diff --git a/gooey/gui/windows/base_window.py b/gooey/gui/windows/base_window.py
index bf9280d..51a8644 100644
--- a/gooey/gui/windows/base_window.py
+++ b/gooey/gui/windows/base_window.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class BaseWindow(wx.Frame):
         subheading=_desc or '',
         parent=self)
 
-    self.runtime_display = RuntimeDisplay(self)
+    self.runtime_display = RuntimeDisplay(self, self.build_spec)
     self.foot_panel = footer.Footer(self)
     self.panels = [self.head_panel, self.config_panel, self.foot_panel]
 
diff --git a/gooey/gui/windows/runtime_display_panel.py b/gooey/gui/windows/runtime_display_panel.py
index 6335a46..5c544a9 100644
--- a/gooey/gui/windows/runtime_display_panel.py
+++ b/gooey/gui/windows/runtime_display_panel.py
@@ -23,9 +23,11 @@ class MessagePump(object):
 
 
 class RuntimeDisplay(wx.Panel):
-  def __init__(self, parent, **kwargs):
+  def __init__(self, parent, build_spec, **kwargs):
     wx.Panel.__init__(self, parent, **kwargs)
 
+    self.build_spec = build_spec
+
     self._init_properties()
     self._init_components()
     self._do_layout()
@@ -39,6 +41,11 @@ class RuntimeDisplay(wx.Panel):
     self.cmd_textbox = wx.TextCtrl(
       self, -1, "",
       style=wx.TE_MULTILINE | wx.TE_READONLY | wx.TE_RICH)
+    if self.build_spec.get('monospace_display'):
+      pointsize = self.cmd_textbox.GetFont().GetPointSize()
+      font = wx.Font(pointsize, wx.FONTFAMILY_MODERN,
+                   wx.FONTWEIGHT_NORMAL, wx.FONTWEIGHT_BOLD, False)
+      self.cmd_textbox.SetFont(font)
 
   def _do_layout(self):
     sizer = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
diff --git a/gooey/python_bindings/config_generator.py b/gooey/python_bindings/config_generator.py
index 9c7064c..a4d9e7a 100644
--- a/gooey/python_bindings/config_generator.py
+++ b/gooey/python_bindings/config_generator.py
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ def create_from_parser(parser, source_path, **kwargs):
     'num_required_cols':    kwargs.get('required_cols', 1),
     'num_optional_cols':    kwargs.get('optional_cols', 3),
     'manual_start':         False,
-    'layout_type':          'column'
+    'layout_type':          'column',
+    'monospace_display':    kwargs.get('monospace_display', False)
   }
 
   if show_config:
diff --git a/gooey/python_bindings/gooey_decorator.py b/gooey/python_bindings/gooey_decorator.py
index 53fd3f2..4850fbd 100644
--- a/gooey/python_bindings/gooey_decorator.py
+++ b/gooey/python_bindings/gooey_decorator.py
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ def Gooey(f=None,
           default_size=(610, 530),
           required_cols=2,
           optional_cols=2,
-          dump_build_config=False):
+          dump_build_config=False,
+          monospace_display=False):
   '''
   Decorator for client code's main function.
   Serializes argparse data to JSON for use with the Gooey front end