diff --git a/lib/logger.js b/lib/logger.js
index 621fe174b..b12ae4d04 100644
--- a/lib/logger.js
+++ b/lib/logger.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ module.exports.setup = function(logs) {
 			if (target.format === 'pretty') {
 				// making fake stream for prettypritting
 				stream.write = function(obj) {
-					dest.write(print(obj.level, obj.msg, obj) + "\n");
+					dest.write(print(obj.level, obj.msg, obj, dest.isTTY) + "\n");
 				}
 			} else {
 				stream.write = function(obj) {
@@ -101,14 +101,19 @@ function pad(str) {
 	return str;
 };
 
-var subsystems = {
+var subsystems = [{
 	in: '\x1b[32m<--\x1b[39m',
 	out: '\x1b[33m-->\x1b[39m',
 	fs: '\x1b[37m-*-\x1b[39m',
 	default: '\x1b[34m---\x1b[39m',
-};
+}, {
+	in: '<--',
+	out: '-->',
+	fs: '-*-',
+	default: '---',
+}];
 
-function print(type, msg, obj) {
+function print(type, msg, obj, colors) {
 	if (typeof type === 'number') type = getlvl(type);
 	var finalmsg = msg.replace(/@{(!?[$A-Za-z_][$0-9A-Za-z\._]*)}/g, function(_, name) {
 		var str = obj, is_error;
@@ -128,17 +133,24 @@ function print(type, msg, obj) {
 		}
 
 		if (typeof(str) === 'string') {
-			if (is_error) {
+			if (!colors) {
+				return str;
+			} else if (is_error) {
 				return '\x1b[31m' + str + '\x1b[39m';
 			} else {
 				return '\x1b[32m' + str + '\x1b[39m';
 			}
 		} else {
-			return require('util').inspect(str, void 0, void 0, true);
+			return require('util').inspect(str, void 0, void 0, colors);
 		}
 	});
-	var sub = subsystems[obj.sub] || subsystems.default;
+	var sub = subsystems[+!colors][obj.sub] || subsystems[+!colors].default;
+	//                   ^^--- black magic... kidding, just "colors ? 0 : 1"
 
-	return " \x1b[" + levels[type] + "m" + (pad(type)) + "\x1b[39m " + sub + " " + finalmsg;
+	if (colors) {
+		return " \x1b[" + levels[type] + "m" + (pad(type)) + "\x1b[39m " + sub + " " + finalmsg;
+	} else {
+		return " " + (pad(type)) + " " + sub + " " + finalmsg;
+	}
 };