not txt.startswith('/me '):
             txt = '\x19%(info_col)s}%(txt)s' % {'txt':txt, 'info_col': dump_tuple(get_theme().COLOR_INFORMATION_TEXT)}
         elif not kwargs.get('highlight'):                   # TODO
             args['highlight'] = self.do_highlight(txt, time, nickname)
diff --git a/src/text_buffer.py b/src/text_buffer.py
index b2915a61..71820b2f 100644
--- a/src/text_buffer.py
+++ b/src/text_buffer.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import collections
 
 from datetime import datetime
 from config import config
-from theming import get_theme
+from theming import get_theme, dump_tuple
 
 message_fields = 'txt nick_color time str_time nickname user identifier highlight me old_message revisions jid'
 Message = collections.namedtuple('Message', message_fields)
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ class TextBuffer(object):
         if txt.startswith('/me '):
             me = True
             txt = '\x19%(info_col)s}' % {'info_col': get_theme().COLOR_ME_MESSAGE[0]} + txt[4:]
+        if history:
+            txt = txt.replace('\x19o', '\x19o\x19%s}' % dump_tuple(get_theme().COLOR_LOG_MSG))
         msg = Message(
                 txt='%s\x19o'%(txt.replace('\t', '    '),),
                 nick_color=nick_color,
diff --git a/src/theming.py b/src/theming.py
index 2993b8d3..4a578ca7 100644
--- a/src/theming.py
+++ b/src/theming.py
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ class Theme(object):
     # This is your own nickname
     COLOR_OWN_NICK = (254, -1)
 
+    COLOR_LOG_MSG = (5, -1)
     # This is for in-tab error messages
     COLOR_ERROR_MSG = (9, 7, 'b')
     # Status color
diff --git a/src/windows.py b/src/windows.py
index cbd661ec..997fb72b 100644
--- a/src/windows.py
+++ b/src/windows.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import core
 import singleton
 import collections
 
-from theming import get_theme, to_curses_attr, read_tuple
+from theming import get_theme, to_curses_attr, read_tuple, dump_tuple
 
 FORMAT_CHAR = '\x19'
 # These are non-printable chars, so they should never appear in the input,
@@ -908,6 +908,11 @@ class TextWin(Win):
         txt = message.txt
         if not txt:
             return []
+        if len(message.str_time) > 8:
+            default_color = (FORMAT_CHAR + dump_tuple(get_theme().COLOR_LOG_MSG)
+                    + '}')
+        else:
+            default_color = None
         ret = []
         nick = truncate_nick(message.nickname)
         offset = 0
@@ -933,7 +938,10 @@ class TextWin(Win):
             if attrs:
                 prepend = FORMAT_CHAR + FORMAT_CHAR.join(attrs)
             else:
-                prepend = ''
+                if default_color:
+                    prepend = default_color
+                else:
+                    prepend = ''
             ret.append(saved)
         return ret