diff --git a/internal/ansi/ansi.go b/internal/ansi/ansi.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 1713b35..0000000
--- a/internal/ansi/ansi.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-package ansi
-
-import "regexp"
-
-var ansiRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`\x1b\[[0-9;]*m`)
-
-func StripANSI(s string) string {
-	return ansiRegex.ReplaceAllString(s, "")
-}
diff --git a/internal/cli/find.go b/internal/cli/find.go
index 23b43b2..e64561f 100644
--- a/internal/cli/find.go
+++ b/internal/cli/find.go
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ If -j or --json is added, the results will be in JSON format.`,
 
 		zets := zet.SearchZets(args[0])
 
-		zetList := zet.CreateZetList(zets)
-
-		result := zetList.Parse()
-
 		if jsonOutput {
+			zetList := zet.CreateZetList(zets, false)
+
+			result := zetList.Parse()
+
 			json, err := json.AsJSON(result)
 
 			if err != nil {
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ If -j or --json is added, the results will be in JSON format.`,
 
 			fmt.Println(json)
 		} else {
+			zetList := zet.CreateZetList(zets)
+
+			result := zetList.Parse()
+
 			fmt.Println(strings.Join(result, "\n"))
 		}
 	},
diff --git a/internal/cli/titles.go b/internal/cli/titles.go
index 29348ae..8ce0bd3 100644
--- a/internal/cli/titles.go
+++ b/internal/cli/titles.go
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ If -j or --json is added, the results will be in JSON format.`,
 	Run: func(cli *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		zets := zet.GetAllZets()
 
-		zetList := zet.CreateZetList(zets)
-
-		result := zetList.Parse()
-
 		if jsonOutput {
+			zetList := zet.CreateZetList(zets, false)
+
+			result := zetList.Parse()
+
 			json, err := json.AsJSON(result)
 
 			if err != nil {
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ If -j or --json is added, the results will be in JSON format.`,
 
 			fmt.Println(json)
 		} else {
+			zetList := zet.CreateZetList(zets)
+
+			result := zetList.Parse()
+
 			fmt.Println(strings.Join(result, "\n"))
 		}
 	},
diff --git a/internal/json/json.go b/internal/json/json.go
index 65ba5fa..77fcb1b 100644
--- a/internal/json/json.go
+++ b/internal/json/json.go
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
-
-	"code.oliverdavies.uk/opdavies/cmd-zet/internal/ansi"
 )
 
 type Item struct {
@@ -18,8 +16,7 @@ func AsJSON(zets []string) (string, error) {
 	var items []Item
 
 	for _, entry := range zets {
-		cleanEntry := ansi.StripANSI(entry)
-		parts := strings.SplitN(cleanEntry, " ", 2)
+		parts := strings.SplitN(entry, " ", 2)
 
 		id, _ := strconv.Atoi(parts[0])
 
diff --git a/internal/zet/zet.go b/internal/zet/zet.go
index a7e8a9e..b18a30f 100644
--- a/internal/zet/zet.go
+++ b/internal/zet/zet.go
@@ -13,12 +13,20 @@ import (
 )
 
 type ZetList struct {
-	Ids []int
+	Ids       []int
+	UseColors bool
 }
 
-func CreateZetList(ids []int) *ZetList {
+func CreateZetList(ids []int, useColors ...bool) *ZetList {
+	colorSetting := true
+
+	if len(useColors) > 0 {
+		colorSetting = useColors[0]
+	}
+
 	return &ZetList{
-		Ids: ids,
+		Ids:       ids,
+		UseColors: colorSetting,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -29,7 +37,11 @@ func (z *ZetList) Parse() []string {
 	reset := "\033[0m"
 
 	for _, num := range z.Ids {
-		line := fmt.Sprintf("%s%s%s %s", green, strconv.Itoa(num), reset, getTitle(num))
+		line := fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", strconv.Itoa(num), getTitle(num))
+
+		if z.UseColors {
+			line = fmt.Sprintf("%s%s%s %s", green, strconv.Itoa(num), reset, getTitle(num))
+		}
 
 		lines = append(lines, line)
 	}