diff --git a/src/hu_stuff.c b/src/hu_stuff.c
index 4ce24582a258669fce59277d009599da10975100..16b8d4bc58ecc1f96777738598b0176505b9538c 100644
--- a/src/hu_stuff.c
+++ b/src/hu_stuff.c
@@ -1212,7 +1212,7 @@ static void HU_drawMiniChat(void)
 
 	for (size_t i = chat_nummsg_min; i > 0; i--)
 	{
-		char *msg = V_ChatWordWrap(x+2, boxw-charwidth, V_SNAPTOBOTTOM|V_SNAPTOLEFT|V_ALLOWLOWERCASE, chat_mini[i-1]);
+		char *msg = V_ChatWordWrap(chatx, boxw-charwidth, V_SNAPTOBOTTOM|V_SNAPTOLEFT|V_ALLOWLOWERCASE, chat_mini[i-1]);
 		for(size_t j = 0; msg[j]; j++) // iterate through msg
 		{
 			if (msg[j] == '\n') // get back down.
@@ -1243,7 +1243,7 @@ static void HU_drawMiniChat(void)
 	{
 		INT32 timer = ((cv_chattime.value*TICRATE)-chat_timers[i]) - cv_chattime.value*TICRATE+9; // see below...
 		INT32 transflag = (timer >= 0 && timer <= 9) ? (timer*V_10TRANS) : 0; // you can make bad jokes out of this one.
-		char *msg = V_ChatWordWrap(x+2, boxw-charwidth, V_SNAPTOBOTTOM|V_SNAPTOLEFT|V_ALLOWLOWERCASE, chat_mini[i]); // get the current message, and word wrap it.
+		char *msg = V_ChatWordWrap(chatx, boxw-charwidth, V_SNAPTOBOTTOM|V_SNAPTOLEFT|V_ALLOWLOWERCASE, chat_mini[i]); // get the current message, and word wrap it.
 		UINT8 *colormap = NULL;
 
 		for(size_t j = 0; msg[j]; j++) // iterate through msg
@@ -1323,7 +1323,7 @@ static void HU_drawChatLog(INT32 offset)
 
 	for (i=0; i<chat_nummsg_log; i++) // iterate through our chatlog
 	{
-		char *msg = V_ChatWordWrap(x+2, boxw-charwidth, V_SNAPTOBOTTOM|V_SNAPTOLEFT|V_ALLOWLOWERCASE, chat_log[i]); // get the current message, and word wrap it.
+		char *msg = V_ChatWordWrap(chatx, boxw-charwidth, V_SNAPTOBOTTOM|V_SNAPTOLEFT|V_ALLOWLOWERCASE, chat_log[i]); // get the current message, and word wrap it.
 		UINT8 *colormap = NULL;
 		for(size_t j = 0; msg[j]; j++) // iterate through msg
 		{