diff --git a/neofetch b/neofetch
index 9db82184..90bf0966 100755
--- a/neofetch
+++ b/neofetch
@@ -11577,7 +11577,7 @@ main() {
     err "Neofetch command: $0 $*"
     err "Neofetch version: $version"
 
-    [[ $verbose == on ]] && printf %b "$err" >&2
+    [[ $verbose == on ]] && printf '%b\033[m' "$err" >&2
 
     # If `--loop` was used, constantly redraw the image.
     while [[ $image_loop == on && $image_backend == w3m ]]; do