diff --git a/forge-gui-desktop/src/main/java/forge/gui/FNetOverlay.java b/forge-gui-desktop/src/main/java/forge/gui/FNetOverlay.java
index 35fa5c41d6d..12123187a65 100644
--- a/forge-gui-desktop/src/main/java/forge/gui/FNetOverlay.java
+++ b/forge-gui-desktop/src/main/java/forge/gui/FNetOverlay.java
@@ -206,6 +206,6 @@ public enum FNetOverlay implements IOnlineChatInterface {
 
     @Override
     public void addMessage(final ChatMessage message) {
-        txtLog.append(message.getFormattedMessage());
+        txtLog.append("\n" + message.getFormattedMessage());
     }
 }
diff --git a/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/net/ChatMessage.java b/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/net/ChatMessage.java
index 955b768971d..676e7fcba86 100644
--- a/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/net/ChatMessage.java
+++ b/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/net/ChatMessage.java
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ public class ChatMessage {
 
     public String getFormattedMessage() {
         if (source == null) {
-            return String.format("%n[%s] %s", timestamp, message);
+            return String.format("[%s] %s", timestamp, message);
         }
-        return String.format("%n[%s] %s: %s", timestamp, source, message);
+        return String.format("[%s] %s: %s", timestamp, source, message);
     }
 }