2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/crawl-ref/source/menu.cc b/crawl-ref/source/menu.cc
index dfdefa778f..d40564fad1 100644
--- a/crawl-ref/source/menu.cc
+++ b/crawl-ref/source/menu.cc
@@ -1286,9 +1286,15 @@ void column_composer::compose_formatted_column(
     }
 }
 
+formatted_scroller::formatted_scroller() : Menu()
+{
+    set_highlighter(NULL);
+}
+
 formatted_scroller::formatted_scroller(int _flags, const std::string& s) :
     Menu(_flags)
 {
+    set_highlighter(NULL);
     add_text(s);
 }
 
diff --git a/crawl-ref/source/menu.h b/crawl-ref/source/menu.h
index de1032f99b..606579c7f8 100644
--- a/crawl-ref/source/menu.h
+++ b/crawl-ref/source/menu.h
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ private:
 class formatted_scroller : public Menu
 {
 public:
-    formatted_scroller() {}
+    formatted_scroller();
     formatted_scroller(int flags, const std::string& s);
     virtual void add_item_formatted_string(const formatted_string& s,
                                            int hotkey = 0);