diff --git a/dev/LogErrorEmailFormatter.php b/dev/LogErrorEmailFormatter.php
index b9cae0c55..3f213be56 100644
--- a/dev/LogErrorEmailFormatter.php
+++ b/dev/LogErrorEmailFormatter.php
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ class SS_LogErrorEmailFormatter implements Zend_Log_Formatter_Interface {
 		$errline = $event['message']['errline'];
 		$errcontext = $event['message']['errcontext'];
 
-		$data = "<div style=\"border: 5px $colour solid\">\n";
+		$data = '';
+		$data .= '<style type="text/css">html, body, table {font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12px;}</style>';
+		$data .= "<div style=\"border: 5px $colour solid;\">\n";
 		$data .= "<p style=\"color: white; background-color: $colour; margin: 0\">[$errorType] $errstr<br />$errfile:$errline\n<br />\n<br />\n</p>\n";
 
 		// Get a backtrace, filtering out debug method calls