diff --git a/language.version b/language.version
index e2c154a8d..1b44fdcdd 100644
--- a/language.version
+++ b/language.version
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [default]
-SWWM_MODVER="\cyDEMOLITIONIST \cw1.3pre r599 \cu(Sun  6 Nov 16:24:15 CET 2022)\c-";
-SWWM_SHORTVER="\cw1.3pre r599 \cu(2022-11-06 16:24:15)\c-";
+SWWM_MODVER="\cyDEMOLITIONIST \cw1.3pre r599 \cu(Sun  6 Nov 16:24:25 CET 2022)\c-";
+SWWM_SHORTVER="\cw1.3pre r599 \cu(2022-11-06 16:24:25)\c-";
diff --git a/zscript/hud/swwm_hud.zsc b/zscript/hud/swwm_hud.zsc
index 60ed3bd1f..a90ee14c6 100644
--- a/zscript/hud/swwm_hud.zsc
+++ b/zscript/hud/swwm_hud.zsc
@@ -859,12 +859,14 @@ Class SWWMStatusBar : BaseStatusBar
 	{
 		// ignore outside of levels
 		if ( gamestate != GS_LEVEL ) return false;
+		// strip trailing newline (all Printf type messages have this)
+		outline.DeleteLastCharacter();
 		// append chat messages to full history
 		if ( (printlevel == PRINT_CHAT) || (printlevel == PRINT_TEAMCHAT) )
-			EventHandler.SendNetworkEvent("swwmstoremessage."..outline.Left(outline.Length()-1),level.totaltime,printlevel,consoleplayer);
+			EventHandler.SendNetworkEvent("swwmstoremessage."..outline,level.totaltime,printlevel,consoleplayer);
 		if ( (printlevel < PRINT_LOW) || (printlevel > PRINT_TEAMCHAT) ) return true;	// we couldn't care less about these
 		let m = new("MsgLine");
-		m.str = outline.Left(outline.Length()-1);	// strip newline
+		m.str = outline;
 		m.type = printlevel;
 		m.tic = level.totaltime;
 		m.rep = 1;