diff --git a/copyparty/__main__.py b/copyparty/__main__.py
index 04bf5ce0..a86df674 100755
--- a/copyparty/__main__.py
+++ b/copyparty/__main__.py
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ def main(argv: Optional[list[str]] = None) -> None:
         S_VERSION,
         CODENAME,
         S_BUILD_DT,
-        py_desc().replace("[", "\033[1;30m["),
+        py_desc().replace("[", "\033[90m["),
         SQLITE_VER,
         JINJA_VER,
         PYFTPD_VER,
diff --git a/copyparty/httpsrv.py b/copyparty/httpsrv.py
index ff0ce449..b14d6ad2 100644
--- a/copyparty/httpsrv.py
+++ b/copyparty/httpsrv.py
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ class HttpSrv(object):
 
         while not self.stopping:
             if self.args.log_conn:
-                self.log(self.name, "|%sC-ncli" % ("-" * 1,), c="1;30")
+                self.log(self.name, "|%sC-ncli" % ("-" * 1,), c="90")
 
             if self.ncli >= self.nclimax:
                 self.log(self.name, "at connection limit; waiting", 3)
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ class HttpSrv(object):
                     time.sleep(0.1)
 
             if self.args.log_conn:
-                self.log(self.name, "|%sC-acc1" % ("-" * 2,), c="1;30")
+                self.log(self.name, "|%sC-acc1" % ("-" * 2,), c="90")
 
             try:
                 sck, addr = srv_sck.accept()
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ class HttpSrv(object):
                 t = "|{}C-acc2 \033[0;36m{} \033[3{}m{}".format(
                     "-" * 3, ip, port % 8, port
                 )
-                self.log("%s %s" % addr, t, c="1;30")
+                self.log("%s %s" % addr, t, c="90")
 
             self.accept(sck, addr)
 
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ class HttpSrv(object):
         fno = sck.fileno()
         try:
             if self.args.log_conn:
-                self.log("%s %s" % addr, "|%sC-crun" % ("-" * 4,), c="1;30")
+                self.log("%s %s" % addr, "|%sC-crun" % ("-" * 4,), c="90")
 
             cli.run()
 
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ class HttpSrv(object):
         finally:
             sck = cli.s
             if self.args.log_conn:
-                self.log("%s %s" % addr, "|%sC-cdone" % ("-" * 5,), c="1;30")
+                self.log("%s %s" % addr, "|%sC-cdone" % ("-" * 5,), c="90")
 
             try:
                 fno = sck.fileno()
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ class HttpSrv(object):
                     self.log(
                         "%s %s" % addr,
                         "shut({}): {}".format(fno, ex),
-                        c="1;30",
+                        c="90",
                     )
                 if ex.errno not in E_SCK:
                     raise
diff --git a/copyparty/th_srv.py b/copyparty/th_srv.py
index ae045bc0..d92b186e 100644
--- a/copyparty/th_srv.py
+++ b/copyparty/th_srv.py
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ class ThumbSrv(object):
                 except Exception as ex:
                     msg = "{} could not create thumbnail of {}\n{}"
                     msg = msg.format(fun.__name__, abspath, min_ex())
-                    c: Union[str, int] = 1 if "<Signals.SIG" in msg else "1;30"
+                    c: Union[str, int] = 1 if "<Signals.SIG" in msg else "90"
                     self.log(msg, c)
                     if getattr(ex, "returncode", 0) != 321:
                         with open(tpath, "wb") as _:
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ class ThumbSrv(object):
             try:
                 im = self.fancy_pillow(im)
             except Exception as ex:
-                self.log("fancy_pillow {}".format(ex), "1;30")
+                self.log("fancy_pillow {}".format(ex), "90")
                 im.thumbnail(self.res)
 
             fmts = ["RGB", "L"]
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ class ThumbSrv(object):
         if not ret:
             return
 
-        c: Union[str, int] = "1;30"
+        c: Union[str, int] = "90"
         t = "FFmpeg failed (probably a corrupt video file):\n"
         if (
             (not self.args.th_ff_jpg or time.time() - int(self.args.th_ff_jpg) < 60)
diff --git a/copyparty/up2k.py b/copyparty/up2k.py
index fd7ac1cc..3160d316 100644
--- a/copyparty/up2k.py
+++ b/copyparty/up2k.py
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ class Up2k(object):
 
         ft = "\033[0;32m{}{:.0}"
         ff = "\033[0;35m{}{:.0}"
-        fv = "\033[0;36m{}:\033[1;30m{}"
+        fv = "\033[0;36m{}:\033[90m{}"
         fx = set(("html_head",))
         a = [
             (ft if v is True else ff if v is False else fv).format(k, str(v))
@@ -1441,7 +1441,7 @@ class Up2k(object):
 
         if self.args.mtag_vv:
             t = "parsers for {}: \033[0m{}"
-            self.log(t.format(ptop, list(parsers.keys())), "1;30")
+            self.log(t.format(ptop, list(parsers.keys())), "90")
 
         self.mtp_parsers[ptop] = parsers
 
@@ -1572,7 +1572,7 @@ class Up2k(object):
             all_parsers = self.mtp_parsers[ptop]
         except:
             if self.args.mtag_vv:
-                self.log("no mtp defined for {}".format(ptop), "1;30")
+                self.log("no mtp defined for {}".format(ptop), "90")
             return {}
 
         entags = self.entags[ptop]
@@ -1584,13 +1584,13 @@ class Up2k(object):
                     if v.audio == "n":
                         if self.args.mtag_vv:
                             t = "skip mtp {}; is no-audio, have audio"
-                            self.log(t.format(k), "1;30")
+                            self.log(t.format(k), "90")
                         continue
                 # is not audio, require audio?
                 elif v.audio == "y":
                     if self.args.mtag_vv:
                         t = "skip mtp {}; is audio, have no-audio"
-                        self.log(t.format(k), "1;30")
+                        self.log(t.format(k), "90")
                     continue
 
             if v.ext:
@@ -1603,7 +1603,7 @@ class Up2k(object):
                 if not match:
                     if self.args.mtag_vv:
                         t = "skip mtp {}; need file-ext {}, have {}"
-                        self.log(t.format(k, v.ext, abspath.rsplit(".")[-1]), "1;30")
+                        self.log(t.format(k, v.ext, abspath.rsplit(".")[-1]), "90")
                     continue
 
             parsers[k] = v
@@ -1651,13 +1651,13 @@ class Up2k(object):
                 if not qe.mtp:
                     if self.args.mtag_vv:
                         t = "tag-thr: {}({})"
-                        self.log(t.format(self.mtag.backend, qe.abspath), "1;30")
+                        self.log(t.format(self.mtag.backend, qe.abspath), "90")
 
                     tags = self.mtag.get(qe.abspath)
                 else:
                     if self.args.mtag_vv:
                         t = "tag-thr: {}({})"
-                        self.log(t.format(list(qe.mtp.keys()), qe.abspath), "1;30")
+                        self.log(t.format(list(qe.mtp.keys()), qe.abspath), "90")
 
                     tags = self.mtag.get_bin(qe.mtp, qe.abspath, qe.oth_tags)
                     vtags = [
diff --git a/copyparty/util.py b/copyparty/util.py
index 5d8be452..ec6d11a9 100644
--- a/copyparty/util.py
+++ b/copyparty/util.py
@@ -1752,7 +1752,7 @@ def shut_socket(log: "NamedLogger", sck: socket.socket, timeout: int = 3) -> Non
     finally:
         td = time.time() - t0
         if td >= 1:
-            log("shut({}) in {:.3f} sec".format(fd, td), "1;30")
+            log("shut({}) in {:.3f} sec".format(fd, td), "90")
 
         sck.close()