diff --git a/core/Messenger.c b/core/Messenger.c
index 4c76dd30..3a287363 100644
--- a/core/Messenger.c
+++ b/core/Messenger.c
@@ -240,6 +240,15 @@ int setname(uint8_t * name, uint16_t length)
     return 0;
 }
 
+/* get our nickname
+   put it in name 
+   return the length of the name */
+uint16_t getself_name(uint8_t *name)
+{
+    memcpy(name, self_name, self_name_length);
+    return self_name_length;
+} 
+
 /* get name of friendnumber
    put it in name
    name needs to be a valid memory location with a size of at least MAX_NAME_LENGTH bytes.
diff --git a/core/Messenger.h b/core/Messenger.h
index 7263901c..6ab50175 100644
--- a/core/Messenger.h
+++ b/core/Messenger.h
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ int m_sendmessage(int friendnumber, uint8_t *message, uint32_t length);
    return -1 if failure */
 int setname(uint8_t *name, uint16_t length);
 
+/* get our nickname
+   put it in name 
+   return the length of the name*/
+uint16_t getself_name(uint8_t *name);
+
 /* get name of friendnumber
     put it in name
     name needs to be a valid memory location with a size of at least MAX_NAME_LENGTH (128) bytes.
diff --git a/testing/nTox.c b/testing/nTox.c
index 97a39a12..9876f4ba 100644
--- a/testing/nTox.c
+++ b/testing/nTox.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ void new_lines(char *line)
     do_refresh();
 }
 
+
 void print_friendlist()
 {
     char name[MAX_NAME_LENGTH];
@@ -69,6 +70,26 @@ void print_friendlist()
     }
 }
 
+char *format_message(char *message, int friendnum)
+{
+	char name[MAX_NAME_LENGTH];
+	if(friendnum != -1) {
+                getname(friendnum, (uint8_t*)name);
+	} else {
+                getself_name((uint8_t*)name);
+	}
+	char *msg = malloc(100+strlen(message)+strlen(name)+1);
+    time_t rawtime;
+    struct tm * timeinfo;
+    time ( &rawtime );
+    timeinfo = localtime ( &rawtime );
+    char* time = asctime(timeinfo);
+    size_t len = strlen(time);
+    time[len-1]='\0';
+    sprintf(msg, "[%d] %s <%s> %s", friendnum, time, name, message); // timestamp
+    return msg;
+}
+
 void line_eval(char lines[HISTORY][STRING_LENGTH], char *line)
 {
     if (line[0] == '/') {
@@ -107,6 +128,8 @@ void line_eval(char lines[HISTORY][STRING_LENGTH], char *line)
             int num = atoi(numstring);
             if(m_sendmessage(num, (uint8_t*) message, sizeof(message)) != 1) {
                 new_lines("[i] could not send message");
+            } else {
+    			new_lines(format_message(message, -1));
             }
         }
         else if (line[1] == 'n') {
@@ -255,7 +278,7 @@ void print_message(int friendnumber, uint8_t * string, uint16_t length)
     size_t len = strlen(temp);
     temp[len-1]='\0';
     sprintf(msg, "[%d] %s <%s> %s", friendnumber, temp, name, string); // timestamp
-    new_lines(msg);
+    new_lines(format_message((char*)string, friendnumber));
 }
 
 void print_nickchange(int friendnumber, uint8_t *string, uint16_t length) {