diff --git a/src/ui/core.c b/src/ui/core.c
index 95275e64..e9ddc2a1 100644
--- a/src/ui/core.c
+++ b/src/ui/core.c
@@ -1765,6 +1765,7 @@ _ui_room_history(const char * const room_jid, const char * const nick,
         if (strncmp(message, "/me ", 4) == 0) {
             g_string_append(line, "*");
             g_string_append(line, nick);
+            g_string_append(line, " ");
             g_string_append(line, message + 4);
         } else {
             g_string_append(line, nick);