diff --git a/.eslintrc.json b/.eslintrc.json
index f36bdfd..9a30e78 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.json
+++ b/.eslintrc.json
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"extends": [
-		"eslint:recommended",
-		"plugin:vue/recommended"
-	],
-	"plugins": [
-		"vue"
+		"eslint:recommended"
 	],
 	"parserOptions": {
 		"ecmaVersion": 2017
@@ -144,33 +140,6 @@
 		"prefer-template": "error",
 		"rest-spread-spacing": "error",
 		"template-curly-spacing": "error",
-		"yield-star-spacing": "error",
-
-		"vue/html-closing-bracket-newline": ["error", {
-			"multiline": "always"
-		}],
-		"vue/html-indent": ["error", "tab", {
-			"attribute": 1,
-			"closeBracket": 0,
-			"alignAttributesVertically": true,
-			"ignores": []
-		}],
-		"vue/max-attributes-per-line": ["error", {
-			"singleline": 5,
-			"multiline": {
-				"max": 1,
-				"allowFirstLine": false
-			}
-		}],
-		"vue/html-self-closing": ["error", {
-			"html": {
-				"void": "always",
-				"normal": "never",
-				"component": "never"
-			},
-			"svg": "always",
-			"math": "always"
-		}],
-		"vue/require-default-prop": ["off"]
+		"yield-star-spacing": "error"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e1fc45d..1296a85 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "ToL-Mod-Utility",
-	"version": "1.8.2",
+	"version": "1.9.0",
 	"productName": "ToL-Mod-Utility",
 	"description": "Moderation utility for Throne of Lies player reports.",
 	"main": "./src/client",
@@ -10,10 +10,8 @@
 		"electron-packager": "^12.1.0",
 		"electron-winstaller": "^2.6.4",
 		"eslint": "^4.19.1",
-		"eslint-plugin-vue": "^4.5.0",
 		"htmlhint": "^0.9.13",
-		"vue-devtools": "^3.1.9",
-		"vue-eslint-parser": "^2.0.3"
+		"vue-devtools": "^3.1.9"
 	},
 	"scripts": {
 		"test": "eslint src && htmlhint",
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 77a9c1b..a41e857 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -52,8 +52,20 @@ const app = new Vue({
 				player.lastJournalLeft = player.lastJournalLeft.split('\n').filter(line => line).map(line => line.trim());
 				player.lastJournalRight = player.lastJournalRight.split('\n').filter(line => line).map(line => line.trim());
 			});
-			this.parsedChatLogs = this.chatLogsInput.split('[,]').filter(line => line).map(line => line.trim());
-			// parse chatlogs (character sequence is line seperator) and assign it as base chatlogs "backup" to work with
+			this.parsedChatLogs = this.chatLogsInput.split('[,]').filter(line => line)
+			// character sequence in above split is line seperator, filter used to remove empty
+				.map(line => {
+					const colorTagStartRegex = /\[color=#[a-fA-F0-9]{6}\]\s?/;
+					const colorTagEndRegex = /\s?\[\/color]/;
+					const formattingTagRegex = /<\/?[bius]>/gm;
+
+					if (colorTagStartRegex.test(line)) line.match(colorTagStartRegex).forEach(match => line = line.replace(match, ''));
+					if (colorTagEndRegex.test(line)) line.match(colorTagEndRegex).forEach(match => line = line.replace(match, ''));
+					// check log lines for color tags like "[color=#fffff]" and "[/color]", then remove them if found
+					if (formattingTagRegex.test(line)) line.match(formattingTagRegex).forEach(match => line = line.replace(match, ''));
+					// check lines for formatting tags like "<i>..</i>" etc and remove them
+					return line.trim();
+				});
 			this.savedChatLogs = this.parsedChatLogs;
 			this.days = this.savedChatLogs.filter(line => /\(Day\) Day \d+/.test(line)).length;
 			this.nights = this.savedChatLogs.filter(line => /\(Day\) Night \d+/.test(line)).length;