diff --git a/static/js/pad.js b/static/js/pad.js
index 17c2c800a..9dab9c618 100644
--- a/static/js/pad.js
+++ b/static/js/pad.js
@@ -570,16 +570,6 @@ var pad = {
     };
     options.view[key] = value;
     pad.handleOptionsChange(options);
-    // if the request isn't to hide line numbers then broadcast this to other users
-    if (key != "showLineNumbers" && key != "useMonospaceFont")
-    {
-      pad.collabClient.sendClientMessage(
-      {
-        type: 'padoptions',
-        options: options,
-        changedBy: pad.myUserInfo.name || "unnamed"
-      });
-    }
   },
   handleOptionsChange: function(opts)
   {
diff --git a/static/js/pad_editor.js b/static/js/pad_editor.js
index d336aa874..e838ae040 100644
--- a/static/js/pad_editor.js
+++ b/static/js/pad_editor.js
@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@ var padeditor = (function()
       {
         pad.changeViewOption('useMonospaceFont', $("#viewfontmenu").val() == 'monospace');
       });
-
-      settings.noColors = !settings.noColors; // Inversed so we can pass it to showauthorcolors
     },
     setViewOptions: function(newOptions)
     {
@@ -88,7 +86,7 @@ var padeditor = (function()
         return defaultValue;
       }
 
-      self.ace.setProperty("showsauthorcolors", settings.noColors);
+      self.ace.setProperty("showsauthorcolors", !settings.noColors);
 
       self.ace.setProperty("rtlIsTrue", settings.rtlIsTrue);