diff --git a/src/qt/guiutil.cpp b/src/qt/guiutil.cpp
index 6c09f0aa6..4aa23b51d 100644
--- a/src/qt/guiutil.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/guiutil.cpp
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ QString HtmlEscape(const QString& str, bool fMultiLine)
 #else
     QString escaped = str.toHtmlEscaped();
 #endif
+    escaped = escaped.replace(" ", " ");
     if(fMultiLine)
     {
         escaped = escaped.replace("\n", "<br>\n");
diff --git a/src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp b/src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp
index 5ad6d2b1b..6bba62620 100644
--- a/src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ void RPCConsole::clear()
     ui->messagesWidget->document()->setDefaultStyleSheet(
                 "table { }"
                 "td.time { color: #808080; padding-top: 3px; } "
-                "td.message { font-family: monospace; font-size: 12px; } " // Todo: Remove fixed font-size
+                "td.message { font-family: Courier, Courier New, Lucida Console, monospace; font-size: 12px; } " // Todo: Remove fixed font-size
                 "td.cmd-request { color: #006060; } "
                 "td.cmd-error { color: red; } "
                 "b { color: #006060; } "