diff --git a/modules/game_console/console.lua b/modules/game_console/console.lua
index aa304234..eb5ff781 100644
--- a/modules/game_console/console.lua
+++ b/modules/game_console/console.lua
@@ -257,7 +257,6 @@ end
 
 function clearChannel(consoleTabBar)
   consoleTabBar:getCurrentTab().tabPanel:getChildById('consoleBuffer'):destroyChildren()
-  consoleTabBar:getCurrentTab().tabPanel:getChildById('consoleBufferHighlight'):destroyChildren()
 end
 
 function setTextEditText(text)
@@ -447,17 +446,16 @@ function addTabText(text, speaktype, tab, creatureName)
   consoleTabBar:blinkTab(tab)
 
   -- Overlay for consoleBuffer which shows highlighted words only
-  local consoleBufferHighlight = panel:getChildById('consoleBufferHighlight')
-  local labelHighlight = g_ui.createWidget('ConsolePhantomLabel', consoleBufferHighlight)
 
-  labelHighlight:setId('consoleLabel' .. consoleBufferHighlight:getChildCount())
-  labelHighlight:setColor("#1f9ffe")
-
-  if speaktype.npcChat and (g_game.getCharacterName() ~= creatureName or g_game.getCharacterName() == 'Account Manager') then  -- Check if it is the npc who is talking
+  if speaktype.npcChat and (g_game.getCharacterName() ~= creatureName or g_game.getCharacterName() == 'Account Manager') then
     local highlightData = getHighlightedText(text)
-    if #highlightData == 0 then
-      labelHighlight:setText("")
-    else
+    if #highlightData > 0 then
+      local labelHighlight = g_ui.createWidget('ConsolePhantomLabel', label)
+      labelHighlight:fill('parent')
+
+      labelHighlight:setId('consoleLabelHighlight' .. consoleBuffer:getChildCount())
+      labelHighlight:setColor("#1f9ffe")
+
       -- Remove the curly braces
       for i = 1, #highlightData / 3 do
         local dataBlock = { _start = highlightData[(i-1)*3+1], _end = highlightData[(i-1)*3+2], words = highlightData[(i-1)*3+3] }
@@ -496,8 +494,6 @@ function addTabText(text, speaktype, tab, creatureName)
 
       labelHighlight:setText(tmpText)
     end
-  else
-    labelHighlight:setText("")
   end
 
   label.name = creatureName
@@ -508,10 +504,6 @@ function addTabText(text, speaktype, tab, creatureName)
   if consoleBuffer:getChildCount() > MAX_LINES then
     consoleBuffer:getFirstChild():destroy()
   end
-
-  if consoleBufferHighlight:getChildCount() > MAX_LINES then
-    consoleBufferHighlight:getFirstChild():destroy()
-  end
 end
 
 function removeTabLabelByName(tab, name)
diff --git a/modules/game_console/console.otui b/modules/game_console/console.otui
index e00e98a3..dc50ed0c 100644
--- a/modules/game_console/console.otui
+++ b/modules/game_console/console.otui
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ ConsolePhantomLabel < UILabel
   font: verdana-11px-antialised
   height: 14
   color: yellow
-  margin-left: 2
   text-wrap: true
   text-auto-resize: true
   selection-color: #111416
@@ -39,29 +38,6 @@ ConsoleTabBarPanel < MoveableTabBarPanel
     inverted-scroll: true
     padding: 1
 
-  ScrollablePanel
-    id: consoleBufferHighlight
-    anchors.fill: parent
-    margin-right: 12
-    vertical-scrollbar: consoleScrollBarHighlight
-    layout:
-      type: verticalBox
-      align-bottom: true
-    inverted-scroll: true
-    padding: 1
-    @onScrollbarChange: |
-      local consoleScrollBar = self:getParent():getChildById('consoleScrollBar')
-      local consoleScrollBarHighlight = self:getParent():getChildById('consoleScrollBarHighlight')
-      consoleScrollBar:setValue(consoleScrollBarHighlight:getValue())
-
-  VerticalScrollBar
-    id: consoleScrollBarHighlight
-    anchors.top: parent.top
-    anchors.bottom: parent.bottom
-    anchors.right: parent.right
-    step: 14
-    pixels-scroll: true
-
   VerticalScrollBar
     id: consoleScrollBar
     anchors.top: parent.top