diff --git a/src/archbox b/src/archbox
index 5fd3d05..59510ca 100644
--- a/src/archbox
+++ b/src/archbox
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 . /etc/archbox.conf
 
 # Text colors/formatting
-red="\033[38;5;1"
-green="\033[38;5;2"
-bold="\033[1m"
-reset="\033[m"
+red='\033[1;31m' 
+green='\033[1;32m' 
+bold='\033[1m'
+reset='\033[m'
 
 err(){
     printf "${red}${bold}%s${reset}\n" "==> $*" 1>&2
diff --git a/src/archbox-desktop b/src/archbox-desktop
index 1a47fe0..dd06af1 100644
--- a/src/archbox-desktop
+++ b/src/archbox-desktop
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 . /etc/archbox.conf >/dev/null 2>&1
 
 # Text colors/formatting
-red="\033[38;5;1"
-green="\033[38;5;2"
-bold="\033[1m"
-reset="\033[m"
+red='\033[1;31m' 
+green='\033[1;32m' 
+bold='\033[1m'
+reset='\033[m'
 
 err(){
     printf "${red}${bold}%s${reset}\n" "==> $*" 1>&2
diff --git a/src/chroot_setup b/src/chroot_setup
index ee080e7..effe7ad 100644
--- a/src/chroot_setup
+++ b/src/chroot_setup
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Text colors/formatting
-red="\033[38;5;1"
-green="\033[38;5;2"
-bold="\033[1m"
-reset="\033[m"
+red='\033[1;31m' 
+green='\033[1;32m' 
+bold='\033[1m'
+reset='\033[m'
 
 err(){
     printf "${red}${bold}%s${reset}\n" "==> $*" 1>&2
diff --git a/src/init b/src/init
index 1f2e07b..5454cc8 100644
--- a/src/init
+++ b/src/init
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 . /etc/archbox.conf
 
 # Text colors/formatting
-red="\033[38;5;1"
-green="\033[38;5;2"
-bold="\033[1m"
-reset="\033[m"
+red='\033[1;31m' 
+green='\033[1;32m' 
+bold='\033[1m'
+reset='\033[m'
 
 err(){
     printf "${red}${bold}%s${reset}\n" "==> $*" 1>&2