diff --git a/src/ScateView.cpp b/src/ScateView.cpp
index d2dcc7a..135fe53 100644
--- a/src/ScateView.cpp
+++ b/src/ScateView.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <QLabel>
 #include <QKeyEvent>
 #include <QToolBar>
+#include <QTextBlock>
 
 using namespace Scate;
 
@@ -158,13 +159,19 @@ QWidget * ScateView::createOutputView()
     "SC Terminal"
   );
 
-  scOutView = new QTextEdit;
+  QFont defaultFont("monospace");
+  defaultFont.setStyleHint(QFont::TypeWriter);
+
+  scOutView = new QPlainTextEdit;
   scOutView->setReadOnly( true );
   scOutView->document()->setMaximumBlockCount( config.readEntry( "TerminalMaxRows", 500 ) );
-  scOutView->document()->setDefaultFont( config.readEntry( "TerminalFont", QFont() ) );
+  scOutView->document()->setDefaultFont( config.readEntry( "TerminalFont", defaultFont ) );
+  scOutView->setTabStopWidth(20);
   connect( plugin, SIGNAL( scSaid( const QString& ) ),
            this, SLOT( scSaid( const QString& ) ) );
 
+  new PostSyntaxHighlighter(scOutView->document());
+
   cmdLine = new CmdLine( "Code:", 30 );
   connect( cmdLine, SIGNAL( invoked( const QString&, bool ) ),
            plugin, SLOT( eval( const QString&, bool ) ) );
@@ -277,3 +284,14 @@ void ScateView::writeSessionConfig( KConfigBase* config, const QString& groupPre
   Q_UNUSED( config );
   Q_UNUSED( groupPrefix );
 }
+
+void PostSyntaxHighlighter::highlightBlock ( const QString & text )
+{
+    if (text.startsWith("ERROR", Qt::CaseInsensitive)) {
+        QTextBlock b(currentBlock());
+        QTextBlockFormat fm(b.blockFormat());
+        fm.setBackground(Qt::red);
+        QTextCursor c(b);
+        c.setBlockFormat(fm);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ScateView.hpp b/src/ScateView.hpp
index 56464c3..61d66c5 100644
--- a/src/ScateView.hpp
+++ b/src/ScateView.hpp
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@
 #include <kate/plugin.h>
 #include <kate/mainwindow.h>
 
-#include <QTextEdit>
+#include <QPlainTextEdit>
 #include <QLineEdit>
+#include <QSyntaxHighlighter>
 
 class ScatePlugin;
 class ScateHelpWidget;
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ class ScateView : public Kate::PluginView, public KXMLGUIClient
     ScatePlugin *plugin;
 
     QWidget *outputToolView;
-    QTextEdit *scOutView;
+    QPlainTextEdit *scOutView;
     Scate::CmdLine *cmdLine;
 
     QWidget *helpToolView;
@@ -73,4 +74,11 @@ class ScateView : public Kate::PluginView, public KXMLGUIClient
     QAction *aClearOutput;
 };
 
+class PostSyntaxHighlighter : QSyntaxHighlighter
+{
+public:
+    PostSyntaxHighlighter(QTextDocument *doc) : QSyntaxHighlighter(doc) {}
+    void highlightBlock ( const QString & );
+};
+
 #endif //SCATE_VIEW_H