diff --git a/js/client-mainmenu.js b/js/client-mainmenu.js
index 6146d3b57..81262e5f2 100644
--- a/js/client-mainmenu.js
+++ b/js/client-mainmenu.js
@@ -56,7 +56,13 @@
var userid = toId(name);
var $pmWindow = this.$pmBox.find('.pm-window-'+userid);
if (!$pmWindow.length) {
- var buf = '
'+Tools.escapeHTML(name)+'
';
+ group = name.charAt(0);
+ if (group === ' ') {
+ group = '';
+ } else {
+ group = '
'+Tools.escapeHTML(group)+'';
+ }
+ var buf = '
'+group+Tools.escapeHTML(name.substr(1))+'
';
buf += '
';
$pmWindow = $(buf).prependTo(this.$pmBox);
$pmWindow.find('textarea').autoResize({