diff --git a/libretroshare/src/pqi/p3historymgr.cc b/libretroshare/src/pqi/p3historymgr.cc
index 69bfe6402..ee720160a 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/pqi/p3historymgr.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/pqi/p3historymgr.cc
@@ -115,11 +115,6 @@ void p3HistoryMgr::addMessage(const ChatMessage& cm)
         item->sendTime = cm.sendTime;
         item->recvTime = cm.recvTime;
 
-        if (cm.chat_id.isLobbyId()) {
-			// disable save to disc for chat lobbies until they are saved
-			item->saveToDisc = false;
-		}
-
         item->message = cm.msg ;
 		//librs::util::ConvertUtf16ToUtf8(chatItem->message, item->message);
 
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/ChatWidget.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/ChatWidget.cpp
index 4f0bd4d5f..71df585db 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/ChatWidget.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/ChatWidget.cpp
@@ -321,8 +321,21 @@ void ChatWidget::init(const ChatId &chat_id, const QString &title)
                 // it can happen that a message is first added to the message history
                 // and later the gui receives the message through notify
                 // avoid this by not adding history entries if their age is < 2secs
-                if((time(NULL)-2) > historyIt->recvTime)
-                    addChatMsg(historyIt->incoming, QString::fromUtf8(historyIt->peerName.c_str()), QDateTime::fromTime_t(historyIt->sendTime), QDateTime::fromTime_t(historyIt->recvTime), QString::fromUtf8(historyIt->message.c_str()), MSGTYPE_HISTORY);
+                if ((time(NULL)-2) <= historyIt->recvTime)
+                    continue;
+
+                QString name;
+                if (chatId.isLobbyId()) {
+                    RsIdentityDetails details;
+                    if (rsIdentity->getIdDetails(RsGxsId(historyIt->peerName), details))
+                        name = QString::fromUtf8(details.mNickname.c_str());
+                    else
+                        name = QString::fromUtf8(historyIt->peerName.c_str());
+                } else {
+                    name = QString::fromUtf8(historyIt->peerName.c_str());
+                }
+
+                addChatMsg(historyIt->incoming, name, QDateTime::fromTime_t(historyIt->sendTime), QDateTime::fromTime_t(historyIt->recvTime), QString::fromUtf8(historyIt->message.c_str()), MSGTYPE_HISTORY);
             }
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/im_history/ImHistoryBrowser.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/im_history/ImHistoryBrowser.cpp
index 6e49396ef..a59f71656 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/im_history/ImHistoryBrowser.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/im_history/ImHistoryBrowser.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 
 #include "rshare.h"
 #include <retroshare/rshistory.h>
+#include <retroshare/rsidentity.h>
 #include "gui/settings/rsharesettings.h"
 #include "gui/notifyqt.h"
 
@@ -272,7 +273,19 @@ void ImHistoryBrowser::fillItem(QListWidgetItem *itemWidget, HistoryMsg& msg)
     }
 
     QString messageText = RsHtml().formatText(NULL, QString::fromUtf8(msg.message.c_str()), formatTextFlag);
-    QString formatMsg = style.formatMessage(type, QString::fromUtf8(msg.peerName.c_str()), QDateTime::fromTime_t(msg.sendTime), messageText);
+
+    QString name;
+    if (m_chatId.isLobbyId()) {
+        RsIdentityDetails details;
+        if (rsIdentity->getIdDetails(RsGxsId(msg.peerName), details))
+            name = QString::fromUtf8(details.mNickname.c_str());
+        else
+            name = QString::fromUtf8(msg.peerName.c_str());
+    } else {
+        name = QString::fromUtf8(msg.peerName.c_str());
+    }
+
+    QString formatMsg = style.formatMessage(type, name, QDateTime::fromTime_t(msg.sendTime), messageText);
 
     itemWidget->setData(Qt::DisplayRole, qVariantFromValue(IMHistoryItemPainter(formatMsg)));
     itemWidget->setData(ROLE_MSGID, msg.msgId);