diff --git a/engine/common/console.h b/engine/common/console.h
index c0cea3a5f..5670620da 100644
--- a/engine/common/console.h
+++ b/engine/common/console.h
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ extern conchar_t q3codemasks[MAXQ3COLOURS];
 
 #define		CON_TEXTSIZE	16384
 
-#define isextendedcode(x) ((x >= '0' && x <= '9') || (x >= 'A' && x <= 'F') || x == '-')
+#define isextendedcode(x) (((x) >= '0' && (x) <= '9') || ((x) >= 'A' && (x) <= 'F') || (x) == '-')
 
 typedef struct console_s
 {
diff --git a/engine/server/sv_sys_unix.c b/engine/server/sv_sys_unix.c
index 4317f8604..6213efebf 100644
--- a/engine/server/sv_sys_unix.c
+++ b/engine/server/sv_sys_unix.c
@@ -265,12 +265,14 @@ void Sys_PrintColouredChar(unsigned int chr)
 {
 	ApplyColour(chr);
 
+	chr = chr & CON_CHARMASK;
+
 	if ((chr > 128 || chr < 32) && chr != 10 && chr != 13 && chr != 9)
 		printf("[%02x]", chr);
 	else
 		chr &= ~0x80;
 
-	putch(chr & CON_CHARMASK);
+	putch(chr);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -372,7 +374,6 @@ void Sys_Printf (char *fmt, ...)
 							continue;
 						}
 						Sys_PrintColouredChar('^' | ext);
-						Sys_PrintColouredChar('&' | ext);
 						// else invalid code
 					}
 					else if (*str == 'a')
diff --git a/engine/server/sv_sys_win.c b/engine/server/sv_sys_win.c
index a7ad57158..6917b39ba 100644
--- a/engine/server/sv_sys_win.c
+++ b/engine/server/sv_sys_win.c
@@ -582,7 +582,6 @@ void Sys_Printf (char *fmt, ...)
 							continue;
 						}
 						Sys_PrintColouredChar('^' | ext);
-						Sys_PrintColouredChar('&' | ext);
 						// else invalid code
 					}
 					else if (*str == 'a')