Index: src/display/utils.h
===================================================================
--- src/display/utils.h	(revision 719)
+++ src/display/utils.h	(working copy)
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@
 char*       print_status_info(char* first, char* last);
 char*       print_status_extra(char* first, char* last, Control* c);
 
+char*       escape_amps(const char* string);
+int         colored_size(char *fmt, ...);
+
+
 inline char*
 print_buffer(char* first, char* last, const char* format) {
   if (first >= last)
Index: src/display/window_title.cc
===================================================================
--- src/display/window_title.cc	(revision 719)
+++ src/display/window_title.cc	(working copy)
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 
 #include "canvas.h"
 #include "window_title.h"
+#include "utils.h"
 
 namespace display {
 
@@ -51,8 +52,10 @@
   m_slotSchedule(this, (cachedTime + rak::timer::from_seconds(1)).round_seconds());
   m_canvas->erase();
 
-  m_canvas->print(std::max(0, (m_canvas->get_width() - (int)m_title.size()) / 2 - 4), 0,
-		  "*** %s ***", m_title.c_str());
+  char *escaped = escape_amps(m_title.c_str());
+  m_canvas->print_color(std::max(0, (m_canvas->get_width() - colored_size(escaped)) / 2 - 4), 0,
+		  "*** &bold;%s&clear; ***", escaped);
+  free(escaped);
 }
 
 }
Index: src/display/utils.cc
===================================================================
--- src/display/utils.cc	(revision 719)
+++ src/display/utils.cc	(working copy)
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 #include <torrent/rate.h>
 #include <torrent/tracker.h>
 #include <torrent/tracker_list.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
 
 #include "core/download.h"
 
@@ -266,4 +267,66 @@
   return first;
 }
 
+//
+// return a new string with '&' replaced with "&amp;", 
+// so it gets saved during print_color
+//
+char*
+escape_amps(const char *input) {
+  unsigned int i = 0, o = 0;
+  int count = 0;
+  char *output;
+
+  for (i=0; i<strlen(input); i++) {
+    if (input[i] == '&') count++;
+  }
+
+  output = (char *)malloc(sizeof(char) * (strlen(input)+(count*4)));;
+  for (i=0; i<strlen(input); i++) {
+    if (input[i] == '&') {
+      output[o++] = '&';
+      output[o++] = 'a';
+      output[o++] = 'm';
+      output[o++] = 'p';
+      output[o++] = ';';
+    }
+    else {
+      output[o++] = input[i];
+    }
+  }
+  output[o] = '\0';
+
+  return output;
 }
+
+//
+// return the length of a string post-colouring
+//
+int
+colored_size(char *fmt, ...) {
+  va_list fmtargs;
+  char input[1024];
+
+  va_start(fmtargs,fmt);
+  vsnprintf(input, 1024, fmt, fmtargs);
+  va_end(fmtargs);
+
+  unsigned int length = 0, i = 0, counting = 1;
+  for (i=0; i<strlen(input); i++) {
+    if (input[i] == '&') {
+      if (strncmp(input+i, "&amp;", 5) == 0) length -= 4;
+      else counting = 0;
+    }
+    else if (!counting && input[i] == ';') {
+      counting = 1;
+    }
+    else if (counting) {
+      length++;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return length;
+}
+
+
+}