diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 7a093e0..ae19a80 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ $ openssl req -nodes -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout relay.pem -x509 -days 365 -out rel
             </li>
           </ul>
         </div>
-        <table ng-class="{'notimestamp':notimestamp}">
+        <table ng-class="{'notimestamp':!showtimestamp}">
           <tbody>
             <tr class="bufferline">
               <td ng-hide="activeBuffer().allLinesFetched" colspan="3">
@@ -290,8 +290,8 @@ $ openssl req -nodes -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout relay.pem -x509 -days 365 -out rel
                 <form class="form-inline" role="form">
                   <div class="checkbox">
                     <label>
-                      <input type="checkbox" ng-model="notimestamp">
-                      Hide timestamps
+                      <input type="checkbox" ng-model="showtimestamp">
+                      Show timestamps
                     </label>
                   </div>
                 </form>
diff --git a/js/glowingbear.js b/js/glowingbear.js
index 79bf521..4e58b83 100644
--- a/js/glowingbear.js
+++ b/js/glowingbear.js
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ weechat.controller('WeechatCtrl', ['$rootScope', '$scope', '$store', '$timeout',
     // We use 968 px as the cutoff, which should match the value in glowingbear.css
     var nonicklist = false;
     var noembed = false;
-    var notimestamp = false;
+    var showtimestamp = true;
 
     $rootScope.wasMobileUi = false;
 
@@ -810,8 +810,8 @@ weechat.controller('WeechatCtrl', ['$rootScope', '$scope', '$store', '$timeout',
     $store.bind($scope, "orderbyserver", false);
     // Save setting for updating favicon
     $store.bind($scope, "useFavico", true);
-    // Save setting for notimestamp
-    $store.bind($scope, "notimestamp", notimestamp);
+    // Save setting for showtimestamp
+    $store.bind($scope, "showtimestamp", showtimestamp);
     // Save setting for playing sound on notification
     $store.bind($scope, "soundnotification", false);