diff --git a/config/config.example.yml b/config/config.example.yml
index d79622ad..f746d1f7 100644
--- a/config/config.example.yml
+++ b/config/config.example.yml
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ https_only: false
 
 ##
 ## Enables colors in logs. Useful for debugging purposes
-## This is overridden if "-k" or "--colorize" 
+## This is overridden if "-k" or "--colorize"
 ## are passed on the command line.
 ## Colors are also disabled if the environment variable
 ## NO_COLOR is present and has any value
diff --git a/src/invidious/helpers/logger.cr b/src/invidious/helpers/logger.cr
index 3c425ff4..03349595 100644
--- a/src/invidious/helpers/logger.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/helpers/logger.cr
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ enum LogLevel
 end
 
 class Invidious::LogHandler < Kemal::BaseLogHandler
-  def initialize(@io : IO = STDOUT, @level = LogLevel::Debug, @use_color : Bool = true)
+  def initialize(@io : IO = STDOUT, @level = LogLevel::Debug, use_color : Bool = true)
+    Colorize.enabled = use_color
+    Colorize.on_tty_only!
   end
 
   def call(context : HTTP::Server::Context)
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ class Invidious::LogHandler < Kemal::BaseLogHandler
   {% for level in %w(trace debug info warn error fatal) %}
     def {{level.id}}(message : String)
       if LogLevel::{{level.id.capitalize}} >= @level
-        puts("#{Time.utc} [{{level.id}}] #{message}".colorize(color(LogLevel::{{level.id.capitalize}})).toggle(@use_color))
+        puts("#{Time.utc} [{{level.id}}] #{message}".colorize(color(LogLevel::{{level.id.capitalize}})))
       end
     end
   {% end %}