diff --git a/src/graphics/draw/MenuHandler.cpp b/src/graphics/draw/MenuHandler.cpp
index 91d1f75b3..22a6231e9 100644
--- a/src/graphics/draw/MenuHandler.cpp
+++ b/src/graphics/draw/MenuHandler.cpp
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ void menuHandler::messageViewModeMenu()
             snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "Node %08X", peer);
             name = buf;
         }
-        labels.push_back("DM: " + name);
+        labels.push_back("@" + name);
         int encPeer = 1000 + (int)idToPeer.size();
         ids.push_back(encPeer);
         idToPeer.push_back(peer);
diff --git a/src/graphics/draw/MessageRenderer.cpp b/src/graphics/draw/MessageRenderer.cpp
index 113883b67..f9c7c3408 100644
--- a/src/graphics/draw/MessageRenderer.cpp
+++ b/src/graphics/draw/MessageRenderer.cpp
@@ -360,9 +360,9 @@ void drawTextMessageFrame(OLEDDisplay *display, OLEDDisplayUiState *state, int16
     case ThreadMode::DIRECT: {
         meshtastic_NodeInfoLite *node = nodeDB->getMeshNode(currentPeer);
         if (node && node->has_user) {
-            snprintf(titleBuf, sizeof(titleBuf), "DM: %s", node->user.short_name);
+            snprintf(titleBuf, sizeof(titleBuf), "@%s", node->user.short_name);
         } else {
-            snprintf(titleBuf, sizeof(titleBuf), "DM: %08x", currentPeer);
+            snprintf(titleBuf, sizeof(titleBuf), "@%08x", currentPeer);
         }
         titleStr = titleBuf;
         break;