diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 9370d19..5f54f95 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
     foreman (0.40.0)
-      term-ansicolor (~> 1.0.7)
       thor (>= 0.13.6)
 
 GEM
@@ -47,7 +46,6 @@ GEM
       multi_json (~> 1.0.3)
       simplecov-html (~> 0.5.3)
     simplecov-html (0.5.3)
-    term-ansicolor (1.0.7)
     thor (0.14.6)
     win32console (1.3.0-x86-mingw32)
     xml-simple (1.0.15)
diff --git a/foreman.gemspec b/foreman.gemspec
index ea85bec..e2921c7 100644
--- a/foreman.gemspec
+++ b/foreman.gemspec
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.files = Dir["**/*"].select { |d| d =~ %r{^(README|bin/|data/|ext/|lib/|spec/|test/)} }
   gem.files << "man/foreman.1"
 
-  gem.add_dependency 'term-ansicolor', '~> 1.0.7'
-  gem.add_dependency 'thor',           '>= 0.13.6'
+  gem.add_dependency 'thor', '>= 0.13.6'
 
   if ENV["PLATFORM"] == "java"
     gem.add_dependency "posix-spawn", "~> 0.3.6"
diff --git a/lib/foreman/color.rb b/lib/foreman/color.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff0157b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/foreman/color.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+require "foreman"
+
+module Foreman::Color
+
+  ANSI = {
+    :reset          => 0,
+    :black          => 30,
+    :red            => 31,
+    :green          => 32,
+    :yellow         => 33,
+    :blue           => 34,
+    :magenta        => 35,
+    :cyan           => 36,
+    :white          => 37,
+    :bright_black   => 30,
+    :bright_red     => 31,
+    :bright_green   => 32,
+    :bright_yellow  => 33,
+    :bright_blue    => 34,
+    :bright_magenta => 35,
+    :bright_cyan    => 36,
+    :bright_white   => 37,
+  }
+
+  def self.enable(io)
+    io.extend(self)
+  end
+
+  def color?
+    return false unless self.respond_to?(:isatty)
+    self.isatty && ENV["TERM"]
+  end
+
+  def color(name)
+    return "" unless color?
+    return "" unless ansi = ANSI[name.to_sym]
+    "\e[#{ansi}m"
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/lib/foreman/engine.rb b/lib/foreman/engine.rb
index f6e28ed..71953fb 100644
--- a/lib/foreman/engine.rb
+++ b/lib/foreman/engine.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 require "foreman"
+require "foreman/color"
 require "foreman/process"
 require "foreman/procfile"
 require "foreman/utils"
 require "tempfile"
 require "timeout"
-require "term/ansicolor"
 require "fileutils"
 require "thread"
 
@@ -15,11 +15,10 @@ class Foreman::Engine
   attr_reader :directory
   attr_reader :options
 
-  extend Term::ANSIColor
+  COLORS = %w( cyan yellow green magenta red blue intense_cyan intense_yellow
+               intense_green intense_magenta intense_red, intense_blue )
 
-  COLORS = [ cyan, yellow, green, magenta, red, blue,
-             intense_cyan, intense_yellow, intense_green, intense_magenta,
-             intense_red, intense_blue ]
+  Foreman::Color.enable($stdout)
 
   def initialize(procfile, options={})
     @procfile  = Foreman::Procfile.new(procfile)
@@ -128,11 +127,11 @@ private ######################################################################
   rescue Errno::ECHILD
   end
 
-  def info(message, name="system", color=Term::ANSIColor.white)
+  def info(message, name="system", color=:white)
     output  = ""
-    output += color
+    output += $stdout.color(color)
     output += "#{Time.now.strftime("%H:%M:%S")} #{pad_process_name(name)} | "
-    output += Term::ANSIColor.reset
+    output += $stdout.color(:reset)
     output += message.chomp
     puts output
   end
@@ -182,8 +181,8 @@ private ######################################################################
   end
 
   def assign_colors
-    procfile.entries.each do |entry|
-      colors[entry.name] = next_color
+    procfile.entries.each_with_index do |entry, idx|
+      colors[entry.name] = COLORS[idx % COLORS.length]
     end
   end
 
@@ -191,13 +190,6 @@ private ######################################################################
     readers.invert[reader]
   end
 
-  def next_color
-    @current_color ||= -1
-    @current_color  +=  1
-    @current_color = 0 if COLORS.length < @current_color
-    COLORS[@current_color]
-  end
-
   def read_environment_files(filenames)
     environment = {}
 
diff --git a/spec/foreman/color_spec.rb b/spec/foreman/color_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..011224a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/foreman/color_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+require "spec_helper"
+require "foreman/color"
+
+describe Foreman::Color do
+
+  let(:io) { Object.new }
+
+  it "should extend an object with colorization" do
+    Foreman::Color.enable(io)
+    io.should respond_to(:color)
+  end
+
+  it "should not colorize if the object does not respond to isatty" do
+    mock(io).respond_to?(:isatty) { false }
+    Foreman::Color.enable(io)
+    io.color(:white).should == ""
+  end
+
+  it "should not colorize if the object is not a tty" do
+    mock(io).isatty { false }
+    Foreman::Color.enable(io)
+    io.color(:white).should == ""
+  end
+
+  it "should colorize if the object is a tty" do
+    mock(io).isatty { true }
+    Foreman::Color.enable(io)
+    io.color(:white).should == "\e[37m"
+  end
+
+end