diff --git a/src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp b/src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp
index a7b60e2..d332ebe 100644
--- a/src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp
@@ -461,20 +461,17 @@ void RPCConsole::clear()
                     platformStyle->SingleColorImage(ICON_MAPPING[i].source).scaled(ICON_SIZE, Qt::IgnoreAspectRatio, Qt::SmoothTransformation));
     }

-    // Set default style sheet
-    QFontInfo fixedFontInfo(GUIUtil::fixedPitchFont());
-    // Try to make font equally large on different OS.
-    // ptSize should equal to 10pt on most systems.
     QString ptSize = QString("%1pt").arg(QFontInfo(QFont()).pointSize());
     ui->messagesWidget->document()->setDefaultStyleSheet(
         QString(
                 "table { }"
                 "td.time { color: #808080; padding-top: 3px; } "
-                "td.message { font-family: %1; font-size: %2; white-space:pre-wrap; } "
+                "td.message { } "
+                "td.message pre { white-space: pre-wrap; } "
                 "td.cmd-request { color: #006060; } "
                 "td.cmd-error { color: red; } "
                 "b { color: #006060; } "
-            ).arg(fixedFontInfo.family(), ptSize)
+            )
         );

     message(CMD_REPLY, (tr("Welcome to the Bitcoin Core RPC console.") + "<br>" +
@@ -497,12 +494,12 @@ void RPCConsole::message(int category, const QString &message, bool html)
     QString out;
     out += "<table><tr><td class=\"time\" width=\"65\">" + timeString + "</td>";
     out += "<td class=\"icon\" width=\"32\"><img src=\"" + categoryClass(category) + "\"></td>";
-    out += "<td class=\"message " + categoryClass(category) + "\" valign=\"middle\">";
+    out += "<td class=\"message " + categoryClass(category) + "\" valign=\"middle\"><pre>";
     if(html)
         out += message;
     else
         out += GUIUtil::HtmlEscape(message, false);
-    out += "</td></tr></table>";
+    out += "</pre></td></tr></table>";
     ui->messagesWidget->append(out);
 }