diff --git a/code/modules/mob/say_vr.dm b/code/modules/mob/say_vr.dm
index cbc3072ea9..35c7069d73 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/say_vr.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/say_vr.dm
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@
 	if(flavor_text && flavor_text != "")
 		var/msg = replacetext(flavor_text, "\n", " ")
 		if(lentext(msg) <= 40)
-			return "\blue [msg]"
+			return "<span class='notice'>[msg]</span>"
 		else
-			return "\blue [copytext(msg, 1, 37)]... <a href='byond://?src=\ref[src];flavor_more=1'>More...</a>"
+			return "<span class='notice'>[copytext(msg, 1, 37)]... <a href=\"byond://?src=\ref[src];flavor_more=1\">More...</span></a>"
 
 /mob/proc/get_top_level_mob()
 	if(istype(src.loc,/mob)&&src.loc!=src)