diff --git a/logger/logger.go b/logger/logger.go
index 49841f20..a3b80880 100644
--- a/logger/logger.go
+++ b/logger/logger.go
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func setDefaultOutputs() {
 // colorOutput() sets the prefix of each log type to matching colour
 // TODO: add windows support
 func colourOutput() {
-	if runtime.GOOS != "windows" {
+	if runtime.GOOS != "windows" || Logger.ColourOutputOverride {
 		debugLogger.SetPrefix("\033[34m[DEBUG]\033[0m: ")
 		infoLogger.SetPrefix("\033[32m[INFO]\033[0m: ")
 		warnLogger.SetPrefix("\033[33m[WARN]\033[0m: ")
diff --git a/logger/logger_types.go b/logger/logger_types.go
index b2671694..970d8900 100644
--- a/logger/logger_types.go
+++ b/logger/logger_types.go
@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@ import (
 
 // Logging struct that holds all user configurable options for the logger
 type Logging struct {
-	Enabled      *bool  `json:"enabled,omitempty"`
-	File         string `json:"file"`
-	ColourOutput bool   `json:"colour"`
-	Level        string `json:"level"`
-	Rotate       bool   `json:"rotate"`
+	Enabled              *bool  `json:"enabled,omitempty"`
+	File                 string `json:"file"`
+	ColourOutput         bool   `json:"colour"`
+	ColourOutputOverride bool   `json:"colourOverride,omitempty"`
+	Level                string `json:"level"`
+	Rotate               bool   `json:"rotate"`
 }
 
 var (