diff --git a/src/pocketmine/PocketMine.php b/src/pocketmine/PocketMine.php
index fa7eee849..04c07673c 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/PocketMine.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/PocketMine.php
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ namespace pocketmine {
 
 	define('pocketmine\RESOURCE_PATH', \pocketmine\PATH . 'src' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'pocketmine' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'resources' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
 
-	$opts = getopt("", ["data:", "plugins:", "no-wizard"]);
+	$opts = getopt("", ["data:", "plugins:", "no-wizard", "enable-ansi", "disable-ansi"]);
 
 	define('pocketmine\DATA', isset($opts["data"]) ? $opts["data"] . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR : realpath(getcwd()) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
 	define('pocketmine\PLUGIN_PATH', isset($opts["plugins"]) ? $opts["plugins"] . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR : realpath(getcwd()) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . "plugins" . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
@@ -197,6 +197,14 @@ namespace pocketmine {
 	//Logger has a dependency on timezone
 	$tzError = Timezone::init();
 
+	if(isset($opts["enable-ansi"])){
+		Terminal::init(true);
+	}elseif(isset($opts["disable-ansi"])){
+		Terminal::init(false);
+	}else{
+		Terminal::init();
+	}
+
 	$logger = new MainLogger(\pocketmine\DATA . "server.log");
 	$logger->registerStatic();
 
diff --git a/src/pocketmine/utils/MainLogger.php b/src/pocketmine/utils/MainLogger.php
index f3922d00f..83d0f379b 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/utils/MainLogger.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/utils/MainLogger.php
@@ -302,20 +302,18 @@ class MainLogger extends \AttachableThreadedLogger{
 
 		$message = sprintf($this->format, $time->format("H:i:s"), $color, $threadName, $prefix, $message);
 
-		$this->synchronized(function() use ($message, $level, $time) : void{
-			$cleanMessage = TextFormat::clean($message);
+		if(!Terminal::isInit()){
+			Terminal::init($this->mainThreadHasFormattingCodes); //lazy-init colour codes because we don't know if they've been registered on this thread
+		}
 
-			if($this->mainThreadHasFormattingCodes and Terminal::hasFormattingCodes()){ //hasFormattingCodes() lazy-inits colour codes because we don't know if they've been registered on this thread
-				echo Terminal::toANSI($message) . PHP_EOL;
-			}else{
-				echo $cleanMessage . PHP_EOL;
-			}
+		$this->synchronized(function() use ($message, $level, $time) : void{
+			echo Terminal::toANSI($message) . PHP_EOL;
 
 			foreach($this->attachments as $attachment){
 				$attachment->call($level, $message);
 			}
 
-			$this->logStream[] = $time->format("Y-m-d") . " " . $cleanMessage . PHP_EOL;
+			$this->logStream[] = $time->format("Y-m-d") . " " . TextFormat::clean($message) . PHP_EOL;
 		});
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/pocketmine/utils/Terminal.php b/src/pocketmine/utils/Terminal.php
index 5d1d171b4..5061f76cf 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/utils/Terminal.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/utils/Terminal.php
@@ -57,31 +57,29 @@ abstract class Terminal{
 	public static $COLOR_YELLOW = "";
 	public static $COLOR_WHITE = "";
 
+	/** @var bool|null */
 	private static $formattingCodes = null;
 
-	public static function hasFormattingCodes(){
+	public static function hasFormattingCodes() : bool{
 		if(self::$formattingCodes === null){
-			$opts = getopt("", ["enable-ansi", "disable-ansi"]);
-			if(isset($opts["disable-ansi"])){
-				self::$formattingCodes = false;
-			}else{
-				$stdout = fopen("php://stdout", "w");
-				self::$formattingCodes = (isset($opts["enable-ansi"]) or ( //user explicitly told us to enable ANSI
-					stream_isatty($stdout) and //STDOUT isn't being piped
-					(
-						getenv('TERM') !== false or //Console says it supports colours
-						(function_exists('sapi_windows_vt100_support') and sapi_windows_vt100_support($stdout)) //we're on windows and have vt100 support
-					)
-				));
-				fclose($stdout);
-			}
-
-			self::init();
+			throw new \InvalidStateException("Formatting codes have not been initialized");
 		}
-
 		return self::$formattingCodes;
 	}
 
+	private static function detectFormattingCodesSupport() : bool{
+		$stdout = fopen("php://stdout", "w");
+		$result = (
+			stream_isatty($stdout) and //STDOUT isn't being piped
+			(
+				getenv('TERM') !== false or //Console says it supports colours
+				(function_exists('sapi_windows_vt100_support') and sapi_windows_vt100_support($stdout)) //we're on windows and have vt100 support
+			)
+		);
+		fclose($stdout);
+		return $result;
+	}
+
 	protected static function getFallbackEscapeCodes(){
 		self::$FORMAT_BOLD = "\x1b[1m";
 		self::$FORMAT_OBFUSCATED = "";
@@ -148,8 +146,9 @@ abstract class Terminal{
 		}
 	}
 
-	public static function init(){
-		if(!self::hasFormattingCodes()){
+	public static function init(?bool $enableFormatting = null) : void{
+		self::$formattingCodes = $enableFormatting ?? self::detectFormattingCodesSupport();
+		if(!self::$formattingCodes){
 			return;
 		}
 
@@ -169,6 +168,10 @@ abstract class Terminal{
 		//TODO: iOS
 	}
 
+	public static function isInit() : bool{
+		return self::$formattingCodes !== null;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Returns a string with colorized ANSI Escape codes for the current terminal
 	 * Note that this is platform-dependent and might produce different results depending on the terminal type and/or OS.