diff --git a/main/asterisk.c b/main/asterisk.c
index ef6c64de67..eb4d79d1a6 100644
--- a/main/asterisk.c
+++ b/main/asterisk.c
@@ -906,6 +906,9 @@ void ast_console_puts(const char *string)
 
 static void network_verboser(const char *s)
 {
+	if (*s == 127) {
+		s++;
+	}
 	ast_network_puts_mutable(s);
 }
 
diff --git a/pbx/pbx_gtkconsole.c b/pbx/pbx_gtkconsole.c
index 4a4c3ba45e..75f1c8f108 100644
--- a/pbx/pbx_gtkconsole.c
+++ b/pbx/pbx_gtkconsole.c
@@ -139,6 +139,10 @@ static void __verboser(const char *_stuff)
 
 static void verboser(const char *stuff) 
 {
+	if (*stuff == 127) {
+		stuff++;
+	}
+
 	ast_mutex_lock(&verb_lock);
 	/* Lock appropriately if we're really being called in verbose mode */
 	__verboser(stuff);