diff --git a/css/glowingbear.css b/css/glowingbear.css
index 1efbcbc..9ba74c6 100644
--- a/css/glowingbear.css
+++ b/css/glowingbear.css
@@ -257,10 +257,6 @@ input[type=text], input[type=password], #sendMessage, .badge {
     min-height: 100%;
 }
 
-.monospace {
-    font-family: 'Inconsolata', 'Consolas', 'Monaco', 'Ubuntu Mono', monospace;
-}
-
 #bufferlines {
     position: relative;
     height: 100%;
@@ -478,10 +474,6 @@ h2 span, h2 small {
 /* Mobile layout */
 /* */
 @media (max-width: 968px) {
-    .monospace {
-        /* readability on mobile +9001% */
-        font-family: sans-serif;
-    }
 
     #bufferlines table {
         border-collapse: separate;
diff --git a/directives/input.html b/directives/input.html
index 27eb6be..58a72ed 100644
--- a/directives/input.html
+++ b/directives/input.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <form class="form form-horizontal" id="inputform" ng-submit="sendMessage()">
   <div class="input-group">
-    <textarea id="{{inputId}}" class="form-control monospace" ng-trim="false" rows="1" autocomplete="off" ng-model="command">
+    <textarea id="{{inputId}}" class="form-control favorite-font" ng-trim="false" rows="1" autocomplete="off" ng-model="command">
     </textarea>
     <span class="input-group-btn">
       <button class="btn btn-default btn-primary">Send</button>
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index db0816b..6178247 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -60,11 +60,11 @@
                 <div class="form-group">
                   <label class="control-label" for="host">WeeChat relay hostname and port number</label>
                   <div class="input-group">
-                    <input type="text" class="form-control monospace" id="host" ng-model="host" placeholder="Address">
-                    <input type="text" class="form-control monospace" id="port" ng-model="port" placeholder="Port">
+                    <input type="text" class="form-control favorite-font" id="host" ng-model="host" placeholder="Address">
+                    <input type="text" class="form-control favorite-font" id="port" ng-model="port" placeholder="Port">
                   </div>
                   <label class="control-label" for="password">WeeChat relay password</label>
-                  <input type="password" class="form-control monospace" id="password" ng-model="password" placeholder="Password">
+                  <input type="password" class="form-control favorite-font" id="password" ng-model="password" placeholder="Password">
                   <div class="alert alert-danger" ng-show="passwordError">
                     Error: wrong password
                   </div>
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ $ openssl req -nodes -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout relay.pem -x509 -days 365 -out rel
         <ul class="nav nav-pills nav-stacked" ng-class="{'indented': (predicate === 'serverSortKey')}">
           <li class="bufferfilter">
             <form role="form">
-              <input class="form-control monospace" type="text" id="bufferFilter" ng-model="search" ng-keydown="handleSearchBoxKey($event)" placeholder="Search">
+              <input class="form-control favorite-font" type="text" id="bufferFilter" ng-model="search" ng-keydown="handleSearchBoxKey($event)" placeholder="Search">
             </form>
           </li>
           <li class="buffer" ng-class="{'active': buffer.active, 'indent': buffer.indent }" ng-repeat="(key, buffer) in (filteredBuffers = (getBuffers() | toArray | filter:{fullName:search} | filter:hasUnread | orderBy:predicate))">
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ $ openssl req -nodes -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout relay.pem -x509 -days 365 -out rel
           </li>
         </ul>
       </div>
-      <div bindonce id="bufferlines" class="monospace" ng-swipe-right="showSidebar()" ng-swipe-left="hideSidebar()" ng-class="{'withnicklist': showNicklist}">
+      <div bindonce id="bufferlines" class="favorite-font" ng-swipe-right="showSidebar()" ng-swipe-left="hideSidebar()" ng-class="{'withnicklist': showNicklist}">
         <div id="nicklist" ng-if="showNicklist" ng-swipe-right="closeNick()" class="vertical-line-left">
           <ul class="nicklistgroup list-unstyled" ng-repeat="group in nicklist">
             <li ng-repeat="nick in group.nicks|orderBy:'name'">
diff --git a/js/glowingbear.js b/js/glowingbear.js
index e386dea..c591bda 100644
--- a/js/glowingbear.js
+++ b/js/glowingbear.js
@@ -866,12 +866,20 @@ weechat.controller('WeechatCtrl', ['$rootScope', '$scope', '$store', '$timeout',
     // Save setting for playing sound on notification
     $store.bind($scope, "soundnotification", false);
     // Save setting for font family
-    $store.bind($scope, "fontfamily", getClassStyle('monospace', 'fontFamily'));
+    $store.bind($scope, "fontfamily", getClassStyle('favorite-font', 'fontFamily'));
     // Save setting for font size
-    $store.bind($scope, "fontsize", getClassStyle('monospace', 'fontSize'));
+    $store.bind($scope, "fontsize", getClassStyle('favorite-font', 'fontSize'));
     // Save setting for readline keybindings
     $store.bind($scope, "readlineBindings", false);
 
+    if (!$scope.fontfamily) {
+        if ($rootScope.isMobileUi()) {
+            $scope.fontfamily = 'sans-serif';
+        } else {
+            $scope.fontfamily = "Inconsolata, Consolas, Monaco, Ubuntu Mono, monospace";
+        }
+    }
+
     // Save setting for displaying embeds in rootScope so it can be used from service
     $rootScope.visible = $scope.noembed === false;
 
@@ -947,11 +955,11 @@ weechat.controller('WeechatCtrl', ['$rootScope', '$scope', '$store', '$timeout',
 
     // Update font family when changed
     $scope.$watch('fontfamily', function() {
-        changeClassStyle('monospace', 'fontFamily', $scope.fontfamily);
+        changeClassStyle('favorite-font', 'fontFamily', $scope.fontfamily);
     });
     // Update font size when changed
     $scope.$watch('fontsize', function() {
-        changeClassStyle('monospace', 'fontSize', $scope.fontsize);
+        changeClassStyle('favorite-font', 'fontSize', $scope.fontsize);
     });
     // Crude scoping hack. The keypress listener does not live in the same scope as
     // the checkbox, so we need to transfer this between scopes here.