diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0b0bf2f..557d155 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Improvements:
 * Make logging configurable and make logging (optionally) not overwrite the IEx prompt [#32](https://github.com/falood/exsync/pull/32)
 * Ensure that compilation errors are displayed in the console [#33](https://github.com/falood/exsync/pull/33)
 * Add a supervision hierarchy [#35](https://github.com/falood/exsync/pull/35)
+* Handle terminals that don't support ANSI colors [#38](https://github.com/falood/exsync/pull/38)
 
 Bug fixes:
 * Fix log when there are no configured group leaders [#36](https://github.com/falood/exsync/pull/36)
diff --git a/lib/exsync/logger/server.ex b/lib/exsync/logger/server.ex
index 920b8db..177caa9 100644
--- a/lib/exsync/logger/server.ex
+++ b/lib/exsync/logger/server.ex
@@ -62,8 +62,12 @@ defmodule ExSync.Logger.Server do
   end
 
   defp color_message(message, level) do
-    color = color(level)
-    [IO.ANSI.format_fragment(color, true), message | IO.ANSI.reset()]
+    if IO.ANSI.enabled?() do
+      color = color(level)
+      [IO.ANSI.format_fragment(color, true), message | IO.ANSI.reset()]
+    else
+      message
+    end
   end
 
   defp color(:debug), do: :cyan