diff --git a/code/client/cl_console.c b/code/client/cl_console.c
index 80e4e43e..da575a31 100644
--- a/code/client/cl_console.c
+++ b/code/client/cl_console.c
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ void Con_DrawSolidConsole( float frac ) {
 	SCR_AdjustFrom640( &con.xadjust, NULL, NULL, NULL );
 
 	// draw the background
-	y = frac * SCREEN_HEIGHT - 2;
+	y = frac * SCREEN_HEIGHT;
 	if ( y < 1 ) {
 		y = 0;
 	}
@@ -633,10 +633,8 @@ void Con_DrawSolidConsole( float frac ) {
 	i = strlen( Q3_VERSION );
 
 	for (x=0 ; x<i ; x++) {
-
-		SCR_DrawSmallChar( cls.glconfig.vidWidth - ( i - x ) * SMALLCHAR_WIDTH, 
-			(lines-(SMALLCHAR_HEIGHT+SMALLCHAR_HEIGHT/2)), Q3_VERSION[x] );
-
+		SCR_DrawSmallChar( cls.glconfig.vidWidth - ( i - x + 1 ) * SMALLCHAR_WIDTH,
+			lines - SMALLCHAR_HEIGHT, Q3_VERSION[x] );
 	}