diff --git a/css/glowingbear.css b/css/glowingbear.css
index 62a10fb..2541ee4 100644
--- a/css/glowingbear.css
+++ b/css/glowingbear.css
@@ -960,3 +960,11 @@ code {
     color: #444;
     border: 1pt solid #444;
 }
+
+#bufferlines.hideTime td.time {
+    display:none;
+}
+
+#bufferlines.hideTime td.prefix {
+    display:none;
+}
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 1928512..de02239 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ npm run build-electron-{windows, darwin, linux}</pre>
           </li>
         </ul>
       </div>
-      <div id="bufferlines" class="favorite-font" ng-swipe-right="swipeRight()" ng-swipe-left="swipeLeft()" ng-swipe-disable-mouse ng-class="{'withnicklist': showNicklist}" when-scrolled="infiniteScroll()" imgur-drop>
+      <div id="bufferlines" class="favorite-font" ng-swipe-right="swipeRight()" ng-swipe-left="swipeLeft()" ng-swipe-disable-mouse ng-class="{'withnicklist': showNicklist, 'hideTime': activeBuffer().hideBufferLineTimes}" when-scrolled="infiniteScroll()" imgur-drop>
         <table>
           <tbody>
             <tr class="bufferline">
diff --git a/js/models.js b/js/models.js
index 1ebc411..62ed94d 100644
--- a/js/models.js
+++ b/js/models.js
@@ -90,7 +90,9 @@ models.service('models', ['$rootScope', '$filter', 'bufferResume', function($roo
         // There are two kinds of types: bufferType (free vs formatted) and
         // the kind of type that distinguishes queries from channels etc
         var bufferType = message.type;
-        var type = message.local_variables.type;
+
+        // If type is undefined set it as other to avoid later errors
+        var type = message.local_variables.type || 'other';
         var indent = (['channel', 'private'].indexOf(type) >= 0);
 
         var plugin = message.local_variables.plugin;
@@ -98,6 +100,9 @@ models.service('models', ['$rootScope', '$filter', 'bufferResume', function($roo
 
         var pinned = message.local_variables.pinned === "true";
 
+        // hide timestamps for certain buffer types
+        var hideBufferLineTimes = type && type === 'relay';
+
         // Server buffers have this "irc.server.freenode" naming schema, which
         // messes the sorting up. We need it to be "irc.freenode" instead.
         var serverSortKey = plugin + "." + server +
@@ -365,6 +370,7 @@ models.service('models', ['$rootScope', '$filter', 'bufferResume', function($roo
             getHistoryDown: getHistoryDown,
             isNicklistEmpty: isNicklistEmpty,
             nicklistRequested: nicklistRequested,
+            hideBufferLineTimes: hideBufferLineTimes,
             pinned: pinned,
             queryNicklist: queryNicklist,
         };