diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/ChatLobbyDialog.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/ChatLobbyDialog.cpp
index 7bc1e8c1f..a72c72bae 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/ChatLobbyDialog.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/ChatLobbyDialog.cpp
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ void ChatLobbyDialog::displayLobbyEvent(int event_type, const RsGxsId& gxs_id, c
 
         ui.chatWidget->addChatMsg(true, tr("Lobby management"), QDateTime::currentDateTime(),
                                   QDateTime::currentDateTime(),
-                                  tr("%1 changed his name to: %2").arg(name).arg(newname),
+                                  tr("%1 changed his name to: %2").arg(RsHtml::plainText(name)).arg(RsHtml::plainText(newname)),
                                   ChatWidget::MSGTYPE_SYSTEM);
 
         // TODO if a user was muted and changed his name, update mute list, but only, when the muted peer, dont change his name to a other peer in your chat lobby
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/ChatLobbyUserNotify.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/ChatLobbyUserNotify.cpp
index 2f0054f7b..bed476b7f 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/ChatLobbyUserNotify.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/ChatLobbyUserNotify.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "gui/settings/rsharesettings.h"
 #include "util/DateTime.h"
 #include <retroshare/rsidentity.h>
+#include <util/HandleRichText.h>
 
 ChatLobbyUserNotify::ChatLobbyUserNotify(QObject *parent) :
     UserNotify(parent)
@@ -258,7 +259,7 @@ void ChatLobbyUserNotify::chatLobbyNewMessage(ChatLobbyId lobby_id, QDateTime ti
 	if ((bGetNickName || bFoundTextToNotify || _bCountUnRead)){
 		QString strAnchor = time.toString(Qt::ISODate);
 		MsgData msgData;
-		msgData.text=senderName + ": " + msg;
+		msgData.text=RsHtml::plainText(senderName) + ": " + msg;
 		msgData.unread=!(bGetNickName || bFoundTextToNotify);
 
 		_listMsg[lobby_id][strAnchor]=msgData;