diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MessagesDialog.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MessagesDialog.cpp
index 57a50679a..589236989 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MessagesDialog.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MessagesDialog.cpp
@@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ void MessagesDialog::insertMsgTxtAndFiles()
 		ui.dateText-> setText(timestamp);
 	}
 	ui.toText->setText(msgTxt);
-	ui.fromText->setText(QString::fromStdString(rsPeers->getPeerName(msgInfo.srcId)));
+	ui.fromText->setText("<a style='color: blue;' href='" + QString::fromStdString(rsPeers->getPeerName(msgInfo.srcId)) + "'> " + QString::fromStdString(rsPeers->getPeerName(msgInfo.srcId)) +"</a>");
 
 	ui.subjectText->setText(QString::fromStdWString(msgInfo.title));
 	ui.msgText->setHtml(QString::fromStdWString(msgInfo.msg));
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MessagesDialog.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MessagesDialog.ui
index b68573788..9d65af99e 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MessagesDialog.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MessagesDialog.ui
@@ -1138,9 +1138,17 @@ p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
                 <height>12</height>
                </size>
               </property>
+              <property name="font">
+               <font>
+                <pointsize>9</pointsize>
+               </font>
+              </property>
               <property name="text">
                <string/>
               </property>
+              <property name="scaledContents">
+               <bool>true</bool>
+              </property>
              </widget>
             </item>
             <item row="2" column="0">