diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index 3d3076a..2db37ad 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -540,9 +540,15 @@
     (setq-local completing-read-function #'completing-read-default)
     (setq-local completion-in-region-function #'completion--in-region))
 
+  ;; https://github.com/mgalgs/.emacs.d/blob/master/init.el#L599-L602
+  (defun mgalgs-erc-ansi-colors ()
+    "For ansi color escape sequences"
+    (ansi-color-apply-on-region (point-min) (point-max)))
+
   :hook
   ((erc-insert-post erc-send-post) . erc-save-buffer-in-logs)
   ((erc-mode) . basil-default-completion)
+  ((erc-insert-modify) . mgalgs-erc-ansi-colors)
   :config
   (load (concat user-utils "erc-faces"))