diff --git a/src/ui/chatwin.c b/src/ui/chatwin.c
index d7d0e62c..8eee3dee 100644
--- a/src/ui/chatwin.c
+++ b/src/ui/chatwin.c
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ _chatwin_history(ProfChatWin *chatwin, const char *const contact)
                 char mm[3]; memcpy(mm, &line[3], 2); mm[2] = '\0'; int imm = atoi(mm);
                 char ss[3]; memcpy(ss, &line[6], 2); ss[2] = '\0'; int iss = atoi(ss);
                 GDateTime *timestamp = g_date_time_new_local(2000, 1, 1, ihh, imm, iss);
-                win_printf((ProfWin*)chatwin, '-', 0, timestamp, NO_COLOUR_DATE, THEME_DEFAULT, "", "%s", curr->data+11);
+                win_print_history((ProfWin*)chatwin, timestamp, "%s", curr->data+11);
                 g_date_time_unref(timestamp);
             // header
             } else {
diff --git a/src/ui/mucwin.c b/src/ui/mucwin.c
index 7ad9411d..6d1891d4 100644
--- a/src/ui/mucwin.c
+++ b/src/ui/mucwin.c
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ mucwin_history(ProfMucWin *mucwin, const char *const nick, GDateTime *timestamp,
         g_string_append(line, message);
     }
 
-    win_printf(window, '-', 0, timestamp, NO_COLOUR_DATE, 0, "", "%s", line->str);
+    win_print_history(window, timestamp, "%s", line->str);
     g_string_free(line, TRUE);
 
     plugins_on_room_history_message(mucwin->roomjid, nick, message, timestamp);
diff --git a/src/ui/window.c b/src/ui/window.c
index 07dcc9dc..1b456768 100644
--- a/src/ui/window.c
+++ b/src/ui/window.c
@@ -1028,6 +1028,26 @@ win_print_outgoing(ProfWin *window, const char ch, const char *const message, ..
     va_end(arg);
 }
 
+void
+win_print_history(ProfWin *window, GDateTime *timestamp, const char *const message, ...)
+{
+    g_date_time_ref(timestamp);
+
+    va_list arg;
+    va_start(arg, message);
+    GString *fmt_msg = g_string_new(NULL);
+    g_string_vprintf(fmt_msg, message, arg);
+
+    buffer_push(window->layout->buffer, '-', 0, timestamp, NO_COLOUR_DATE, THEME_DEFAULT, "", fmt_msg->str, NULL);
+
+    _win_print(window, '-', 0, timestamp, NO_COLOUR_DATE, THEME_DEFAULT, "", fmt_msg->str, NULL);
+    inp_nonblocking(TRUE);
+    g_date_time_unref(timestamp);
+
+    g_string_free(fmt_msg, TRUE);
+    va_end(arg);
+}
+
 void
 win_printf(ProfWin *window, const char show_char, int pad_indent, GDateTime *timestamp,
     int flags, theme_item_t theme_item, const char *const from, const char *const message, ...)
diff --git a/src/ui/window.h b/src/ui/window.h
index 9f84eabf..cdc18dfe 100644
--- a/src/ui/window.h
+++ b/src/ui/window.h
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ void win_show_status_string(ProfWin *window, const char *const from,
 void win_print_outgoing(ProfWin *window, const char ch, const char *const message, ...);
 void win_print_incoming(ProfWin *window, GDateTime *timestamp,
     const char *const from, const char *const message, prof_enc_t enc_mode);
+void win_print_history(ProfWin *window, GDateTime *timestamp, const char *const message, ...);
 
 void win_print_http_upload(ProfWin *window, const char *const message, char *url);