diff --git a/copyparty/authsrv.py b/copyparty/authsrv.py
index a9947bc8..cef0ca82 100644
--- a/copyparty/authsrv.py
+++ b/copyparty/authsrv.py
@@ -1781,7 +1781,7 @@ class AuthSrv(object):
             if vol.flags.get("og"):
                 self.args.uqe = True
 
-            zs = str(vol.flags.get("tcolor", ""))
+            zs = str(vol.flags.get("tcolor", "")).lstrip("#")
             if len(zs) == 3:  # fc5 => ffcc55
                 vol.flags["tcolor"] = "".join([x * 2 for x in zs])
 
diff --git a/copyparty/svchub.py b/copyparty/svchub.py
index e1489b24..77b5c1f9 100644
--- a/copyparty/svchub.py
+++ b/copyparty/svchub.py
@@ -557,6 +557,10 @@ class SvcHub(object):
         except:
             raise Exception("invalid --mv-retry [%s]" % (self.args.mv_retry,))
 
+        al.tcolor = al.tcolor.lstrip('#')
+        if len(al.tcolor) == 3:  # fc5 => ffcc55
+            al.tcolor = "".join([x * 2 for x in al.tcolor])
+
         return True
 
     def _ipa2re(self, txt) -> Optional[re.Pattern]: