diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 564e8485..63334497 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ version = "0.4.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0b613b8e1e3cf911a086f53f03bf286f52fd7a7258e4fa606f0ef220d39d8877"
 dependencies = [
- "generic-array",
+ "generic-array 0.14.6",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ checksum = "fcb51a0695d8f838b1ee009b3fbf66bda078cd64590202a864a8f3e8c4315c47"
 dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.2.8",
  "once_cell",
- "version_check",
+ "version_check 0.9.4",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if 1.0.0",
  "getrandom 0.2.8",
  "once_cell",
- "version_check",
+ "version_check 0.9.4",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -150,6 +150,16 @@ version = "0.1.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4b46cbb362ab8752921c97e041f5e366ee6297bd428a31275b9fcf1e380f7299"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ansi-parser"
+version = "0.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bcb2392079bf27198570d6af79ecbd9ec7d8f16d3ec6b60933922fdb66287127"
+dependencies = [
+ "heapless",
+ "nom 4.2.3",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ansi_term"
 version = "0.12.1"
@@ -183,6 +193,18 @@ version = "0.7.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8da52d66c7071e2e3fa2a1e5c6d088fec47b593032b254f5e980de8ea54454d6"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "as-slice"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "45403b49e3954a4b8428a0ac21a4b7afadccf92bfd96273f1a58cd4812496ae0"
+dependencies = [
+ "generic-array 0.12.4",
+ "generic-array 0.13.3",
+ "generic-array 0.14.6",
+ "stable_deref_trait",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "async-attributes"
 version = "1.1.2"
@@ -644,7 +666,7 @@ version = "0.9.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4152116fd6e9dadb291ae18fc1ec3575ed6d84c29642d97890f4b4a3417297e4"
 dependencies = [
- "generic-array",
+ "generic-array 0.14.6",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -653,7 +675,7 @@ version = "0.10.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "69cce20737498f97b993470a6e536b8523f0af7892a4f928cceb1ac5e52ebe7e"
 dependencies = [
- "generic-array",
+ "generic-array 0.14.6",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -926,7 +948,7 @@ version = "0.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7ee52072ec15386f770805afd189a01c8841be8696bed250fa2f13c4c0d6dfb7"
 dependencies = [
- "generic-array",
+ "generic-array 0.14.6",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1293,7 +1315,7 @@ version = "0.1.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1bfb12502f3fc46cca1bb51ac28df9d618d813cdc3d2f25b9fe775a34af26bb3"
 dependencies = [
- "generic-array",
+ "generic-array 0.14.6",
  "typenum",
 ]
 
@@ -1303,7 +1325,7 @@ version = "0.11.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b1d1a86f49236c215f271d40892d5fc950490551400b02ef360692c29815c714"
 dependencies = [
- "generic-array",
+ "generic-array 0.14.6",
  "subtle",
 ]
 
@@ -1383,6 +1405,7 @@ name = "cursive_core"
 version = "0.3.5"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash 0.8.2",
+ "ansi-parser",
  "async-std",
  "crossbeam-channel",
  "enum-map",
@@ -1593,7 +1616,7 @@ version = "0.9.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d3dd60d1080a57a05ab032377049e0591415d2b31afd7028356dbf3cc6dcb066"
 dependencies = [
- "generic-array",
+ "generic-array 0.14.6",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2094,6 +2117,24 @@ dependencies = [
  "slab",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "generic-array"
+version = "0.12.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ffdf9f34f1447443d37393cc6c2b8313aebddcd96906caf34e54c68d8e57d7bd"
+dependencies = [
+ "typenum",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "generic-array"
+version = "0.13.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f797e67af32588215eaaab8327027ee8e71b9dd0b2b26996aedf20c030fce309"
+dependencies = [
+ "typenum",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "generic-array"
 version = "0.14.6"
@@ -2101,7 +2142,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bff49e947297f3312447abdca79f45f4738097cc82b06e72054d2223f601f1b9"
 dependencies = [
  "typenum",
- "version_check",
+ "version_check 0.9.4",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2220,6 +2261,15 @@ version = "1.8.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "eabb4a44450da02c90444cf74558da904edde8fb4e9035a9a6a4e15445af0bd7"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hash32"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d4041af86e63ac4298ce40e5cca669066e75b6f1aa3390fe2561ffa5e1d9f4cc"
+dependencies = [
+ "byteorder",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.12.3"
@@ -2259,6 +2309,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-traits",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "heapless"
+version = "0.5.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "74911a68a1658cfcfb61bc0ccfbd536e3b6e906f8c2f7883ee50157e3e2184f1"
+dependencies = [
+ "as-slice",
+ "generic-array 0.13.3",
+ "hash32",
+ "stable_deref_trait",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "heck"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -2533,7 +2595,7 @@ version = "0.1.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a0c10553d664a4d0bcff9f4215d0aac67a639cc68ef660840afe309b807bc9f5"
 dependencies = [
- "generic-array",
+ "generic-array 0.14.6",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3236,6 +3298,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "static_assertions",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nom"
+version = "4.2.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2ad2a91a8e869eeb30b9cb3119ae87773a8f4ae617f41b1eb9c154b2905f7bd6"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+ "version_check 0.1.5",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "nom"
 version = "5.1.2"
@@ -3243,7 +3315,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ffb4262d26ed83a1c0a33a38fe2bb15797329c85770da05e6b828ddb782627af"
 dependencies = [
  "memchr",
- "version_check",
+ "version_check 0.9.4",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3927,7 +3999,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "syn",
- "version_check",
+ "version_check 0.9.4",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3938,7 +4010,7 @@ checksum = "a1be40180e52ecc98ad80b184934baf3d0d29f979574e439af5a55274b35f869"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "version_check",
+ "version_check 0.9.4",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4886,7 +4958,7 @@ version = "0.2.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e113fb6f3de07a243d434a56ec6f186dfd51cb08448239fe7bcae73f87ff28ff"
 dependencies = [
- "version_check",
+ "version_check 0.9.4",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5119,7 +5191,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "standback",
  "stdweb",
  "time-macros 0.1.1",
- "version_check",
+ "version_check 0.9.4",
  "winapi 0.3.9",
 ]
 
@@ -5720,7 +5792,7 @@ version = "0.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9f214e8f697e925001e66ec2c6e37a4ef93f0f78c2eed7814394e10c62025b05"
 dependencies = [
- "generic-array",
+ "generic-array 0.14.6",
  "subtle",
 ]
 
@@ -5766,7 +5838,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2209b78d1249f7e6f3293657c9779fe31ced465df091bbd433a1cf88e916ec55"
 dependencies = [
  "ctor",
- "version_check",
+ "version_check 0.9.4",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5847,7 +5919,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "eyre",
  "flume",
  "futures-util",
- "generic-array",
+ "generic-array 0.14.6",
  "getrandom 0.2.8",
  "hashlink 0.8.1",
  "hex",
@@ -6066,6 +6138,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "wee_alloc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "version_check"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "914b1a6776c4c929a602fafd8bc742e06365d4bcbe48c30f9cca5824f70dc9dd"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.4"
diff --git a/veilid-cli/Cargo.toml b/veilid-cli/Cargo.toml
index fa613fde..92fccf4e 100644
--- a/veilid-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/veilid-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ rt-async-std = [ "async-std", "veilid-core/rt-async-std", "cursive/rt-async-std"
 rt-tokio = [ "tokio", "tokio-util", "veilid-core/rt-tokio", "cursive/rt-tokio" ]
 
 [dependencies]
-cursive = { path = "../external/cursive/cursive", default-features = false, features = [ "crossterm", "toml"]}
+cursive = { path = "../external/cursive/cursive", default-features = false, features = [ "crossterm", "toml", "ansi" ]}
 async-std = { version = "^1.9", features = ["unstable", "attributes"], optional = true }
 tokio = { version = "^1", features = ["full"], optional = true }
 tokio-util = { version = "^0", features = ["compat"], optional = true}
diff --git a/veilid-cli/src/ui.rs b/veilid-cli/src/ui.rs
index 39909958..b95694ad 100644
--- a/veilid-cli/src/ui.rs
+++ b/veilid-cli/src/ui.rs
@@ -344,11 +344,6 @@ impl UI {
             Ok(_) => {}
             Err(e) => {
                 let color = *Self::inner_mut(s).log_colors.get(&Level::Error).unwrap();
-
-                cursive_flexi_logger_view::push_to_log(StyledString::styled(
-                    format!("> {}", text),
-                    color,
-                ));
                 cursive_flexi_logger_view::push_to_log(StyledString::styled(
                     format!("  Error: {}", e),
                     color,
@@ -877,8 +872,12 @@ impl UI {
     pub fn add_node_event(&self, event: String) {
         let inner = self.inner.borrow();
         let color = *inner.log_colors.get(&Level::Info).unwrap();
+        let mut starting_style: Style = color.into();
         for line in event.lines() {
-            cursive_flexi_logger_view::push_to_log(StyledString::styled(line, color));
+            let (spanned_string, end_style) =
+                cursive::utils::markup::ansi::parse_with_starting_style(starting_style, line);
+            cursive_flexi_logger_view::push_to_log(spanned_string);
+            starting_style = end_style;
         }
         let _ = inner.cb_sink.send(Box::new(UI::update_cb));
     }