diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 42c0f4a..b8098c0 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 
+	"github.com/jedib0t/go-pretty/v6/text"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	appLogging "github.com/ublue-os/uupd/pkg/logging"
 	"golang.org/x/term"
@@ -107,6 +108,15 @@ func init() {
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(updateCheckCmd)
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(hardwareCheckCmd)
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(imageOutdatedCmd)
+	rootCmd.Flags().BoolP("hw-check", "c", false, "Run hardware check before running updates")
+	rootCmd.Flags().BoolP("dry-run", "n", false, "Do a dry run")
+	rootCmd.Flags().BoolP("verbose", "v", false, "Display command outputs after run")
+	rootCmd.Flags().Bool("ci", false, "Makes some modifications to behavior if is running in CI")
+
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&fLogFile, "log-file", "-", "File where user-facing logs will be written to")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&fLogLevel, "log-level", "info", "Log level for user-facing logs")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&fNoLogging, "quiet", false, "Make logs quiet")
+
 	interactiveProgress := true
 	if fLogFile != "-" {
 		interactiveProgress = false
@@ -115,13 +125,12 @@ func init() {
 	if !isTerminal {
 		interactiveProgress = false
 	}
-	rootCmd.Flags().BoolP("no-progress", "p", interactiveProgress, "Do not show progress bars")
-	rootCmd.Flags().BoolP("hw-check", "c", false, "Run hardware check before running updates")
-	rootCmd.Flags().BoolP("dry-run", "n", false, "Do a dry run")
-	rootCmd.Flags().BoolP("verbose", "v", false, "Display command outputs after run")
-	rootCmd.Flags().Bool("ci", false, "Makes some modifications to behavior if is running in CI")
+	if !text.ANSICodesSupported {
+		interactiveProgress = false
+	}
+	if !interactiveProgress {
+		text.DisableColors()
+	}
 
-	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&fLogFile, "log-file", "-", "File where user-facing logs will be written to")
-	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&fLogLevel, "log-level", "info", "Log level for user-facing logs")
-	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&fNoLogging, "quiet", false, "Make logs quiet")
+	rootCmd.Flags().BoolP("no-progress", "p", interactiveProgress, "Do not show progress bars")
 }