diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6702046..aba3544 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ dependencies = [
     "requests",
     "tqdm",
     # Server
+    "zstdlib>=0.0.8",
     "waitress",
-    "zstdlib",
     "flask",
     # Both
     "human_readable",
diff --git a/rpipe/__init__.py b/rpipe/__init__.py
index 2d3f944..2dff3c5 100644
--- a/rpipe/__init__.py
+++ b/rpipe/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__: str = "9.2.4"  # Must be "<major>.<minor>.<patch>", all numbers
+__version__: str = "9.3.0"  # Must be "<major>.<minor>.<patch>", all numbers
diff --git a/rpipe/client/cli.py b/rpipe/client/cli.py
index fb92d5f..01cc763 100644
--- a/rpipe/client/cli.py
+++ b/rpipe/client/cli.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def cli() -> None:
     threads: int = max(1, (cpu := cpu_count()) - 1)
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(add_help=False)
     parser.set_defaults(method=None)
-    read_g = parser.add_argument_group("Read Options")
+    read_g = parser.add_argument_group("Read Mode")
     read_g.add_argument(
         "-b", "--block", action="store_true", help="Wait until a channel is available to read"
     )
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def cli() -> None:
         action="store_true",
         help="Attempt to read data even if this is a upload/download client version mismatch",
     )
-    write_g = parser.add_argument_group("Write Options")
+    write_g = parser.add_argument_group("Write Mode")
     write_g.add_argument(
         "-t",
         "--ttl",
@@ -79,17 +79,9 @@ def cli() -> None:
         type=int,
         help=f"The number of threads to use for compression. Default: {threads}",
     )
-    delete_g = parser.add_argument_group("Delete Options")
+    delete_g = parser.add_argument_group("Delete Mode")
     delete_g.add_argument("-d", "--delete", action="store_true", help="Delete all entries in the channel")
-    read_write_g = parser.add_argument_group("Read/Write Options")
-    # pylint: disable=duplicate-code
-    read_write_g.add_argument(
-        "-v",
-        "--verbose",
-        action="count",
-        default=0,
-        help="Increase Log verbosity, pass more than once to increase verbosity",
-    )
+    read_write_g = parser.add_argument_group("Read Mode / Write Mode")
     msg = (
         "Show a progress bar, if a value is passed, assume that's the number"
         " of bytes to be passed. Only valid while sending or receiving data."
@@ -99,7 +91,7 @@ def cli() -> None:
         "-P", "--progress", metavar="SIZE", type=_si, default=False, const=True, nargs="?", help=msg
     )
     # Config options
-    config = parser.add_argument_group("Config Options")
+    config = parser.add_argument_group("Configuration")
     config.add_argument("-u", "--url", help="The pipe url to use")
     config.add_argument("-c", "--channel", help="The channel to use")
     config.add_argument(
@@ -116,6 +108,16 @@ def cli() -> None:
         help=f"Encrypt the data; uses {PASSWORD_ENV} as the password if set, otherwise uses saved password",
     )
     config.add_argument("-s", "--ssl", action=argparse.BooleanOptionalAction, help="Require host use https")
+    log_g = parser.add_argument_group("Logging")
+    # pylint: disable=duplicate-code
+    log_g.add_argument(
+        "-v",
+        "--verbose",
+        action="count",
+        default=0,
+        help="Increase Log verbosity, pass more than once to increase verbosity",
+    )
+    log_g.add_argument("-N", "--no-color-log", action="store_true", help="Disable color in the log output")
     # Priority Modes
     priority_mode = parser.add_argument_group(
         "Alternative Modes",
@@ -148,7 +150,7 @@ def cli() -> None:
         title="Admin Commands",
         description=(
             "Server admin commands; must be used with --admin and should have a key file set before use."
-            " All arguments except --verbose, config arguments are ignored with admin commands."
+            " All arguments except logging and config arguments are ignored with admin commands."
             " Server must be configured to accept messages signed by your selected private key file"
         ),
         dest="method",
diff --git a/rpipe/client/main.py b/rpipe/client/main.py
index 5f0eef1..231b553 100644
--- a/rpipe/client/main.py
+++ b/rpipe/client/main.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
-from logging import basicConfig, getLevelName, getLogger
+from logging import StreamHandler, getLevelName, getLogger
 from inspect import Parameter, signature
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 from dataclasses import asdict
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import argparse
 import sys
 
+from zstdlib.log import CuteFormatter
 from human_readable import listing
 
 from ..shared import log
@@ -74,14 +75,24 @@ def _admin(ns: Namespace, conf: Config) -> None:
     func(**{i: getattr(ns, i) for i in kw})
 
 
-# pylint: disable=too-many-locals,too-many-statements
-def main(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser, parsed: Namespace) -> None:
+def _config_log(parsed: Namespace) -> None:
     # Log config
     log.define_trace()
-    lvl = log.level(parsed.verbose)
-    basicConfig(level=lvl, datefmt=log.DATEFMT, format=log.FORMAT)
-    getLogger(_LOG).info("Logging level set to %s", getLevelName(lvl))
-    del parsed.verbose
+    root = getLogger()
+    root.setLevel(lvl := log.level(parsed.verbose))
+    assert len(root.handlers) == 0, "Root logger should not have any handlers"
+    root.addHandler(sh := StreamHandler())
+    sh.setFormatter(CuteFormatter(fmt=log.FORMAT, datefmt=log.DATEFMT, colored=not parsed.no_color_log))
+    getLogger(_LOG).info(
+        "Logging level set to %s with colors %sABLED",
+        getLevelName(lvl),
+        "DIS" if parsed.no_color_log else "EN",
+    )
+
+
+# pylint: disable=too-many-locals,too-many-statements
+def main(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser, parsed: Namespace) -> None:
+    _config_log(parsed)
     # Load Config
     conf_d = {i: k for i, k in vars(parsed).items() if i in Config.keys()}
     if (pw := getenv(PASSWORD_ENV)) is not None:
diff --git a/rpipe/server/app.py b/rpipe/server/app.py
index b5e2c4a..4c9e4c1 100644
--- a/rpipe/server/app.py
+++ b/rpipe/server/app.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
-from logging import DEBUG, INFO, StreamHandler, FileHandler, Formatter, getLevelName, getLogger, shutdown
+from logging import DEBUG, INFO, StreamHandler, FileHandler, getLevelName, getLogger, shutdown
 from os import environ, close as fd_close
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from tempfile import mkstemp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import atexit
 
 from flask import Response, Flask, send_file, request
+from zstdlib.log import CuteFormatter
 import waitress
 
 from ..shared import TRACE, restrict_umask, remote_addr, log, __version__
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True, slots=True, kw_only=True)
 class LogConfig:
+    colored: bool
     log_file: Path
     verbose: int
     debug: bool
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ def start(self, conf: ServerConfig, log_file: Path, favicon: Path | None):
         lg.info("Starting server version: %s", __version__)
         # pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init
         self._objs = self.Objs(admin, Server(conf.debug, conf.state_file), favicon)
-        lg.info("Serving on %s:%s", conf.host, conf.port)
+        lg.info("Binding to %s:%s", conf.host, conf.port)
         if conf.debug:
             self.run(host=conf.host, port=conf.port, debug=True)
         else:
@@ -243,7 +245,7 @@ def _log_config(conf: LogConfig) -> Path:
             if conf.debug:
                 environ[rdlf_env] = str(log_file)
     # Setup logger
-    fmt = Formatter(log.FORMAT, log.DATEFMT)
+    fmt = CuteFormatter(log.FORMAT, log.DATEFMT, colored=conf.colored)
     fh = FileHandler(log_file, mode="a")
     stream = StreamHandler()
     root = getLogger()
diff --git a/rpipe/server/main.py b/rpipe/server/main.py
index 3874e28..cd70290 100644
--- a/rpipe/server/main.py
+++ b/rpipe/server/main.py
@@ -29,18 +29,19 @@ def cli() -> None:
         help="SSH ed25519 public keys to accept for admin access",
     )
     parser.add_argument("-F", "--favicon", type=Path, help="The favicon file, if desired")
-    log_group = parser.add_argument_group("Logging")
-    log_group.add_argument(
+    log_g = parser.add_argument_group("Logging")
+    log_g.add_argument(
         "-l", "--log-file", type=Path, default=None, help="The log file to append to, if desired"
     )
     # pylint: disable=duplicate-code
-    log_group.add_argument(
+    log_g.add_argument(
         "-v",
         "--verbose",
         action="count",
         default=0,
         help="Increase Log verbosity, pass more than once to increase verbosity",
     )
+    log_g.add_argument("-C", "--colored", action="store_true", help="Enable color in the log output")
     parser.add_argument("--debug", action="store_true", help="Run the server in debug mode")
     ns = parser.parse_args()
     gen = lambda C: C(**{i: getattr(ns, i) for i in (k.name for k in fields(C))})
diff --git a/rpipe/shared/log.py b/rpipe/shared/log.py
index 3fd9399..4ecbd07 100644
--- a/rpipe/shared/log.py
+++ b/rpipe/shared/log.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 
 DATEFMT = "%H:%M:%S"
-FORMAT = "%(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d - %(levelname)-8s - %(name)-10s - %(message)s"
+FORMAT = "%(cute_asctime)s.%(msecs)03d - %(cute_levelname)-8s - %(cute_name)-10s - %(cute_message)s"
 
 TRACE = DEBUG - 5
 assert TRACE > 0