diff --git a/src/cl_view.c b/src/cl_view.c
index 0e55486..2635f7a 100644
--- a/src/cl_view.c
+++ b/src/cl_view.c
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ void CL_PrepRefresh (void)
 		strcpy (name, cl.configstrings[CS_MODELS+i]);
 		name[37] = 0;	// never go beyond one line
 		if (name[0] != '*')
-			Com_Printf ("%s\r", name); 
+			Com_DPrintf ("%s\r", name); 
 		SCR_UpdateScreen ();
 		Sys_SendKeyEvents ();	// pump message loop
 		if (name[0] == '#')
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ void CL_PrepRefresh (void)
 				cl.model_clip[i] = NULL;
 		}
 		if (name[0] != '*')
-			Com_Printf ("                                     \r");
+			Com_DPrintf ("                                     \r");
 	}
 
 	Com_Printf ("images\r"); 
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index a990e6c..7d96609 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -112,6 +112,14 @@ void Sys_ConsoleOutput (char *string)
 	if (nostdout && nostdout->value)
 		return;
 
+	if (!string)
+	    return;
+
+	if (string[0] == 1 || string[0] == 2) {
+	    /* coloured text on the graphical console, ignore it */
+	    string++;
+	}
+
 	fputs(string, stdout);
 }