diff --git a/inc/view.h b/inc/view.h
index 9a490c7..b37f132 100644
--- a/inc/view.h
+++ b/inc/view.h
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 #pragma once
 
+#include <string>
+
 class TgTUI;
 
 class View {
 public:
+	static std::string FormatTime(time_t t);
+
 	View(TgTUI& tgtui);
 	virtual ~View();
 
diff --git a/src/view.cpp b/src/view.cpp
index 18293f9..6e3d8f3 100644
--- a/src/view.cpp
+++ b/src/view.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 #include "view.h"
 
+#include <ctime>
+
+std::string View::FormatTime(time_t t) {
+	char timeBuf[20];
+	std::size_t len = std::strftime(timeBuf, 20, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", std::localtime(&t));
+	return std::string(timeBuf, len);
+}
+
 View::View(TgTUI& tgtui) : tgtui(tgtui) {}
 
 View::~View() {}
diff --git a/src/viewchat.cpp b/src/viewchat.cpp
index 36758b7..d59cd12 100644
--- a/src/viewchat.cpp
+++ b/src/viewchat.cpp
@@ -22,20 +22,37 @@ int64_t ViewChat::getChat() const {
 }
 
 void ViewChat::paint() {
+	static const size_t FormatLen = 45;
+
 	getmaxyx(stdscr, maxRows, maxCols);
 
 	::printw("Chat: %s (%li)\n", chat->name.c_str(), chat->chatId);
 
 	Log::info << "messages: " << messages.size() << " maxRows: " << maxRows;
 
-	for(int row = 0; row < maxRows-1 && row < messages.size(); ++row) {
-
-
-		Log::debug << "print msg at: " << row;
+	for(uint32_t row = 0; row < maxRows-1 && row < messages.size(); ++row) {
 		std::shared_ptr<Message> msg = messages.at(row);
 		const char direction = ( msg->isOutgoing ? '>' : '<' );
+		const std::string timeStr = FormatTime(msg->sendDate);
+		std::string msgText = msg->text;
 
-		::mvprintw(maxRows - row, 0, "[%lu] %c (%li) %*s\n", msg->sendDate, direction, msg->sender, std::min<int>(msg->text.size(), maxCols), msg->text.c_str());
+		// find and remove first \n
+		std::size_t nPos = msgText.find('\n');
+		if(nPos != std::string::npos) {
+			msgText.resize(nPos);
+		}
+
+		if(MessageType::TEXT != msg->type) {
+			msgText = '<' + convertMessageType(msg->type) + '>';
+		}
+
+		uint32_t colLimit = std::min<int>(msgText.size(), maxCols - (FormatLen + 3));
+		if(msgText.size() > colLimit) {
+			msgText.resize(colLimit);
+			msgText.append("...");
+		}
+
+		::mvprintw(maxRows - row -1, 0, "[%s] %c (% 17li) %s", timeStr.c_str(), direction, msg->sender, msgText.c_str());
 	}
 }