diff --git a/src/hu_stuff.c b/src/hu_stuff.c
index a639b5a8..3edb3e02 100644
--- a/src/hu_stuff.c
+++ b/src/hu_stuff.c
@@ -448,7 +448,10 @@ void HU_AddChatText(const char *text, boolean playsound)
 	if (OLDCHAT) // if we're using oldchat, print directly in console
 		CONS_Printf("%s\n", text);
 	else			// if we aren't, still save the message to log.txt
-		CON_LogMessage(va("%s\n", text));
+	{
+		CON_LogMessage(text);
+		CON_LogMessage("\n"); // Add newline. Don't use va for that, since `text` might be refering to va's buffer itself
+	}
 #else
 	(void)playsound;
 	CONS_Printf("%s\n", text);