diff --git a/TShockAPI/ConfigFile.cs b/TShockAPI/ConfigFile.cs
index 6d690655..35dd0ca6 100644
--- a/TShockAPI/ConfigFile.cs
+++ b/TShockAPI/ConfigFile.cs
@@ -182,6 +182,9 @@ namespace TShockAPI
 
         [Description("Disables snow ball projectiles from spawning")] //Change this to stop the tile from spawning
         public bool DisableSnowBalls = false;
+
+        [Description("Change ingame chat format, {0} = Group Prefix, {1} = Player Name, {2} = Group Suffix, {3} = Chat Message")]
+        public string ChatFormat = "{0}{1}{2} {3}";
         
 		public static ConfigFile Read(string path)
         {
diff --git a/TShockAPI/TShock.cs b/TShockAPI/TShock.cs
index cd9ca0a3..67613d7b 100644
--- a/TShockAPI/TShock.cs
+++ b/TShockAPI/TShock.cs
@@ -560,9 +560,7 @@ namespace TShockAPI
             }
             else
             {
-                TShock.Utils.Broadcast("{0}{1}{2}: {3}".SFormat(tsplr.Group.Prefix, tsplr.Name, tsplr.Group.Suffix, text),
-                                tsplr.Group.R, tsplr.Group.G,
-                                tsplr.Group.B);
+                TShock.Utils.Broadcast(String.Format(TShock.Config.ChatFormat, tsplr.Group.Prefix, tsplr.Name, tsplr.Group.Suffix, text), tsplr.Group.R, tsplr.Group.G, tsplr.Group.B);
                 e.Handled = true;
             }
         }