diff --git a/include/HistoryView.h b/include/HistoryView.h
index f5fabbb6..9eb0783f 100644
--- a/include/HistoryView.h
+++ b/include/HistoryView.h
@@ -44,12 +44,8 @@ public slots:
 	void sliderRangeChanged(int min, int max);
 
 private:
-	static const QList<QString> COLORS;
-
 	void init();
 
-	QString chooseRandomColor();
-
 	QVBoxLayout *top_layout_;
 	QVBoxLayout *scroll_layout_;
 
@@ -57,7 +53,6 @@ private:
 	QWidget *scroll_widget_;
 
 	QString last_sender_;
-	QMap<QString, QString> nick_colors_;
 };
 
 #endif  // HISTORY_VIEW_H
diff --git a/include/HistoryViewManager.h b/include/HistoryViewManager.h
index dcca609b..cdb20e98 100644
--- a/include/HistoryViewManager.h
+++ b/include/HistoryViewManager.h
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ public:
 	void sync(const Rooms &rooms);
 	void clearAll();
 
+	static QString chooseRandomColor();
+	static QMap<QString, QString> NICK_COLORS;
+	static const QList<QString> COLORS;
+
 public slots:
 	void setHistoryView(const RoomInfo &info);
 
diff --git a/src/HistoryView.cc b/src/HistoryView.cc
index 3692c493..ce2e2f6c 100644
--- a/src/HistoryView.cc
+++ b/src/HistoryView.cc
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
  * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
-#include <random>
-
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QScrollBar>
 #include <QtWidgets/QLabel>
@@ -24,31 +22,7 @@
 
 #include "HistoryView.h"
 #include "HistoryViewItem.h"
-
-const QList<QString> HistoryView::COLORS({"#FFF46E",
-					  "#A58BFF",
-					  "#50C9BA",
-					  "#9EE6CF",
-					  "#FFDD67",
-					  "#2980B9",
-					  "#FC993C",
-					  "#2772DB",
-					  "#CB8589",
-					  "#DDE8B9",
-					  "#55A44E",
-					  "#A9EEE6",
-					  "#53B759",
-					  "#9E3997",
-					  "#5D89D5",
-					  "#BB86B7",
-					  "#50a0cf",
-					  "#3C989F",
-					  "#5A4592",
-					  "#235e5b",
-					  "#d58247",
-					  "#e0a729",
-					  "#a2b636",
-					  "#4BBE2E"});
+#include "HistoryViewManager.h"
 
 HistoryView::HistoryView(const QList<Event> &events, QWidget *parent)
     : QWidget(parent)
@@ -65,8 +39,6 @@ HistoryView::HistoryView(QWidget *parent)
 
 void HistoryView::clear()
 {
-	nick_colors_.clear();
-
 	for (const auto msg : scroll_layout_->children())
 		msg->deleteLater();
 }
@@ -77,15 +49,6 @@ void HistoryView::sliderRangeChanged(int min, int max)
 	scroll_area_->verticalScrollBar()->setValue(max);
 }
 
-QString HistoryView::chooseRandomColor()
-{
-	std::random_device random_device;
-	std::mt19937 engine{random_device()};
-	std::uniform_int_distribution<int> dist(0, HistoryView::COLORS.size() - 1);
-
-	return HistoryView::COLORS[dist(engine)];
-}
-
 void HistoryView::addEvents(const QList<Event> &events)
 {
 	for (const auto &event : events) {
@@ -94,11 +57,11 @@ void HistoryView::addEvents(const QList<Event> &events)
 
 			if (msg_type == "m.text" || msg_type == "m.notice") {
 				auto with_sender = last_sender_ != event.sender();
-				auto color = nick_colors_.value(event.sender());
+				auto color = HistoryViewManager::NICK_COLORS.value(event.sender());
 
 				if (color.isEmpty()) {
-					color = chooseRandomColor();
-					nick_colors_.insert(event.sender(), color);
+					color = HistoryViewManager::chooseRandomColor();
+					HistoryViewManager::NICK_COLORS.insert(event.sender(), color);
 				}
 
 				addHistoryItem(event, color, with_sender);
diff --git a/src/HistoryViewManager.cc b/src/HistoryViewManager.cc
index 2091f98b..a91dcc4f 100644
--- a/src/HistoryViewManager.cc
+++ b/src/HistoryViewManager.cc
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
  * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
+#include <random>
+
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QStackedWidget>
 #include <QWidget>
@@ -39,7 +41,9 @@ HistoryViewManager::~HistoryViewManager()
 
 void HistoryViewManager::clearAll()
 {
-	for (const auto &view: views_) {
+	NICK_COLORS.clear();
+
+	for (const auto &view : views_) {
 		view->clear();
 		removeWidget(view);
 		view->deleteLater();
@@ -92,3 +96,39 @@ void HistoryViewManager::setHistoryView(const RoomInfo &info)
 
 	setCurrentWidget(widget);
 }
+
+QMap<QString, QString> HistoryViewManager::NICK_COLORS;
+
+const QList<QString> HistoryViewManager::COLORS({"#FFF46E",
+						 "#A58BFF",
+						 "#50C9BA",
+						 "#9EE6CF",
+						 "#FFDD67",
+						 "#2980B9",
+						 "#FC993C",
+						 "#2772DB",
+						 "#CB8589",
+						 "#DDE8B9",
+						 "#55A44E",
+						 "#A9EEE6",
+						 "#53B759",
+						 "#9E3997",
+						 "#5D89D5",
+						 "#BB86B7",
+						 "#50a0cf",
+						 "#3C989F",
+						 "#5A4592",
+						 "#235e5b",
+						 "#d58247",
+						 "#e0a729",
+						 "#a2b636",
+						 "#4BBE2E"});
+
+QString HistoryViewManager::chooseRandomColor()
+{
+	std::random_device random_device;
+	std::mt19937 engine{random_device()};
+	std::uniform_int_distribution<int> dist(0, HistoryViewManager::COLORS.size() - 1);
+
+	return HistoryViewManager::COLORS[dist(engine)];
+}