diff --git a/include/util/ILogEntry.h b/include/util/ILogEntry.h
index 7507200..1f35cd1 100644
--- a/include/util/ILogEntry.h
+++ b/include/util/ILogEntry.h
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 class ILogEntry
 {
   public:
-    virtual size_t size(void) const = 0;
+    virtual size_t size(void) const = 0;   // size of the log entry, including header
+    virtual size_t length(void) const = 0; // length of the payload (without header)
     virtual size_t serialize(std::function<size_t(const uint8_t *, size_t)> write) const = 0;
     virtual size_t deserialize(std::function<size_t(uint8_t *, size_t)> read) = 0;
     virtual ~ILogEntry() = default;
diff --git a/include/util/LogMessage.h b/include/util/LogMessage.h
index e2d5994..08eedb5 100644
--- a/include/util/LogMessage.h
+++ b/include/util/LogMessage.h
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ constexpr uint32_t messagePayloadSize = 233;
  * Note: this struct does have vtable pointers, i.e. sizeof(LogMessageHeader)-8 is the real data size
  */
 struct LogMessageHeader : public ILogEntry {
+    size_t length(void) const override { return _size; }
+
     uint16_t _size;
     time_t time;
     uint32_t from;
diff --git a/source/graphics/TFT/TFTView_320x240.cpp b/source/graphics/TFT/TFTView_320x240.cpp
index a468139..49382d1 100644
--- a/source/graphics/TFT/TFTView_320x240.cpp
+++ b/source/graphics/TFT/TFTView_320x240.cpp
@@ -6347,8 +6347,8 @@ void TFTView_320x240::restoreMessage(const LogMessage &msg)
             pos += sprintf(buf, "%04x ", msg.from & 0xffff);
         }
         uint32_t len = timestamp(buf + pos, msg.time, false);
-        memcpy(buf + pos + len, msg.bytes, msg.size());
-        buf[pos + len + msg.size()] = 0;
+        memcpy(buf + pos + len, msg.bytes, msg.length());
+        buf[pos + len + msg.length()] = 0;
 
         lv_obj_t *container = newMessageContainer(msg.from, msg.to, msg.ch);
         lv_obj_add_flag(container, LV_OBJ_FLAG_HIDDEN);