diff --git a/src/zenlib/__init__.py b/src/zenlib/__init__.py
index 68ff4cf..e521a18 100644
--- a/src/zenlib/__init__.py
+++ b/src/zenlib/__init__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 from zenlib.types import NoDupFlatList, validatedDataclass
 from zenlib.namespace import nsexec
 
+# Global setting for color logging
+_ZENLIB_COLOR_TEXT = True
+
 __all__ = [
     "colorize",
     "ColorLognameFormatter",
@@ -16,4 +19,5 @@
     "update_init",
     "walk_dict",
     "check_dict",
+    "_ZENLIB_COLOR_TEXT",
 ]
diff --git a/src/zenlib/logging/colorlognameformatter.py b/src/zenlib/logging/colorlognameformatter.py
index 203c09c..8fd9344 100644
--- a/src/zenlib/logging/colorlognameformatter.py
+++ b/src/zenlib/logging/colorlognameformatter.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 __author__ = "desultory"
-__version__ = "3.1.0"
+__version__ = "3.2.0"
 
 from logging import Formatter
 
+from zenlib.util.colorize import colorize
+
 
 class ColorLognameFormatter(Formatter):
     """A logging formatter which colors the levelname of the log message.
@@ -24,7 +26,6 @@ def __init__(self, fmt="%(levelname)s | %(message)s", *args, **kwargs):
     def format(self, record):
         # When calling format, replace the levelname with a colored version
         # Note: the string size is greatly increased because of the color codes
-        from zenlib.util import colorize
 
         old_levelname = record.levelname
         color_info = self.level_colors.get(record.levelname, {"color": "white"})
diff --git a/src/zenlib/logging/loggify.py b/src/zenlib/logging/loggify.py
index 1520f04..3d7bf60 100644
--- a/src/zenlib/logging/loggify.py
+++ b/src/zenlib/logging/loggify.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 __author__ = "desultory"
-__version__ = "3.0.0"
+__version__ = "3.0.1"
 
-from zenlib.util import merge_class
+from zenlib.util.merge_class import merge_class
 from zenlib.logging.loggermixin import LoggerMixIn
 
 
diff --git a/src/zenlib/logging/utils.py b/src/zenlib/logging/utils.py
index 2e03d27..2381466 100644
--- a/src/zenlib/logging/utils.py
+++ b/src/zenlib/logging/utils.py
@@ -15,12 +15,16 @@ def _logger_has_handler(logger):
 
 
 def add_handler_if_not_exists(logger):
-    """Adds a ColorLognameFormatter handler to the logger if it doesn't have a handler already"""
+    """Adds a ColorLognameFormatter handler to the logger if it doesn't have a handler already
+    Coloring is diabled by the _ZENLIB_COLOR_TEXT variable in the colorize function
+    """
     if _logger_has_handler(logger):
         return
-    color_stream_handler = StreamHandler()
-    color_stream_handler.setFormatter(ColorLognameFormatter(fmt="%(levelname)s | %(name)-42s | %(message)s"))
-    logger.addHandler(color_stream_handler)
+    stream_handler = StreamHandler()
+    formatter = ColorLognameFormatter(fmt="%(levelname)s | %(name)-42s | %(message)s")
+    stream_handler.setFormatter(formatter)
+
+    logger.addHandler(stream_handler)
     logger.info("Added default handler to logger: %s", logger)
 
 
diff --git a/src/zenlib/util/colorize.py b/src/zenlib/util/colorize.py
index 5c880c5..5a532d2 100644
--- a/src/zenlib/util/colorize.py
+++ b/src/zenlib/util/colorize.py
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
-__version__ = "0.3.0"
+__version__ = "0.4.0"
+
 
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from enum import Enum
 
+import zenlib
+
 ANSI_START = "\x1b["
 
 
@@ -57,6 +60,9 @@ def __str__(self):
 
 
 def colorize(text: str, color="white", *args, **kwargs) -> str:
+    if not zenlib._ZENLIB_COLOR_TEXT:
+        return text
+
     try:
         color_code = Colors[color.upper()].value
     except (KeyError, AttributeError):
diff --git a/src/zenlib/util/main_funcs.py b/src/zenlib/util/main_funcs.py
index 03c0a9f..f546db9 100644
--- a/src/zenlib/util/main_funcs.py
+++ b/src/zenlib/util/main_funcs.py
@@ -2,13 +2,16 @@
 Functions to help with the main()
 """
 
-__version__ = "1.4.1"
+__version__ = "1.6.0"
 
 from argparse import ArgumentError, ArgumentParser, Namespace
 from importlib.metadata import version
-from logging import FileHandler, Formatter, StreamHandler, getLogger
+from logging import FileHandler, StreamHandler, getLogger
 from sys import argv
 
+import zenlib
+from zenlib.logging.colorlognameformatter import ColorLognameFormatter
+
 
 def get_base_args():
     return [
@@ -45,7 +48,6 @@ def get_kwargs_from_args(args, logger=None, base_kwargs={}, drop_base=True):
 
 def process_args(argparser, logger=None, strict=False):
     """Process argparser args, optionally configuring a logger."""
-    from zenlib.logging import ColorLognameFormatter
 
     if strict:
         args = argparser.parse_args()
@@ -76,7 +78,11 @@ def process_args(argparser, logger=None, strict=False):
             format_str += "%(levelname)s | %(name)-42s | %(message)s"
         else:
             format_str += "%(levelname)s | %(message)s"
-        formatter = ColorLognameFormatter(format_str) if not args.no_log_color else Formatter(format_str)
+
+        if args.no_log_color:
+            zenlib._ZENLIB_COLOR_TEXT = False
+
+        formatter = ColorLognameFormatter(format_str)
 
         # Add the formatter to the first handler, or add a new handler
         for handler in logger.handlers: