diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/HtmlHelper.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/HtmlHelper.java
index e12aab9fce..1357759fbd 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/HtmlHelper.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/HtmlHelper.java
@@ -316,9 +316,9 @@ public class HtmlHelper {
 
     private static Document sanitize(Context context, Document parsed, boolean view, boolean show_images) {
         SharedPreferences prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context);
-        boolean text_color = prefs.getBoolean("text_color", true);
-        boolean text_size = prefs.getBoolean("text_size", true);
-        boolean text_font = prefs.getBoolean("text_font", true);
+        boolean text_color = (!view || prefs.getBoolean("text_color", true));
+        boolean text_size = (!view || prefs.getBoolean("text_size", true));
+        boolean text_font = (!view || prefs.getBoolean("text_font", true));
         boolean text_align = prefs.getBoolean("text_align", true);
         boolean display_hidden = prefs.getBoolean("display_hidden", false);
         boolean disable_tracking = prefs.getBoolean("disable_tracking", true);