diff --git a/engine/client/cl_font.c b/engine/client/cl_font.c
index 64d857e0..f3f2935e 100644
--- a/engine/client/cl_font.c
+++ b/engine/client/cl_font.c
@@ -213,6 +213,10 @@ int CL_DrawString( float x, float y, const char *s, rgba_t color, cl_font_t *fon
 				draw_len = 0;
 				y += font->charHeight;
 			}
+
+			if( FBitSet( flags, FONT_DRAW_RESETCOLORONLF ))
+				 Vector4Copy( color, current_color );
+			continue;
 		}
 
 		if( IsColorString( s ))
@@ -275,6 +279,7 @@ void CL_DrawStringLen( cl_font_t *font, const char *s, int *width, int *height,
 				if( height )
 					*height += font->charHeight;
 			}
+			continue;
 		}
 
 		if( IsColorString( s ))
diff --git a/engine/client/cl_scrn.c b/engine/client/cl_scrn.c
index db343ce4..f476b162 100644
--- a/engine/client/cl_scrn.c
+++ b/engine/client/cl_scrn.c
@@ -150,8 +150,7 @@ same as r_speeds but for network channel
 void SCR_NetSpeeds( void )
 {
 	static char	msg[MAX_SYSPATH];
-	int		x, y, height;
-	char		*p, *start, *end;
+	int		x, y;
 	float		time = cl.mtime[0];
 	static int	min_svfps = 100;
 	static int	max_svfps = 0;
@@ -201,7 +200,7 @@ void SCR_NetSpeeds( void )
 	y = 384;
 
 	MakeRGBA( color, 255, 255, 255, 255 );
-	CL_DrawString( x, y, msg, color, font, 0 );
+	CL_DrawString( x, y, msg, color, font, FONT_DRAW_RESETCOLORONLF );
 }
 
 /*
@@ -218,8 +217,7 @@ void SCR_RSpeeds( void )
 
 	if( ref.dllFuncs.R_SpeedsMessage( msg, sizeof( msg )))
 	{
-		int	x, y, height;
-		char	*p, *start, *end;
+		int	x, y;
 		rgba_t	color;
 		cl_font_t *font = Con_GetCurFont();
 
@@ -227,7 +225,7 @@ void SCR_RSpeeds( void )
 		y = 64;
 
 		MakeRGBA( color, 255, 255, 255, 255 );
-		CL_DrawString( x, y, msg, color, font, 0 );
+		CL_DrawString( x, y, msg, color, font, FONT_DRAW_RESETCOLORONLF );
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/engine/client/client.h b/engine/client/client.h
index 8c324c1c..d4e40441 100644
--- a/engine/client/client.h
+++ b/engine/client/client.h
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ typedef struct
 #define FONT_DRAW_FORCECOL BIT( 2 ) // ignore colorcodes
 #define FONT_DRAW_NORENDERMODE BIT( 3 ) // ignore font's default rendermode
 #define FONT_DRAW_NOLF     BIT( 4 ) // ignore \n
+#define FONT_DRAW_RESETCOLORONLF BIT( 5 ) // yet another flag to simulate consecutive Con_DrawString calls...
 
 typedef struct
 {