diff --git a/src/boot_utils.py b/src/boot_utils.py
index 2e89d66..6e11d09 100644
--- a/src/boot_utils.py
+++ b/src/boot_utils.py
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 import discord
 from LRFutils import progress
 
+from src.utils.logging_formats import get_logging_formatter
+
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from .cobot import CObot
 
@@ -25,13 +27,11 @@ def setup_logger():
     # file logging
     file_handler = RotatingFileHandler("logs/debug.log", maxBytes=int(1e6), backupCount=2, delay=True)
 
-    log_format = logging.Formatter(
-        "[{asctime}] {levelname:<7}: [{name}] {message}",
-        datefmt="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", style='{'
-    )
-
-    file_handler.setFormatter(log_format)
-    stream_handler.setFormatter(log_format)
+    # add formatters to handlers
+    stream_supports_colors = discord.utils.stream_supports_colour(stream_handler.stream)
+    stream_handler.setFormatter(get_logging_formatter(stream_supports_colors))
+    file_supports_colors = discord.utils.stream_supports_colour(file_handler.stream)
+    file_handler.setFormatter(get_logging_formatter(file_supports_colors))
 
     # add handlers to root logger
     root_logger = logging.getLogger()
diff --git a/src/utils/logging_formats.py b/src/utils/logging_formats.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e5a4612
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/logging_formats.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import logging
+
+def get_logging_formatter(with_colors: bool):
+    "Return a logging formatter with or without colors"
+    if not with_colors:
+        return logging.Formatter(
+            fmt="[{asctime}] {levelname:<7} [{name}] {message}",
+            datefmt="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", style='{'
+        )
+
+    return _ColourFormatter()
+
+class _ColourFormatter(logging.Formatter):
+    "A formatter that adds colors to the log messages"
+    LEVEL_COLOURS = [
+        (logging.DEBUG, '\x1b[40;1m'),
+        (logging.INFO, '\x1b[34;1m'),
+        (logging.WARNING, '\x1b[33;1m'),
+        (logging.ERROR, '\x1b[31m'),
+        (logging.CRITICAL, '\x1b[41m'),
+    ]
+
+    FORMATS = {
+        level: logging.Formatter(
+            f'\x1b[30;1m%(asctime)s\x1b[0m {colour}%(levelname)-7s\x1b[0m \x1b[35m[%(name)s]\x1b[0m %(message)s',
+            '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S',
+        )
+        for level, colour in LEVEL_COLOURS
+    }
+
+    def format(self, record):
+        formatter = self.FORMATS.get(record.levelno)
+        if formatter is None:
+            formatter = self.FORMATS[logging.DEBUG]
+
+        # Override the traceback to always print in red
+        if record.exc_info:
+            text = formatter.formatException(record.exc_info)
+            record.exc_text = f'\x1b[31m{text}\x1b[0m'
+
+        output = formatter.format(record)
+
+        # Remove the cache layer
+        record.exc_text = None
+        return output