diff --git a/Interlace/lib/core/__version__.py b/Interlace/lib/core/__version__.py
index 4c3e058..71e0d8e 100644
--- a/Interlace/lib/core/__version__.py
+++ b/Interlace/lib/core/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '1.9.6'
+__version__ = '1.9.7'
diff --git a/Interlace/lib/core/output.py b/Interlace/lib/core/output.py
index 69d7454..562ac99 100644
--- a/Interlace/lib/core/output.py
+++ b/Interlace/lib/core/output.py
@@ -1,17 +1,25 @@
 from enum import IntEnum
 from time import localtime, strftime
 
-from colorclass import Color
-from colorclass import disable_all_colors
-
 from Interlace.lib.core.__version__ import __version__
 
 
+class bcolors:
+    # credit to: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/287871/how-do-i-print-colored-text-to-the-terminal
+    HEADER = '\033[95m'
+    OKBLUE = '\033[94m'
+    OKCYAN = '\033[96m'
+    OKGREEN = '\033[92m'
+    WARNING = '\033[93m'
+    FAIL = '\033[91m'
+    ENDC = '\033[0m'
+    BOLD = '\033[1m'
+    UNDERLINE = '\033[4m'
+
+
 class OutputHelper(object):
     def __init__(self, arguments):
-        if arguments.nocolor:
-            disable_all_colors()
-
+        self._no_color = arguments.nocolor
         self.verbose = arguments.verbose
         self.silent = arguments.silent
         self.seperator = "====================================================="
@@ -29,11 +37,18 @@ class OutputHelper(object):
         if level == 0 and not self.verbose:
             return
 
-        formatting = {
-            0: Color('{autoblue}[VERBOSE]{/autoblue}'),
-            1: Color('{autogreen}[THREAD]{/autogreen}'),
-            3: Color('{autobgyellow}{autored}[ERROR]{/autored}{/autobgyellow}')
-        }
+        if not self._no_color:
+            formatting = {
+                0: f'{bcolors.OKBLUE}[VERBOSE]{bcolors.ENDC}',
+                1: f'{bcolors.OKGREEN}[THREAD]{bcolors.ENDC}',
+                3: f'{bcolors.FAIL}[ERROR]{bcolors.ENDC}'
+            }
+        else:
+            formatting = {
+                0: '[VERBOSE]',
+                1: '[THREAD]',
+                3: '[ERROR]'
+            }
 
         leader = formatting.get(level, '[#]')
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index aff64d3..bc01fea 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-colorclass==2.2.2
 netaddr==0.7.20
 tqdm==4.62.3