diff --git a/config/config.example.yml b/config/config.example.yml
index 37b932ea..fefc28be 100644
--- a/config/config.example.yml
+++ b/config/config.example.yml
@@ -226,11 +226,13 @@ https_only: false
 ## Enables colors in logs. Useful for debugging purposes
 ## This is overridden if "-k" or "--colorize" 
 ## are passed on the command line.
+## Colors are also disabled if the environment variable
+## NO_COLOR is present and has any value
 ##
 ## Accepted values: true, false
-## Default: false
+## Default: true
 ##
-#colorize_logs: false
+#colorize_logs: true
 
 # -----------------------------
 #  Features
diff --git a/src/invidious/config.cr b/src/invidious/config.cr
index d8543d35..054f8db7 100644
--- a/src/invidious/config.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/config.cr
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class Config
   # Default log level, valid YAML values are ints and strings, see src/invidious/helpers/logger.cr
   property log_level : LogLevel = LogLevel::Info
   # Enables colors in logs. Useful for debugging purposes
-  property colorize_logs : Bool = false
+  property colorize_logs : Bool = true
   # Database configuration with separate parameters (username, hostname, etc)
   property db : DBConfig? = nil
 
diff --git a/src/invidious/helpers/logger.cr b/src/invidious/helpers/logger.cr
index 36a3a7f9..3c425ff4 100644
--- a/src/invidious/helpers/logger.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/helpers/logger.cr
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ enum LogLevel
 end
 
 class Invidious::LogHandler < Kemal::BaseLogHandler
-  def initialize(@io : IO = STDOUT, @level = LogLevel::Debug, @color : Bool = true)
+  def initialize(@io : IO = STDOUT, @level = LogLevel::Debug, @use_color : Bool = true)
   end
 
   def call(context : HTTP::Server::Context)
@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@ class Invidious::LogHandler < Kemal::BaseLogHandler
   {% for level in %w(trace debug info warn error fatal) %}
     def {{level.id}}(message : String)
       if LogLevel::{{level.id.capitalize}} >= @level
-        puts("#{Time.utc} [{{level.id}}] #{message}".colorize(color(LogLevel::{{level.id.capitalize}})).toggle(@color))
-
+        puts("#{Time.utc} [{{level.id}}] #{message}".colorize(color(LogLevel::{{level.id.capitalize}})).toggle(@use_color))
       end
     end
   {% end %}