diff --git a/code/datums/chatmessage.dm b/code/datums/chatmessage.dm
index 05261c3ea74d..d170ab9b7004 100644
--- a/code/datums/chatmessage.dm
+++ b/code/datums/chatmessage.dm
@@ -164,6 +164,11 @@
 		var/image/r_icon = image('icons/ui_icons/chat/chat_icons.dmi', icon_state = "emote")
 		LAZYADD(prefixes, "\icon[r_icon]")
 		chat_color_name_to_use = target.get_visible_name(add_id_name = FALSE) // use face name for nonverbal messages
+	// monkestation start: looc
+	else if (extra_classes.Find("looc"))
+		var/image/r_icon = image('icons/ui_icons/chat/chat_icons.dmi', icon_state = "looc")
+		LAZYADD(prefixes, "\icon[r_icon]")
+	// monkestation end
 
 	if(isnull(chat_color_name_to_use))
 		if(HAS_TRAIT(target, TRAIT_SIGN_LANG))
@@ -346,8 +351,10 @@
 	// Display visual above source
 	if(runechat_flags & EMOTE_MESSAGE)
 		new /datum/chatmessage(raw_message, speaker, src, message_language, list("emote", "italics"))
-	else if(CHECK_BITFIELD(runechat_flags, LOOC_MESSAGE))
+	// monkestation start: looc
+	else if(runechat_flags & LOOC_MESSAGE)
 		new /datum/chatmessage(raw_message, speaker, src, message_language, list("looc", "italics"))
+	// monkestation end
 	else
 		new /datum/chatmessage(raw_message, speaker, src, message_language, spans)
 
diff --git a/icons/ui_icons/chat/chat_icons.dmi b/icons/ui_icons/chat/chat_icons.dmi
index 8cc4b2c5598f..d1b4713a7097 100644
Binary files a/icons/ui_icons/chat/chat_icons.dmi and b/icons/ui_icons/chat/chat_icons.dmi differ