diff --git a/config/snekbox.cfg b/config/snekbox.cfg
index 778f90e8..91ba7c97 100644
--- a/config/snekbox.cfg
+++ b/config/snekbox.cfg
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ envar: "PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=true"
 envar: "PYTHONIOENCODING=utf-8:strict"
 envar: "PYTHONUNBUFFERED=true"
 envar: "PYTHONUSERBASE=/snekbox/user_base"
+envar: "PYTHON_COLORS=1"
 envar: "HOME=/home"
 
 keep_caps: false