diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/BoardPostDisplayWidget.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/BoardPostDisplayWidget.cpp
index 9155d6761..8626da77e 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/BoardPostDisplayWidget.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/BoardPostDisplayWidget.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include "util/qtthreadsutils.h"
 #include "util/HandleRichText.h"
 #include "gui/Identity/IdDialog.h"
+#include "gui/settings/rsharesettings.h"
 #include "gui/MainWindow.h"
 #include "util/DateTime.h"
 #include <QMovie>
@@ -236,8 +237,10 @@ void BoardPostDisplayWidgetBase::baseSetup()
         if (urlOkay)
         {
             QString siteurl = url.toEncoded();
+            linkColor = Settings->getLinkColor();
 
-            label->setStyleSheet("text-decoration: underline; color:#2255AA;");
+            QString colorstring = QString("%1;").arg(linkColor.name());
+            label->setStyleSheet("text-decoration: underline; color:" + colorstring );
             label->setCursor(QCursor(Qt::PointingHandCursor));
             label->setToolTip(siteurl);
 
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/BoardPostDisplayWidget.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/BoardPostDisplayWidget.h
index 5c10af55d..fc026f817 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/BoardPostDisplayWidget.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/BoardPostDisplayWidget.h
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ signals:
 protected:
 	RsPostedPost mPost;
     uint8_t      mDisplayFlags;
+private:
+	QColor linkColor;
 };
 
 class BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact : public BoardPostDisplayWidgetBase
@@ -151,6 +153,8 @@ protected:
     void setup() override;    // to be overloaded by the different views
 
 private:
+	QColor linkColor;
+
     /** Qt Designer generated object */
     Ui::BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact *ui;
 };
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedCardView.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedCardView.cpp
index 1599197d9..704db692e 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedCardView.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedCardView.cpp
@@ -230,9 +230,14 @@ void PostedCardView::fill()
 		
 		if (urlOkay)
 		{
+			linkColor = Settings->getLinkColor();
+			QString colorstring = QString("%1;").arg(linkColor.name());
+
 			QString urlstr =  QString("<a href=\"");
 			urlstr += QString(url.toEncoded());
-			urlstr += QString("\" ><span style=\" text-decoration: underline; color:#2255AA;\"> ");
+			urlstr += QString("\" ><span style=\" text-decoration: underline; color:");
+			urlstr += colorstring;
+			urlstr += QString("\"> ");
 			urlstr += messageName();
 			urlstr += QString(" </span></a>");
 
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedCardView.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedCardView.h
index 0f4f5f2ab..aeb0f19b6 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedCardView.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedCardView.h
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ protected:
 	void toggleNotes() override;
 
 private:
+	QColor linkColor;
+
 	/** Qt Designer generated object */
 	Ui::PostedCardView *ui;
 };
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedCreatePostDialog.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedCreatePostDialog.cpp
index 2c0227cf1..b4ce19448 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedCreatePostDialog.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedCreatePostDialog.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include "util/misc.h"
 #include "util/qtthreadsutils.h"
 #include "util/RichTextEdit.h"
+#include "util/HandleRichText.h"
 #include "gui/feeds/SubFileItem.h"
 #include "util/rsdir.h"
 
@@ -167,6 +168,7 @@ void PostedCreatePostDialog::createPost()
 	if(!ui->RichTextEditWidget->toPlainText().trimmed().isEmpty()) {
 		QString text;
 		text = ui->RichTextEditWidget->toHtml();
+		RsHtml::optimizeHtml(text);
 		post.mNotes = std::string(text.toUtf8());
 	}
 
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedListWidgetWithModel.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedListWidgetWithModel.cpp
index c5ed31892..80c98e4c5 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedListWidgetWithModel.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedListWidgetWithModel.cpp
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ void PostedListWidgetWithModel::insertBoardDetails(const RsPostedGroup& group)
 	ui->infoAdministrator->setId(group.mMeta.mAuthorId) ;
 
 	link = RetroShareLink::createMessage(group.mMeta.mAuthorId, "");
-	ui->infoAdministrator->setText(link.toHtml());
+	ui->infoAdministrator->setText(link.toHtmlColored());
 
 	ui->createdinfolabel->setText(DateTime::formatDateTime(group.mMeta.mPublishTs));
 
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedListWidgetWithModel.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedListWidgetWithModel.ui
index 734c4a233..06613c6bf 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedListWidgetWithModel.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedListWidgetWithModel.ui
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
          </property>
          <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_2">
           <item row="2" column="0">
-           <widget class="QTextBrowser" name="trans_Description">
+           <widget class="RSTextBrowser" name="trans_Description">
             <property name="styleSheet">
              <string notr="true"/>
             </property>
@@ -619,6 +619,11 @@ p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
    <header>gui/common/RSTabWidget.h</header>
    <container>1</container>
   </customwidget>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>RSTextBrowser</class>
+   <extends>QTextBrowser</extends>
+   <header>gui/common/RSTextBrowser.h</header>
+  </customwidget>
  </customwidgets>
  <resources>
   <include location="../icons.qrc"/>
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.cpp
index 35fc3d836..6ef31ea18 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include "msgs/MessageComposer.h"
 #include "Posted/PostedDialog.h"
 #include "util/misc.h"
+#include "gui/settings/rsharesettings.h"
 
 #include <retroshare/rsfiles.h>
 #include <retroshare/rsgxsforums.h>
@@ -1218,13 +1219,32 @@ QString RetroShareLink::niceName() const
 
 QString RetroShareLink::toHtml() const
 {
+	QColor linkColor = Settings->getLinkColor();
+	QString colorstring = QString("%1;").arg(linkColor.name());
+
 	QString html = "<a href=\"" + toString() + "\"";
 
 	QString linkTitle = title();
 	if (!linkTitle.isEmpty()) {
 		html += " title=\"" + linkTitle + "\"";
 	}
-	html += ">" + niceName() + "</a>" ;
+	html += " style=\"color:" + colorstring + "\">" + niceName() + "</a>" ;
+
+	return html;
+}
+
+QString RetroShareLink::toHtmlColored() const
+{
+	QColor linkColor = Settings->getLinkColor();
+	QString colorstring = QString("%1;").arg(linkColor.name());
+
+	QString html = "<a href=\"" + toString() + "\"";
+
+	QString linkTitle = title();
+	if (!linkTitle.isEmpty()) {
+		html += " title=\"" + linkTitle + "\"";
+	}
+	html += " style=\"color:" + colorstring + "\">" + niceName() + "</a>" ;
 
 	return html;
 }
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.h
index 2b25e2a2d..957b85161 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include <QString>
 #include <QUrl>
 #include <QVector>
+#include <QColor>
 
 #include <stdint.h>
 
@@ -142,6 +143,8 @@ class RetroShareLink
 		
 		QString toHtmlSize() const ;
 
+		QString toHtmlColored() const;
+
 		QUrl toUrl() const ;
 
 		bool operator==(const RetroShareLink& l) const { return _type == l._type && _hash == l._hash ; }
@@ -180,6 +183,7 @@ class RetroShareLink
 		time_t   _time_stamp ; 				// time stamp at which the link will expire.
 		QString  _radix_group_data;
 		uint32_t _count ;
+		QColor linkColor;
 
 		unsigned int _subType; // for general use as sub type for _type (RSLINK_SUBTYPE_...)
 };
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/MimeTextEdit.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/MimeTextEdit.cpp
index 78ddd00a6..b9a170d19 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/MimeTextEdit.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/MimeTextEdit.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <QMenu>
 
 #include "MimeTextEdit.h"
+#include "gui/settings/rsharesettings.h"
 #include "util/HandleRichText.h"
 #include "gui/RetroShareLink.h"
 #include "util/imageutil.h"
@@ -329,3 +330,42 @@ void MimeTextEdit::copyImage()
 	QTextCursor cursor = cursorForPosition(point);
 	ImageUtil::copyImage(window(), cursor);
 }
+
+void MimeTextEdit::updateLinkColor()
+{
+	linkColor = Settings->getLinkColor();
+	QPalette p = palette();
+	p.setColor(QPalette::Link, linkColor);
+	p.setColor(QPalette::LinkVisited, linkColor);
+	setPalette(p);
+
+	if (document()) {
+		document()->setDefaultStyleSheet(QString("a[href] { color: %1; }").arg(linkColor.name()));
+	}
+}
+
+QString MimeTextEdit::toHtml(const QByteArray &encoding) const
+{
+	QTextDocument *doc = document();
+	QString oldSheet;
+	if (doc) {
+		oldSheet = doc->defaultStyleSheet();
+		doc->setDefaultStyleSheet("");
+	}
+	QString html;
+	if (encoding.isEmpty()) {
+		html = QTextEdit::toHtml();
+	} else {
+#if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(6, 0, 0)
+		// Qt 6: toHtml() takes no arguments
+		html = doc->toHtml();
+#else
+		// Qt 5: toHtml() accepts encoding parameter
+		html = doc->toHtml(encoding);
+#endif
+	}
+	if (doc) {
+		doc->setDefaultStyleSheet(oldSheet);
+	}
+	return html;
+}
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/MimeTextEdit.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/MimeTextEdit.h
index c0bf83892..d46703521 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/MimeTextEdit.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/MimeTextEdit.h
@@ -52,12 +52,15 @@ public:
 	QVariant textColorQuotes() const { return highliter->textColorQuotes();}
 	bool onlyPlainText() const {return mOnlyPlainText;}
 
+	QString toHtml(const QByteArray &encoding = QByteArray()) const;
+
 	void setMaxBytes(int limit) {mMaxBytes = limit;}
 
 public slots:
 	void setTextColorQuote(QColor textColorQuote) { highliter->setTextColorQuote(textColorQuote);}
 	void setTextColorQuotes(QVariant textColorQuotes) { highliter->setTextColorQuotes(textColorQuotes);}
 	void setOnlyPlainText(bool bOnlyPlainText) {mOnlyPlainText = bOnlyPlainText;}
+	void updateLinkColor();
 
 signals:
 	void calculateContextMenuActions();
@@ -91,6 +94,7 @@ private:
 	RsSyntaxHighlighter *highliter;
 	bool mOnlyPlainText;
 	int mMaxBytes = -1;	//limit content size, for pasting images
+	QColor linkColor;
 };
 
 #endif // MIMETEXTEDIT_H
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/RSTextBrowser.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/RSTextBrowser.cpp
index f43a57242..592bc2d73 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/RSTextBrowser.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/RSTextBrowser.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
  *******************************************************************************/
 
 #include "RSTextBrowser.h"
+#include "gui/settings/rsharesettings.h"
 
 #include "RSImageBlockWidget.h"
 #include "gui/common/FilesDefs.h"
@@ -360,3 +361,53 @@ void RSTextBrowser::copyImage()
 	QTextCursor cursor = cursorForPosition(point);
 	ImageUtil::copyImage(window(), cursor);
 }
+
+void RSTextBrowser::showEvent(QShowEvent *event)
+{
+	if (!event->spontaneous()) {
+		updateLinkColor();
+	}
+}
+
+void RSTextBrowser::updateLinkColor()
+{
+	linkColor = Settings->getLinkColor();
+	QPalette p = palette();
+	p.setColor(QPalette::Link, linkColor);
+	p.setColor(QPalette::LinkVisited, linkColor);
+	setPalette(p);
+
+	if (document()) {
+		document()->setDefaultStyleSheet(QString("a[href] { color: %1; }").arg(linkColor.name()));
+		if (!document()->isEmpty()) {
+			QString html = document()->toHtml();
+			document()->setHtml(html);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+QString RSTextBrowser::toHtml(const QByteArray &encoding) const
+{
+	QTextDocument *doc = document();
+	QString oldSheet;
+	if (doc) {
+		oldSheet = doc->defaultStyleSheet();
+		doc->setDefaultStyleSheet("");
+	}
+	QString html;
+	if (encoding.isEmpty()) {
+		html = QTextBrowser::toHtml();
+	} else {
+#if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(6, 0, 0)
+		// Qt 6: toHtml() takes no arguments
+		html = doc->toHtml();
+#else
+		// Qt 5: toHtml() accepts encoding parameter
+		html = doc->toHtml(encoding);
+#endif
+	}
+	if (doc) {
+		doc->setDefaultStyleSheet(oldSheet);
+	}
+	return html;
+}
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/RSTextBrowser.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/RSTextBrowser.h
index 8ffa398c3..1b1216a2e 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/RSTextBrowser.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/RSTextBrowser.h
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ public:
 	QVariant textColorQuotes() const { return highlighter->textColorQuotes();}
 	bool getShowImages() const { return mShowImages; }
 
+	QString toHtml(const QByteArray &encoding = QByteArray()) const;
+
 	QMenu *createStandardContextMenuFromPoint(const QPoint &widgetPos);
 
 Q_SIGNALS:
@@ -67,6 +69,7 @@ public slots:
 	void showImages();
 	void setTextColorQuote(QColor textColorQuote) { highlighter->setTextColorQuote(textColorQuote);}
 	void setTextColorQuotes(QVariant textColorQuotes) { highlighter->setTextColorQuotes(textColorQuotes);}
+	void updateLinkColor();
 
 private slots:
 	void linkClicked(const QUrl &url);
@@ -77,6 +80,7 @@ private slots:
 
 protected:
 	void paintEvent(QPaintEvent *event);
+	void showEvent(QShowEvent *event);
 	virtual void contextMenuEvent(QContextMenuEvent *event);
 
 private:
@@ -90,6 +94,7 @@ private:
 	bool mLinkClickActive;
 	RsSyntaxHighlighter *highlighter;
 	QList<QAction*> mContextMenuActions;
+	QColor linkColor;
 #ifdef RSTEXTBROWSER_CHECKIMAGE_DEBUG
 	QRect mCursorRectStart;
 	QRect mCursorRectLeft;
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/CreateGxsChannelMsg.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/CreateGxsChannelMsg.cpp
index bc2f5d960..17ec3b911 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/CreateGxsChannelMsg.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/CreateGxsChannelMsg.cpp
@@ -729,6 +729,7 @@ void CreateGxsChannelMsg::sendMsg()
 
 	QString text;
 	text = RichTextEditWidget->toHtml();
+	RsHtml::optimizeHtml(text);
 	std::string msg = std::string(text.toUtf8());
 
 	std::list<RsGxsFile> files;
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel.cpp
index 69df1ce09..62d8e1db1 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel.cpp
@@ -1440,7 +1440,7 @@ void GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel::insertChannelDetails(const RsGxsChannelGrou
     if(!group.mMeta.mAuthorId.isNull())
     {
         RetroShareLink link = RetroShareLink::createMessage(group.mMeta.mAuthorId, "");
-        ui->infoAdministrator->setText(link.toHtml());
+        ui->infoAdministrator->setText(link.toHtmlColored());
     }
     else
         ui->infoAdministrator->setText("[No contact author]");
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel.ui
index 2740b4654..d88b4ccc8 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel.ui
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@
         </layout>
        </item>
        <item>
-        <widget class="QTextBrowser" name="infoDescription">
+        <widget class="RSTextBrowser" name="infoDescription">
          <property name="html">
           <string notr="true">&lt;!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC &quot;-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN&quot; &quot;http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd&quot;&gt;
 &lt;html&gt;&lt;head&gt;&lt;meta name=&quot;qrichtext&quot; content=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;style type=&quot;text/css&quot;&gt;
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
                </widget>
               </item>
               <item>
-               <widget class="QTextBrowser" name="postDetails_TE">
+               <widget class="RSTextBrowser" name="postDetails_TE">
                 <property name="openExternalLinks">
                  <bool>true</bool>
                 </property>
@@ -685,6 +685,11 @@ p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
    <header>gui/gxs/GxsCommentDialog.h</header>
    <container>1</container>
   </customwidget>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>RSTextBrowser</class>
+   <extends>QTextBrowser</extends>
+   <header>gui/common/RSTextBrowser.h</header>
+  </customwidget>
  </customwidgets>
  <resources>
   <include location="../icons.qrc"/>
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessageComposer.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessageComposer.cpp
index 176cbbd24..3415ceb6c 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessageComposer.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessageComposer.cpp
@@ -2422,10 +2422,10 @@ bool MessageComposer::fileSave()
     QTextStream ts(&file);
 #if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK (6, 0, 0)
     ts.setEncoding(QStringConverter::Utf8);
-    ts << ui.msgText->document()->toHtml();
+    ts << ui.msgText->toHtml();
 #else
     ts.setCodec(QTextCodec::codecForName("UTF-8"));
-    ts << ui.msgText->document()->toHtml("UTF-8");
+    ts << ui.msgText->toHtml("UTF-8");
 #endif
     std::cerr << "Setting modified 002 = false" << std::endl;
     ui.msgText->document()->setModified(false);
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessageWidget.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessageWidget.cpp
index 540196ab5..81d99d71c 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessageWidget.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessageWidget.cpp
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ void MessageWidget::fill(const std::string &msgId)
     }
     else
     {
-		ui.fromText->setText(link.toHtml());
+		ui.fromText->setText(link.toHtmlColored());
 		ui.fromText->setToolTip(tooltip_string) ;
 		if (toolButtonReply) toolButtonReply->setEnabled(true);
 	}
@@ -807,10 +807,10 @@ void MessageWidget::saveAs()
 		QTextStream ts(&file);
 #if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK (6, 0, 0)
 		ts.setEncoding(QStringConverter::Utf8);
-		ts << ui.msgText->document()->toHtml();
+		ts << ui.msgText->toHtml();
 #else
 		ts.setCodec(QTextCodec::codecForName("UTF-8"));
-		ts << ui.msgText->document()->toHtml("UTF-8");
+		ts << ui.msgText->toHtml("UTF-8");
 #endif
 		ui.msgText->document()->setModified(false);
 	}
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/AppearancePage.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/AppearancePage.cpp
index 17748e05c..95295ad96 100755
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/AppearancePage.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/AppearancePage.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include "util/DateTime.h"
 
 #include <QAbstractItemView>
+#include <QColorDialog>
 #include <QComboBox>
 #include <QCheckBox>
 #include <QDir>
@@ -398,6 +399,11 @@ void AppearancePage::load()
 	whileBlocking(ui.checkBoxShowSystrayOnStatus)->setChecked(Settings->valueFromGroup("StatusBar", "ShowSysTrayOnStatusBar", QVariant(false)).toBool());
 
 	whileBlocking(ui.minimumFontSize_SB)->setValue(Settings->getFontSize());
+	
+	rgbLinkColor=Settings->getLinkColor();
+	QPixmap colorpix(24, 24);
+	colorpix.fill(rgbLinkColor);
+	ui.linkColorButton->setIcon(colorpix);
 }
 
 void AppearancePage::updateFontSize()
@@ -415,3 +421,25 @@ void AppearancePage::updateDateFormat()
     RsGUIEventManager::getInstance()->notifySettingsChanged();
 }
 
+void AppearancePage::on_linkColorButton_clicked()
+{
+	QColor color = QColorDialog::getColor(QColor::fromRgba(rgbLinkColor), window(), "", QColorDialog::ShowAlphaChannel);
+	if (color.isValid()) {
+		rgbLinkColor = color.rgba();
+		QPixmap pix(24, 24);
+		pix.fill(color);
+		ui.linkColorButton->setIcon(pix);
+		Settings->setLinkColor(rgbLinkColor);
+	}
+}
+
+void AppearancePage::on_resetButton_clicked()
+{
+	QRgb color  = QString::number(QColor(118, 118, 255).rgba()).toUInt();
+	defaultColor = color;
+	rgbLinkColor = color;
+	QPixmap pix(24, 24);
+	pix.fill(color);
+	ui.linkColorButton->setIcon(pix);
+	Settings->setLinkColor(defaultColor);
+}
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/AppearancePage.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/AppearancePage.h
index 5df91fac7..e25f41e51 100755
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/AppearancePage.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/AppearancePage.h
@@ -74,9 +74,15 @@ private slots:
 	void updateStyle() ;
 	void updateFontSize();
 
+	void on_linkColorButton_clicked();
+	void on_resetButton_clicked();
+
 private:
 	void switch_status(MainWindow::StatusElement s,const QString& key,bool b);
 
+	QRgb rgbLinkColor;
+	QRgb defaultColor;
+
 	/** Qt Designer generated object */
 	Ui::AppearancePage ui;
 };
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/AppearancePage.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/AppearancePage.ui
index e4a1014f2..18ab8cc41 100755
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/AppearancePage.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/AppearancePage.ui
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
     </widget>
    </item>
 
-   <item row="3" column="0">
+   <item row="3" column="0" rowspan="2">
     <widget class="QGroupBox" name="grpToolBar">
      <property name="minimumSize">
       <size>
@@ -336,7 +336,62 @@
      </layout>
     </widget>
    </item>
-   <item row="4" column="0" colspan="2">
+   <item row="4" column="1">
+    <widget class="QGroupBox" name="groupBox">
+     <property name="title">
+      <string>Link Color</string>
+     </property>
+     <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_17">
+      <item>
+       <widget class="QLabel" name="label_10">
+        <property name="sizePolicy">
+         <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Preferred">
+          <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+          <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+         </sizepolicy>
+        </property>
+        <property name="text">
+         <string>Color of the links</string>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
+      <item>
+       <widget class="QPushButton" name="linkColorButton">
+        <property name="minimumSize">
+         <size>
+          <width>24</width>
+          <height>24</height>
+         </size>
+        </property>
+        <property name="maximumSize">
+         <size>
+          <width>24</width>
+          <height>24</height>
+         </size>
+        </property>
+        <property name="toolTip">
+         <string>Set link color</string>
+        </property>
+        <property name="text">
+         <string/>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
+      <item>
+       <widget class="QToolButton" name="resetButton">
+        <property name="toolTip">
+         <string>Reset to default color</string>
+        </property>
+        <property name="icon">
+         <iconset resource="../icons.qrc">
+          <normaloff>:/icons/textedit/undo.png</normaloff>:/icons/textedit/undo.png</iconset>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
+     </layout>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
+   <item row="5" column="0" colspan="2">
     <widget class="QGroupBox" name="grpStatus">
      <property name="title">
       <string>Status Bar</string>
@@ -445,7 +500,7 @@
      </layout>
     </widget>
    </item>
-   <item row="5" column="0" colspan="2">
+   <item row="6" column="0" colspan="2">
     <spacer name="AppearancePageVSpacer">
      <property name="orientation">
       <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
@@ -552,6 +607,8 @@
    <header>gui/common/RSComboBox.h</header>
   </customwidget>
  </customwidgets>
- <resources/>
+ <resources>
+  <include location="../icons.qrc"/>
+ </resources>
  <connections/>
 </ui>
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/rsharesettings.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/rsharesettings.cpp
index d40f6db81..6585982f7 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/rsharesettings.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/rsharesettings.cpp
@@ -1243,6 +1243,15 @@ void RshareSettings::setMessageFontSize(int value)
 	setValueToGroup("Message", "FontSize", value);
 }
 
+void RshareSettings::setLinkColor(QRgb rgbValue)
+{
+	setValueToGroup("Chat", "LinkColor", QString::number(rgbValue));
+}
+QRgb RshareSettings::getLinkColor()
+{
+	return valueFromGroup("Chat", "LinkColor", QString::number(QColor(118, 118, 255).rgba())).toUInt();
+}
+
 #ifdef RS_JSONAPI
 bool RshareSettings::getJsonApiEnabled()
 {
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/rsharesettings.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/rsharesettings.h
index 3dcb54c5b..dad59ce4f 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/rsharesettings.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/rsharesettings.h
@@ -393,6 +393,9 @@ public:
     int getMessageFontSize();
     void setMessageFontSize(int value);
 
+    void setLinkColor(QRgb rgbValue);
+    QRgb getLinkColor();
+
 #ifdef RS_JSONAPI
 	bool getJsonApiEnabled();
 	void setJsonApiEnabled(bool enabled);
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/util/HandleRichText.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/util/HandleRichText.cpp
index 5a4a166a4..f94bed31d 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/util/HandleRichText.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/util/HandleRichText.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 #include <QRegExp>
 
 #include "HandleRichText.h"
+#include "gui/common/MimeTextEdit.h"
+#include "gui/settings/rsharesettings.h"
 #include "gui/RetroShareLink.h"
 #include "util/ObjectPainter.h"
 #include "util/imageutil.h"
@@ -407,7 +409,8 @@ void RsHtml::embedHtml(QTextDocument *textDocument, QDomDocument& doc, QDomEleme
 				// skip it
 			} else if (element.tagName().toLower() == "a") {
 				// skip it
-				if (embedInfos.myType == Ahref) {
+				if (embedInfos.myType == Ahref && element.hasAttribute("href")) {
+					element.setAttribute("style", QString("color: %1;").arg(QColor(Settings->getLinkColor()).name()));
 					// but add title if not available
 					if (element.attribute("title").isEmpty()) {
 						RetroShareLink link(element.attribute("href"));
@@ -476,6 +479,7 @@ void RsHtml::embedHtml(QTextDocument *textDocument, QDomDocument& doc, QDomEleme
 							{
 								insertedTag = doc.createElement("a");
 								insertedTag.setAttribute("href", myRE.cap(0));
+								insertedTag.setAttribute("style", QString("color: %1;").arg(QColor(Settings->getLinkColor()).name()));
 								insertedTag.appendChild(doc.createTextNode(myRE.cap(0)));
 
 								RetroShareLink link(myRE.cap(0));
@@ -815,6 +819,66 @@ static void findBestColor(QString &val, qreal bglum, qreal desiredContrast)
 #endif // QT_VERSION < 0x040600
 }
 
+static void stripLinkColorStyle(QDomElement element)
+{
+	if (element.hasAttribute("style")) {
+		QString style = element.attribute("style");
+		style.remove(QRegularExpression("color\\s*:\\s*[^;]+;?", QRegularExpression::CaseInsensitiveOption));
+		if (style.trimmed().isEmpty()) {
+			element.removeAttribute("style");
+		} else {
+			element.setAttribute("style", style);
+		}
+	}
+	if (element.tagName().toLower() == "font" && element.hasAttribute("color")) {
+		element.removeAttribute("color");
+	}
+	QDomNodeList children = element.childNodes();
+	for (int i = 0; i < children.length(); ++i) {
+		QDomNode node = children.item(i);
+		if (node.isElement()) {
+			stripLinkColorStyle(node.toElement());
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+static void stripThemeColors(QDomElement element, const QString &hexColor)
+{
+	if (element.hasAttribute("style")) {
+		QString style = element.attribute("style");
+		QRegularExpression re(QString("color\\s*:\\s*%1;?").arg(hexColor), QRegularExpression::CaseInsensitiveOption);
+		style.remove(re);
+		if (style.trimmed().isEmpty()) {
+			element.removeAttribute("style");
+		} else {
+			element.setAttribute("style", style);
+		}
+	}
+	if (element.tagName().toLower() == "font" && element.hasAttribute("color")) {
+		if (element.attribute("color").compare(hexColor, Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0) {
+			element.removeAttribute("color");
+		}
+	}
+	if (element.tagName().toLower() == "a") {
+		stripLinkColorStyle(element);
+	}
+
+	QDomNodeList children = element.childNodes();
+	for (int i = 0; i < children.length(); ++i) {
+		QDomNode node = children.item(i);
+		if (node.isElement()) {
+			stripThemeColors(node.toElement(), hexColor);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+static void stripAllLinkColors(QDomElement element)
+{
+	QColor linkColor = Settings->getLinkColor();
+	QString hexColor = linkColor.name();
+	stripThemeColors(element, hexColor);
+}
+
 /**
  * @brief optimizeHtml: Optimize HTML Text in DomDocument to reduce size
  * @param doc: QDomDocument containing Text to optimize
@@ -1186,6 +1250,7 @@ void RsHtml::optimizeHtml(QString &text, unsigned int flag /*= 0*/
 	}
 
 	QDomElement body = doc.documentElement();
+	stripAllLinkColors(body);
     
 	QHash<QString, QStringList> stylesList;
 	QHash<QString, QString> knownStyle;