diff --git a/src/bbs.c b/src/bbs.c
index c6affc6..af0e9d0 100644
--- a/src/bbs.c
+++ b/src/bbs.c
@@ -231,13 +231,24 @@ void timer_handler(int signum) {
 
 void s_printf(char *fmt, ...) {
 	char buffer[512];
+	int i;
+	int pos;
 
 	va_list ap;
 	va_start(ap, fmt);
 	vsnprintf(buffer, 512, fmt, ap);
 	va_end(ap);
 
-	s_putstring(buffer);
+	if (fmt[0] == '@' && fmt[1] == '@' && fmt[strlen(fmt)-1] == '@' && fmt[strlen(fmt)-2] == '@') {
+		pos = 0;
+		for (i=2;i<strlen(fmt) - 2;i++) {
+			buffer[pos++] = fmt[i];
+			buffer[pos] = '\0';
+		}
+		s_displayansi_pause(buffer, 0);
+	} else {
+		s_putstring(buffer);
+	}
 }
 
 int should_convert_utf8() {