diff --git a/logbot.py b/logbot.py
index 24afa63..cf0177a 100755
--- a/logbot.py
+++ b/logbot.py
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ pat1 = re.compile(r"(^|[\n ])(([\w]+?://[\w\#$%&~.\-;:=,?@\[\]+]*)(/[\w\#$%&~/.\
 flaskapp = Flask(__name__)
 flaskapp.config["TEMPLATES_AUTO_RELOAD"] = True
 
+@flaskapp.template_filter('md5')
+def format_md5(value):
+    return md5(value).hexdigest()
+
 def urlify2(value):
     return pat1.sub(r'\1<a href="\2" target="_blank">\3</a>', value)
     #return urlfinder.sub(r'<a href="\1">\1</a>', value)
diff --git a/templates/messages.html b/templates/messages.html
index 7786593..2abe04c 100644
--- a/templates/messages.html
+++ b/templates/messages.html
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
             <span class="chat_message_marker">
                 &lt;
             </span>
-            <span class="nickname">
+            <span class="nickname" style='color: #{{message.nickname|md5|truncate(6,True,'')}}'>
                 {{ message.nickname }}
             </span>
             <span class="chat_message_marker">