diff --git a/gui/pages/LogPage.cpp b/gui/pages/LogPage.cpp
index 636d2695..f16e3477 100644
--- a/gui/pages/LogPage.cpp
+++ b/gui/pages/LogPage.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@ LogPage::LogPage(MinecraftProcess *proc, QWidget *parent)
 	connect(m_process, SIGNAL(log(QString, MessageLevel::Enum)), this,
 			SLOT(write(QString, MessageLevel::Enum)));
 
+	// create the format and set its font
+	defaultFormat = new QTextCharFormat(ui->text->currentCharFormat());
+	QFont font;
+	font.setFamily("Courier");
+	font.setStyleHint(QFont::Monospace);
+	font.setFixedPitch(true);
+	defaultFormat->setFont(font);
+
 	auto findShortcut = new QShortcut(QKeySequence(QKeySequence::Find), this);
 	connect(findShortcut, SIGNAL(activated()), SLOT(findActivated()));
 	auto findNextShortcut = new QShortcut(QKeySequence(QKeySequence::FindNext), this);
@@ -28,6 +36,7 @@ LogPage::LogPage(MinecraftProcess *proc, QWidget *parent)
 LogPage::~LogPage()
 {
 	delete ui;
+	delete defaultFormat;
 }
 
 bool LogPage::apply()
@@ -107,24 +116,6 @@ void LogPage::findPreviousActivated()
 	}
 }
 
-void LogPage::writeColor(QString text, const char *color, const char *background)
-{
-	// append a paragraph
-	QString newtext;
-	newtext += "<span style=\"";
-	{
-		if (color)
-			newtext += QString("color:") + color + ";";
-		if (background)
-			newtext += QString("background-color:") + background + ";";
-		newtext += "font-family: monospace;";
-	}
-	newtext += "\">";
-	newtext += text.toHtmlEscaped();
-	newtext += "</span>";
-	ui->text->appendHtml(newtext);
-}
-
 void LogPage::write(QString data, MessageLevel::Enum mode)
 {
 	if (!m_write_active)
@@ -159,31 +150,59 @@ void LogPage::write(QString data, MessageLevel::Enum mode)
 	for (QString &paragraph : paragraphs)
 	{
 		//TODO: implement filtering here.
-		filtered.append(paragraph.trimmed());
+		filtered.append(paragraph);
 	}
 	QListIterator<QString> iter(filtered);
-	if (mode == MessageLevel::MultiMC)
-		while (iter.hasNext())
-			writeColor(iter.next(), "blue", 0);
-	else if (mode == MessageLevel::Error)
-		while (iter.hasNext())
-			writeColor(iter.next(), "red", 0);
-	else if (mode == MessageLevel::Warning)
-		while (iter.hasNext())
-			writeColor(iter.next(), "orange", 0);
-	else if (mode == MessageLevel::Fatal)
-		while (iter.hasNext())
-			writeColor(iter.next(), "red", "black");
-	else if (mode == MessageLevel::Debug)
-		while (iter.hasNext())
-			writeColor(iter.next(), "green", 0);
-	else if (mode == MessageLevel::PrePost)
-		while (iter.hasNext())
-			writeColor(iter.next(), "grey", 0);
-	// TODO: implement other MessageLevels
-	else
-		while (iter.hasNext())
-			writeColor(iter.next(), 0, 0);
+	QTextCharFormat format(*defaultFormat);
+
+	switch(mode)
+	{
+		case MessageLevel::MultiMC:
+		{
+			format.setForeground(QColor("blue"));
+			break;
+		}
+		case MessageLevel::Debug:
+		{
+			format.setForeground(QColor("green"));
+			break;
+		}
+		case MessageLevel::Warning:
+		{
+			format.setForeground(QColor("orange"));
+			break;
+		}
+		case MessageLevel::Error:
+		{
+			format.setForeground(QColor("red"));
+			break;
+		}
+		case MessageLevel::Fatal:
+		{
+			format.setForeground(QColor("red"));
+			format.setBackground(QColor("black"));
+		}
+		case MessageLevel::PrePost:
+		{
+			format.setForeground(QColor("grey"));
+		}
+		case MessageLevel::Info:
+		case MessageLevel::Message:
+		default:
+		{
+			// do nothing, keep original
+		}
+	}
+
+	while (iter.hasNext())
+	{
+		// append a paragraph/line
+		auto workCursor = ui->text->textCursor();
+		workCursor.movePosition(QTextCursor::End);
+		workCursor.insertText(iter.next(), format);
+		workCursor.insertBlock();
+	}
+
 	if (isVisible())
 	{
 		if (m_scroll_active)
diff --git a/gui/pages/LogPage.h b/gui/pages/LogPage.h
index 3c86724e..468dcf79 100644
--- a/gui/pages/LogPage.h
+++ b/gui/pages/LogPage.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ namespace Ui
 {
 class LogPage;
 }
+class QTextCharFormat;
 
 class LogPage : public QWidget, public BasePage
 {
@@ -55,15 +56,6 @@ public:
 	}
 	virtual bool shouldDisplay() const;
 
-private:
-	/**
-	 * @brief write a colored paragraph
-	 * @param data the string
-	 * @param color the css color name
-	 * this will only insert a single paragraph.
-	 * \n are ignored. a real \n is always appended.
-	 */
-	void writeColor(QString text, const char *color, const char *background);
 private slots:
 	/**
 	 * @brief write a string
@@ -90,4 +82,6 @@ private:
 	bool m_scroll_active = true;
 	int m_saved_offset = 0;
 	bool m_write_active = true;
+
+	QTextCharFormat * defaultFormat;
 };
diff --git a/logic/MinecraftProcess.cpp b/logic/MinecraftProcess.cpp
index 5c74fefe..c9738176 100644
--- a/logic/MinecraftProcess.cpp
+++ b/logic/MinecraftProcess.cpp
@@ -144,19 +144,41 @@ QString MinecraftProcess::censorPrivateInfo(QString in)
 // console window
 MessageLevel::Enum MinecraftProcess::guessLevel(const QString &line, MessageLevel::Enum level)
 {
-	if (line.contains("[INFO]") || line.contains("[CONFIG]") || line.contains("[FINE]") ||
-		line.contains("[FINER]") || line.contains("[FINEST]"))
-		level = MessageLevel::Message;
-	if (line.contains("[SEVERE]") || line.contains("[STDERR]"))
-		level = MessageLevel::Error;
-	if (line.contains("[WARNING]"))
-		level = MessageLevel::Warning;
-	if (line.contains("Exception in thread") || line.contains("    at "))
-		level = MessageLevel::Fatal;
-	if (line.contains("[DEBUG]"))
-		level = MessageLevel::Debug;
+	QRegularExpression re("\\[(?<timestamp>[0-9:]+)\\] \\[[^/]+/(?<level>[^\\]]+)\\]");
+	auto match = re.match(line);
+	if(match.hasMatch())
+	{
+		// New style logs from log4j
+		QString timestamp = match.captured("timestamp");
+		QString levelStr = match.captured("level");
+		if(levelStr == "INFO")
+			level = MessageLevel::Message;
+		if(levelStr == "WARN")
+			level = MessageLevel::Warning;
+		if(levelStr == "ERROR")
+			level = MessageLevel::Error;
+		if(levelStr == "FATAL")
+			level = MessageLevel::Fatal;
+		if(levelStr == "TRACE" || levelStr == "DEBUG")
+			level = MessageLevel::Debug;
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		// Old style forge logs
+		if (line.contains("[INFO]") || line.contains("[CONFIG]") || line.contains("[FINE]") ||
+			line.contains("[FINER]") || line.contains("[FINEST]"))
+			level = MessageLevel::Message;
+		if (line.contains("[SEVERE]") || line.contains("[STDERR]"))
+			level = MessageLevel::Error;
+		if (line.contains("[WARNING]"))
+			level = MessageLevel::Warning;
+		if (line.contains("[DEBUG]"))
+			level = MessageLevel::Debug;
+	}
 	if (line.contains("overwriting existing"))
-		level = MessageLevel::Fatal;
+		return MessageLevel::Fatal;
+	if (line.contains("Exception in thread") || line.contains("    at "))
+		return MessageLevel::Fatal;
 	return level;
 }