diff --git a/src/LaravelDeployer/Commands/BaseCommand.php b/src/LaravelDeployer/Commands/BaseCommand.php
index b51d8f0..4674a1a 100644
--- a/src/LaravelDeployer/Commands/BaseCommand.php
+++ b/src/LaravelDeployer/Commands/BaseCommand.php
@@ -43,16 +43,24 @@ public function __construct()
 
     public function dep($command)
     {
+        // Merge arguments and options.
         $this->parameters = $this->getParameters();
         $this->providedFile = $this->parameters->pull('--file');
         $this->providedStrategy = $this->parameters->pull('--strategy');
 
+        // Force Ansi mode if not specified.
+        if ($this->parameters->intersect(['--ansi', '--no-ansi'])->isEmpty()) {
+            $this->parameters->push('--ansi');
+        }
+
+        // Fetch deploy config file.
         if (! $deployFile = $this->getDeployFile()) {
             $this->error("config/deploy.php file not found.");
             $this->error("Please run `php artisan deploy:init` to get started.");
             return;
         }
 
+        // Delegate to DeployerPHP with the right parameters.
         $parameters = $this->getParametersAsString($this->parameters);
         $depBinary = 'vendor' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'bin' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'dep';
         return $this->process("$depBinary --file=$deployFile $command $parameters");
diff --git a/src/LaravelDeployer/Concerns/ParsesCliParameters.php b/src/LaravelDeployer/Concerns/ParsesCliParameters.php
index 5cb564c..dbea05c 100644
--- a/src/LaravelDeployer/Concerns/ParsesCliParameters.php
+++ b/src/LaravelDeployer/Concerns/ParsesCliParameters.php
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ public function getParameters()
     public function parseArguments()
     {
         return collect($this->arguments())
-            ->reject(function ($value) {
-                return ! $value && ! is_string($value) && ! is_numeric($value);
+            ->filter(function ($value) {
+                return $value || is_string($value) || is_numeric($value);
             })
             ->pipe(function ($arguments) {
                 $command = $arguments->get('command');