diff --git a/cmd/executor/cmd/root.go b/cmd/executor/cmd/root.go
index c05c21b67..44a00c757 100644
--- a/cmd/executor/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/executor/cmd/root.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func init() {
 var RootCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use: "executor",
 	PersistentPreRunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-		if err := util.SetLogLevel(logLevel); err != nil {
+		if err := util.ConfigureLogging(logLevel); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		if !opts.NoPush && len(opts.Destinations) == 0 {
diff --git a/pkg/util/util.go b/pkg/util/util.go
index 73d3f70e0..617298a7b 100644
--- a/pkg/util/util.go
+++ b/pkg/util/util.go
@@ -28,13 +28,16 @@ import (
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
-// SetLogLevel sets the logrus logging level
-func SetLogLevel(logLevel string) error {
+// ConfigureLogging sets the logrus logging level and forces logs to be colorful (!)
+func ConfigureLogging(logLevel string) error {
 	lvl, err := logrus.ParseLevel(logLevel)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "parsing log level")
 	}
 	logrus.SetLevel(lvl)
+	logrus.SetFormatter(&logrus.TextFormatter{
+		ForceColors: true,
+	})
 	return nil
 }