diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4588cd06..85f93a73 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ checksum = "edd0f118536f44f5ccd48bcb8b111bdc3de888b58c74639dfb034a357d0f206d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "encstr"
-version = "0.29.0-alpha.1"
+version = "0.29.0-alpha.2"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "enum-map"
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ checksum = "7f24254aa9a54b5c858eaee2f5bccdb46aaf0e486a595ed5fd8f86ba55232a70"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hl"
-version = "0.29.0-alpha.1"
+version = "0.29.0-alpha.2"
 dependencies = [
  "atoi",
  "bincode",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b48ee1d3..6072b48b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ members = [".", "crate/encstr"]
 [workspace.package]
 repository = "https://github.com/pamburus/hl"
 authors = ["Pavel Ivanov <mr.pavel.ivanov@gmail.com>"]
-version = "0.29.0-alpha.1"
+version = "0.29.0-alpha.2"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT"
 
diff --git a/src/app.rs b/src/app.rs
index 66e9b2a6..6e5c2773 100644
--- a/src/app.rs
+++ b/src/app.rs
@@ -1060,14 +1060,14 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_cat_with_theme() {
         let input = input(
-            r#"{"caller":"main.go:539","duration":"15d","level":"info","msg":"No time or size retention was set so using the default time retention","ts":"2023-12-07T20:07:05.949Z"}"#,
+            r#"{"caller":"main.go:539","duration":"15d","level":"warning","msg":"No time or size retention was set so using the default time retention","ts":"2023-12-07T20:07:05.949Z"}"#,
         );
         let mut output = Vec::new();
         let app = App::new(options().with_theme(theme()));
         app.run(vec![input], &mut output).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(
             std::str::from_utf8(&output).unwrap(),
-            "\u{1b}[0;2;3m2023-12-07 20:07:05.949 \u{1b}[0;36m|INF| \u{1b}[0;1;39mNo time or size retention was set so using the default time retention \u{1b}[0;32mduration\u{1b}[0;2m=\u{1b}[0;39m15d\u{1b}[0;2;3m @ main.go:539\u{1b}[0m\n",
+            "\u{1b}[0;2;3m2023-12-07 20:07:05.949 \u{1b}[0;7;33m|WRN|\u{1b}[0m \u{1b}[0;1;39mNo time or size retention was set so using the default time retention \u{1b}[0;32mduration\u{1b}[0;2m=\u{1b}[0;39m15d\u{1b}[0;2;3m @ main.go:539\u{1b}[0m\n",
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/src/formatting.rs b/src/formatting.rs
index 204bf9a7..17ef7a27 100644
--- a/src/formatting.rs
+++ b/src/formatting.rs
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ impl RecordFormatter {
         match value {
             RawValue::String(value) => {
                 if !value.is_empty() {
+                    s.reset();
                     s.space();
                     s.element(Element::Message, |s| {
                         s.batch(|buf| buf.with_auto_trim(|buf| MessageFormatAuto::new(value).format(buf).unwrap()))
@@ -913,12 +914,12 @@ mod tests {
 
         assert_eq!(
             &format(&rec),
-            "\u{1b}[0;2;3m00-01-02 03:04:05.123 \u{1b}[0;36m|\u{1b}[0;95mDBG\u{1b}[0;36m|\u{1b}[0;2;3m \u{1b}[0;2;4mtl: \u{1b}[0;1;39mtm \u{1b}[0;32mk-a\u{1b}[0;2m=\u{1b}[0;33m{ \u{1b}[0;32mva\u{1b}[0;2m=\u{1b}[0;33m{ \u{1b}[0;32mkb\u{1b}[0;2m=\u{1b}[0;94m42 \u{1b}[0;32mkc\u{1b}[0;2m=\u{1b}[0;94m43\u{1b}[0;33m } }\u{1b}[0;2;3m @ tc\u{1b}[0m",
+            "\u{1b}[0;2;3m00-01-02 03:04:05.123 \u{1b}[0;36m|\u{1b}[0;95mDBG\u{1b}[0;36m|\u{1b}[0;2;3m \u{1b}[0;2;4mtl:\u{1b}[0m \u{1b}[0;1;39mtm \u{1b}[0;32mk-a\u{1b}[0;2m=\u{1b}[0;33m{ \u{1b}[0;32mva\u{1b}[0;2m=\u{1b}[0;33m{ \u{1b}[0;32mkb\u{1b}[0;2m=\u{1b}[0;94m42 \u{1b}[0;32mkc\u{1b}[0;2m=\u{1b}[0;94m43\u{1b}[0;33m } }\u{1b}[0;2;3m @ tc\u{1b}[0m",
         );
 
         assert_eq!(
             &formatter().with_flatten(true).format_to_string(&rec),
-            "\u{1b}[0;2;3m00-01-02 03:04:05.123 \u{1b}[0;36m|\u{1b}[0;95mDBG\u{1b}[0;36m|\u{1b}[0;2;3m \u{1b}[0;2;4mtl: \u{1b}[0;1;39mtm \u{1b}[0;32mk-a.va.kb\u{1b}[0;2m=\u{1b}[0;94m42 \u{1b}[0;32mk-a.va.kc\u{1b}[0;2m=\u{1b}[0;94m43\u{1b}[0;2;3m @ tc\u{1b}[0m",
+            "\u{1b}[0;2;3m00-01-02 03:04:05.123 \u{1b}[0;36m|\u{1b}[0;95mDBG\u{1b}[0;36m|\u{1b}[0;2;3m \u{1b}[0;2;4mtl:\u{1b}[0m \u{1b}[0;1;39mtm \u{1b}[0;32mk-a.va.kb\u{1b}[0;2m=\u{1b}[0;94m42 \u{1b}[0;32mk-a.va.kc\u{1b}[0;2m=\u{1b}[0;94m43\u{1b}[0;2;3m @ tc\u{1b}[0m",
         );
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/theme.rs b/src/theme.rs
index f44fdfcf..2de3ef3b 100644
--- a/src/theme.rs
+++ b/src/theme.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ pub trait StylingPush<B: Push<u8>> {
     fn element<R, F: FnOnce(&mut Self) -> R>(&mut self, element: Element, f: F) -> R;
     fn batch<F: FnOnce(&mut B)>(&mut self, f: F);
     fn space(&mut self);
+    fn reset(&mut self);
 }
 
 // ---
@@ -238,6 +239,11 @@ impl<'a, B: Push<u8>> StylingPush<B> for Styler<'a, B> {
         self.buf.push(b' ');
     }
 
+    #[inline]
+    fn reset(&mut self) {
+        self.reset()
+    }
+
     #[inline]
     fn batch<F: FnOnce(&mut B)>(&mut self, f: F) {
         self.sync();