diff --git a/src/main/java/carpet/settings/SettingsManager.java b/src/main/java/carpet/settings/SettingsManager.java
index 65cd4a37..1aa248b6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/carpet/settings/SettingsManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/carpet/settings/SettingsManager.java
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ public class SettingsManager
         listSettings(source, "Current "+fancyName+" Settings", getNonDefault());
 
         if (version != null)
-            Messenger.m(source, fancyName+" version: "+ version);
+            Messenger.m(source, "g "+fancyName+" version: "+ version);
         try
         {
             PlayerEntity player = source.getPlayer();
diff --git a/src/main/java/carpet/utils/Messenger.java b/src/main/java/carpet/utils/Messenger.java
index 68295a6e..78be6bef 100644
--- a/src/main/java/carpet/utils/Messenger.java
+++ b/src/main/java/carpet/utils/Messenger.java
@@ -110,6 +110,10 @@ public class Messenger
         {
             return new LiteralText("");
         }
+        if (Character.isWhitespace(message.charAt(0)))
+        {
+            message = "w"+message;
+        }
         String parts[] = message.split("\\s", 2);
         String desc = parts[0];
         String str = "";