diff --git a/public/src/modules/chat.js b/public/src/modules/chat.js
index c35f138829..7184dca42d 100644
--- a/public/src/modules/chat.js
+++ b/public/src/modules/chat.js
@@ -227,9 +227,9 @@ define(['taskbar', 'string'], function(taskbar, S) {
var chatContent = chatModal.find('#chat-content');
var date = new Date(parseInt(timestamp, 10));
- // todo Add this to a stylesheet instead of style tag
- var prefix = '' + date.toLocaleTimeString() + ' ';
- message = "
" + S(prefix + message).stripTags('p').s + "
";
+
+ var prefix = '' + date.toLocaleTimeString() + ' ';
+ message = '' + S(prefix + message).stripTags('p').s + '';
chatContent.append(message);
scrollToBottom(chatContent);
diff --git a/public/templates/chat.tpl b/public/templates/chat.tpl
index 612bbcd018..d6e2364288 100644
--- a/public/templates/chat.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/chat.tpl
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
[[modules:chat.chatting_with]]