diff --git a/components/chat.js b/components/chat.js
index 6db7717..86f725f 100644
--- a/components/chat.js
+++ b/components/chat.js
@@ -136,9 +136,7 @@ let EventGroup = create({
       avatar = <img id="avatar" src={url}/>
     }
 
-    let color = ["red", "green", "yellow", "blue", "purple", "cyan"][Math.floor(Math.random()*6)]
     return {
-      color: color,
       user: user,
       avatar: avatar
     }
diff --git a/public/scss/style.scss b/public/scss/style.scss
index f1bdd3e..9f05eab 100644
--- a/public/scss/style.scss
+++ b/public/scss/style.scss
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ body {
           margin-bottom: $spacing;
         }
 
+
         .event {
           padding-left: $spacing;
 
@@ -323,6 +324,10 @@ body {
             border-left: $borderwidth solid $blue;
             padding-left: 1/2 * $spacing;
             margin-top: $spacing;
+
+            .user {
+              padding: 0;
+            }
           }
 
           &:nth-child(2) .reply {