diff --git a/engine/common/sys_con.c b/engine/common/sys_con.c
index 96f4bb98..93c0a4b5 100644
--- a/engine/common/sys_con.c
+++ b/engine/common/sys_con.c
@@ -230,6 +230,9 @@ void Sys_PrintLog( const char *pMsg )
 	time( &crt_time );
 	crt_tm = localtime( &crt_time );
 
+	// strip color codes
+	Q_cleanstr( pMsg, pMsg );
+
 	// platform-specific output
 #if XASH_ANDROID && !XASH_DEDICATED
 	__android_log_print( ANDROID_LOG_DEBUG, "Xash", "%s", pMsg );
@@ -248,21 +251,21 @@ void Sys_PrintLog( const char *pMsg )
 #ifdef XASH_COLORIZE_CONSOLE
 	Sys_PrintColorized( logtime, pMsg );
 #else
-	printf( "%s %s", logtime, pMsg );
+	printf( "%s%s", logtime, pMsg );
 #endif
 	Sys_FlushStdout();
 #endif
 
-	// save last char to detect when line was not ended
-	lastchar = pMsg[strlen(pMsg)-1];
-
 	if( !s_ld.logfile )
 		return;
 
 	if( !lastchar || lastchar == '\n')
-		strftime( logtime, sizeof( logtime ), "[%Y:%m:%d|%H:%M:%S]", crt_tm ); //full time
+		strftime( logtime, sizeof( logtime ), "[%Y:%m:%d|%H:%M:%S] ", crt_tm ); //full time
+	
+	// save last char to detect when line was not ended
+	lastchar = pMsg[strlen(pMsg)-1];
 
-	fprintf( s_ld.logfile, "%s %s", logtime, pMsg );
+	fprintf( s_ld.logfile, "%s%s", logtime, pMsg );
 	Sys_FlushLogfile();
 }
 
diff --git a/public/crtlib.c b/public/crtlib.c
index 73bafdf4..cd3cdb28 100644
--- a/public/crtlib.c
+++ b/public/crtlib.c
@@ -615,6 +615,17 @@ char *Q_strpbrk(const char *s, const char *accept)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+void Q_cleanstr( const char *in, char *out )
+{
+	while ( *in )
+	{
+		if ( IsColorString( in ) )
+			in += 2;
+		else *out++ = *in++;
+	}
+	*out = '\0';
+}
+
 uint Q_hashkey( const char *string, uint hashSize, qboolean caseinsensitive )
 {
 	uint	i, hashKey = 0;
diff --git a/public/crtlib.h b/public/crtlib.h
index 5e23423f..1cccf1e3 100644
--- a/public/crtlib.h
+++ b/public/crtlib.h
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ int Q_vsnprintf( char *buffer, size_t buffersize, const char *format, va_list ar
 int Q_snprintf( char *buffer, size_t buffersize, const char *format, ... ) _format( 3 );
 int Q_sprintf( char *buffer, const char *format, ... ) _format( 2 );
 char *Q_strpbrk(const char *s, const char *accept);
+void Q_cleanstr( char *in, char *out );
 #define Q_memprint( val ) Q_pretifymem( val, 2 )
 char *Q_pretifymem( float value, int digitsafterdecimal );
 char *va( const char *format, ... ) _format( 1 );