diff --git a/src/clients/irc.mjs b/src/clients/irc.mjs
index a4aafc3..0d9fbb7 100644
--- a/src/clients/irc.mjs
+++ b/src/clients/irc.mjs
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ import tls from "tls";
 import EventEmitter from "events";
 
 const colors = {
-  red: "\x0304$1\x0304",
-  blue: "\x0312$1\x0312",
-  yellow: "\x0308$1\x0308",
-  green: "\x0303$1\x0303"
+  red: "04",
+  blue: "12",
+  yellow: "08",
+  green: "03" // \x0F
 };
 const msgmodes = {
   normal: "PRIVMSG {recipient} :{msg}",
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const msgmodes = {
 
 const replaceColor = (match, color, text) => {
   if (colors.hasOwnProperty(color))
-    return colors[color].replace("\$1", text);
+    return `\x03${colors[color]}${text}\x0F`;
   return text;
 };