diff --git a/src/profanity.c b/src/profanity.c
index 0c5477af..4d7bc397 100644
--- a/src/profanity.c
+++ b/src/profanity.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ prof_handle_contact_online(char *contact, char *show, char *status)
 void
 prof_handle_contact_offline(char *contact, char *show, char *status)
 {
-    gboolean result = contact_list_remove(contact);
+    gboolean result = contact_list_add(contact, "offline", status);
     if (result) {
         win_contact_offline(contact, show, status);
     }
diff --git a/src/windows.c b/src/windows.c
index 6bdc17d1..fca84286 100644
--- a/src/windows.c
+++ b/src/windows.c
@@ -563,43 +563,46 @@ cons_show_online_contacts(GSList *list)
 
     while(curr) {
         PContact contact = curr->data;
-        _win_show_time(_cons_win);
         const char *show = p_contact_show(contact);    
+        
+        if (strcmp(show, "offline") != 0) {
+            _win_show_time(_cons_win);
 
-        if (strcmp(show, "online") == 0) {
-            wattron(_cons_win, COLOUR_ONLINE);
-        } else if (strcmp(show, "away") == 0) {
-            wattron(_cons_win, COLOUR_AWAY);
-        } else if (strcmp(show, "chat") == 0) {
-            wattron(_cons_win, COLOUR_CHAT);
-        } else if (strcmp(show, "dnd") == 0) {
-            wattron(_cons_win, COLOUR_DND);
-        } else if (strcmp(show, "xa") == 0) {
-            wattron(_cons_win, COLOUR_XA);
-        } else {
-            wattron(_cons_win, COLOUR_OFFLINE);
-        }
+            if (strcmp(show, "online") == 0) {
+                wattron(_cons_win, COLOUR_ONLINE);
+            } else if (strcmp(show, "away") == 0) {
+                wattron(_cons_win, COLOUR_AWAY);
+            } else if (strcmp(show, "chat") == 0) {
+                wattron(_cons_win, COLOUR_CHAT);
+            } else if (strcmp(show, "dnd") == 0) {
+                wattron(_cons_win, COLOUR_DND);
+            } else if (strcmp(show, "xa") == 0) {
+                wattron(_cons_win, COLOUR_XA);
+            } else {
+                wattron(_cons_win, COLOUR_OFFLINE);
+            }
 
-        wprintw(_cons_win, "%s", p_contact_name(contact));
-        wprintw(_cons_win, " is %s", show);
-    
-        if (p_contact_status(contact))
-            wprintw(_cons_win, ", \"%s\"", p_contact_status(contact));
-    
-        wprintw(_cons_win, "\n");
+            wprintw(_cons_win, "%s", p_contact_name(contact));
+            wprintw(_cons_win, " is %s", show);
+        
+            if (p_contact_status(contact))
+                wprintw(_cons_win, ", \"%s\"", p_contact_status(contact));
+        
+            wprintw(_cons_win, "\n");
 
-        if (strcmp(show, "online") == 0) {
-            wattroff(_cons_win, COLOUR_ONLINE);
-        } else if (strcmp(show, "away") == 0) {
-            wattroff(_cons_win, COLOUR_AWAY);
-        } else if (strcmp(show, "chat") == 0) {
-            wattroff(_cons_win, COLOUR_CHAT);
-        } else if (strcmp(show, "dnd") == 0) {
-            wattroff(_cons_win, COLOUR_DND);
-        } else if (strcmp(show, "xa") == 0) {
-            wattroff(_cons_win, COLOUR_XA);
-        } else {
-            wattroff(_cons_win, COLOUR_OFFLINE);
+            if (strcmp(show, "online") == 0) {
+                wattroff(_cons_win, COLOUR_ONLINE);
+            } else if (strcmp(show, "away") == 0) {
+                wattroff(_cons_win, COLOUR_AWAY);
+            } else if (strcmp(show, "chat") == 0) {
+                wattroff(_cons_win, COLOUR_CHAT);
+            } else if (strcmp(show, "dnd") == 0) {
+                wattroff(_cons_win, COLOUR_DND);
+            } else if (strcmp(show, "xa") == 0) {
+                wattroff(_cons_win, COLOUR_XA);
+            } else {
+                wattroff(_cons_win, COLOUR_OFFLINE);
+            }
         }
 
         curr = g_slist_next(curr);