diff --git a/evennia/server/portal/ttype.py b/evennia/server/portal/ttype.py
index 2b8d3fd38..1f519f2d5 100644
--- a/evennia/server/portal/ttype.py
+++ b/evennia/server/portal/ttype.py
@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ class Ttype(object):
                                            "MUDLET",        # > beta 15 (sep 2009)
                                            "MUSHCLIENT",    # > 4.02 (apr 2007)
                                            "PUTTY",         # > 0.58 (apr 2005)
-                                           "BEIP"))         # > 2.00.206 (late 2009) (BeipMu)
+                                           "BEIP",          # > 2.00.206 (late 2009) (BeipMu)
+                                           "POTATO"))       # > 2.00 (maybe earlier)
 
             # all clients supporting TTYPE at all seem to support ANSI
             self.protocol.protocol_flags['ANSI'] = True
diff --git a/evennia/utils/ansi.py b/evennia/utils/ansi.py
index 383e47979..45f6fd08a 100644
--- a/evennia/utils/ansi.py
+++ b/evennia/utils/ansi.py
@@ -137,7 +137,10 @@ class ANSIParser(object):
 
         if use_xterm256:
             colval = 16 + (red * 36) + (green * 6) + blue
-            return "\033[%s8;5;%s%s%sm" % (3 + int(background), colval // 100, (colval % 100) // 10, colval%10)
+            return "\033[%s8;5;%sm" % (3 + int(background), colval)
+            # replaced since some cliens (like Potato) does not accept codes with leading zeroes, see issue #1024.
+            #return "\033[%s8;5;%s%s%sm" % (3 + int(background), colval // 100, (colval % 100) // 10, colval%10)
+
         else:
             # xterm256 not supported, convert the rgb value to ansi instead
             if red == green == blue and red < 3: