diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index 5327317..4977f90 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -1,17 +1,11 @@
 ## Fixes to be implemented
 
-- highlighting does not repeat, only 1 will be highlighted, see #3
-
-- rm printYamlData() log.Fatal(), maybe return error on all printers?
-
 - refactor parser, there's some duplicate code, remove pattern from parser args
 
 ## Features to be implemented
 
 - add comment support (csf.NewReader().Comment = '#')
 
-- add output mode csv
-
 - add --no-headers option
 
 
diff --git a/cfg/config.go b/cfg/config.go
index 25ea36d..b6a8bb3 100644
--- a/cfg/config.go
+++ b/cfg/config.go
@@ -46,12 +46,10 @@ type Config struct {
 
 	/*
 	 FIXME: make configurable somehow, config file or ENV
-	 see https://github.com/gookit/color will be set by
-	 io.ProcessFiles() according to currently supported
-	 color mode.
+	 see https://github.com/gookit/color.
 	*/
-	MatchFG string
-	MatchBG string
+	ColorStyle color.Style
+
 	NoColor bool
 }
 
@@ -84,22 +82,43 @@ type Sortmode struct {
 	Age     bool
 }
 
-func Colors() map[color.Level]map[string]string {
-	// default color schemes
-	return map[color.Level]map[string]string{
+// default color schemes
+func Colors() map[color.Level]map[string]color.Color {
+	return map[color.Level]map[string]color.Color{
 		color.Level16: {
-			"bg": "green", "fg": "black",
+			"bg": color.BgGreen, "fg": color.FgBlack,
 		},
 		color.Level256: {
-			"bg": "lightGreen", "fg": "black",
+			"bg": color.BgLightGreen, "fg": color.FgBlack,
 		},
 		color.LevelRgb: {
 			// FIXME: maybe use something nicer
-			"bg": "lightGreen", "fg": "black",
+			"bg": color.BgLightGreen, "fg": color.FgBlack,
 		},
 	}
 }
 
+// find supported color mode, modifies config based on constants
+func (c *Config) DetermineColormode() {
+	if !isTerminal(os.Stdout) {
+		color.Disable()
+	} else {
+		level := color.TermColorLevel()
+		colors := Colors()
+		c.ColorStyle = color.New(colors[level]["bg"], colors[level]["fg"])
+	}
+}
+
+// Return true if current terminal is interactive
+func isTerminal(f *os.File) bool {
+	o, _ := f.Stat()
+	if (o.Mode() & os.ModeCharDevice) == os.ModeCharDevice {
+		return true
+	} else {
+		return false
+	}
+}
+
 func Getversion() string {
 	// main program version
 
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 9600cf2..828e129 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -69,10 +69,11 @@ func Execute() {
 				return nil
 			}
 
-			// prepare flags
+			// Setup
 			conf.CheckEnv()
 			conf.PrepareModeFlags(modeflag)
 			conf.PrepareSortFlags(sortmode)
+			conf.DetermineColormode()
 
 			if err := conf.PreparePattern(); err != nil {
 				return err
diff --git a/lib/helpers.go b/lib/helpers.go
index d13a188..dff6fbc 100644
--- a/lib/helpers.go
+++ b/lib/helpers.go
@@ -152,36 +152,13 @@ func trimRow(row []string) []string {
 	return fixedrow
 }
 
-func maskParens(in string) string {
-	/*
-	   we need  to escape  brackets, because  the color  module treats
-	   text enclosed within  < and > as a color  tag and therefore the
-	   color tags don't work anymore.
-
-	   See https://github.com/gookit/color/issues/52 for details.
-	*/
-	return strings.ReplaceAll(strings.ReplaceAll(in, ">", "⦘"), "<", "⦗")
-}
-
-func unmaskParens(in string) string {
-	// does the reverse from above during actual output
-	return strings.ReplaceAll(strings.ReplaceAll(in, "⦘", ">"), "⦗", "<")
-}
-
 func colorizeData(c cfg.Config, output string) string {
 	if len(c.Pattern) > 0 && !c.NoColor && color.IsConsole(os.Stdout) {
 		r := regexp.MustCompile("(" + c.Pattern + ")")
-		return r.ReplaceAllString(maskParens(output), "<bg="+c.MatchBG+";fg="+c.MatchFG+">$1</>")
+		return r.ReplaceAllStringFunc(output, func(in string) string {
+			return c.ColorStyle.Sprint(in)
+		})
 	} else {
 		return output
 	}
 }
-
-func isTerminal(f *os.File) bool {
-	o, _ := f.Stat()
-	if (o.Mode() & os.ModeCharDevice) == os.ModeCharDevice {
-		return true
-	} else {
-		return false
-	}
-}
diff --git a/lib/io.go b/lib/io.go
index 6e1645c..6a2cd1c 100644
--- a/lib/io.go
+++ b/lib/io.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package lib
 
 import (
 	"errors"
-	"github.com/gookit/color"
 	"github.com/tlinden/tablizer/cfg"
 	"io"
 	"os"
@@ -32,8 +31,6 @@ func ProcessFiles(c cfg.Config, args []string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	determineColormode(&c)
-
 	for _, fd := range fds {
 		data, err := parseFile(c, fd, pattern)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -51,18 +48,6 @@ func ProcessFiles(c cfg.Config, args []string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// find supported color mode, modifies config based on constants
-func determineColormode(c *cfg.Config) {
-	if !isTerminal(os.Stdout) {
-		color.Disable()
-	} else {
-		level := color.TermColorLevel()
-		colors := cfg.Colors()
-		c.MatchFG = colors[level]["fg"]
-		c.MatchBG = colors[level]["bg"]
-	}
-}
-
 func determineIO(c *cfg.Config, args []string) ([]io.Reader, string, error) {
 	var pattern string
 	var fds []io.Reader
diff --git a/lib/printer.go b/lib/printer.go
index f59bde6..06a619a 100644
--- a/lib/printer.go
+++ b/lib/printer.go
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func printData(w io.Writer, c cfg.Config, data *Tabdata) {
 }
 
 func output(w io.Writer, str string) {
-	fmt.Fprint(w, unmaskParens(str))
+	fmt.Fprint(w, str)
 }
 
 /*