diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b6e4761..826fb22 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ celerybeat.pid
 *.sage.py
 
 # Environments
-.env
+.test.env
 .venv
 env/
 venv/
diff --git a/.test.env b/.test.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..071f9c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.test.env
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+TERM=dumb
diff --git a/hyperfocus/termui/printer.py b/hyperfocus/termui/printer.py
index 2af228a..b292b76 100644
--- a/hyperfocus/termui/printer.py
+++ b/hyperfocus/termui/printer.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 from hyperfocus.termui import formatter, icons
 
 
-console = Console(highlight=False)
+console = Console(highlight=False, force_terminal=True)
 
 
 def echo(text: str):
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 185aa5c..833d51b 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -286,6 +286,18 @@ pytest = ">=4.6"
 [package.extras]
 testing = ["fields", "hunter", "process-tests", "six", "pytest-xdist", "virtualenv"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pytest-dotenv"
+version = "0.5.2"
+description = "A py.test plugin that parses environment files before running tests"
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = "*"
+
+[package.dependencies]
+pytest = ">=5.0.0"
+python-dotenv = ">=0.9.1"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pytest-mock"
 version = "3.8.2"
@@ -311,6 +323,17 @@ python-versions = "!=3.0.*,!=3.1.*,!=3.2.*,>=2.7"
 [package.dependencies]
 six = ">=1.5"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "python-dotenv"
+version = "0.20.0"
+description = "Read key-value pairs from a .env file and set them as environment variables"
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.5"
+
+[package.extras]
+cli = ["click (>=5.0)"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pyyaml"
 version = "6.0"
@@ -396,7 +419,7 @@ testing = ["coverage (>=4)", "coverage-enable-subprocess (>=1)", "flaky (>=3)",
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "1.1"
 python-versions = "^3.8"
-content-hash = "d9bd3dd96c29796bdacc2d9223dd33ef338ccc88b25a41f478b923438dd94689"
+content-hash = "58c6906f9a91f4d61a13b658fc82f353baa0582245812a13183b1e24277cf545"
 
 [metadata.files]
 atomicwrites = []
@@ -457,11 +480,13 @@ pytest-cov = [
     {file = "pytest-cov-3.0.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:e7f0f5b1617d2210a2cabc266dfe2f4c75a8d32fb89eafb7ad9d06f6d076d470"},
     {file = "pytest_cov-3.0.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:578d5d15ac4a25e5f961c938b85a05b09fdaae9deef3bb6de9a6e766622ca7a6"},
 ]
+pytest-dotenv = []
 pytest-mock = []
 python-dateutil = [
     {file = "python-dateutil-2.8.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:0123cacc1627ae19ddf3c27a5de5bd67ee4586fbdd6440d9748f8abb483d3e86"},
     {file = "python_dateutil-2.8.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:961d03dc3453ebbc59dbdea9e4e11c5651520a876d0f4db161e8674aae935da9"},
 ]
+python-dotenv = []
 pyyaml = [
     {file = "PyYAML-6.0-cp310-cp310-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:d4db7c7aef085872ef65a8fd7d6d09a14ae91f691dec3e87ee5ee0539d516f53"},
     {file = "PyYAML-6.0-cp310-cp310-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:9df7ed3b3d2e0ecfe09e14741b857df43adb5a3ddadc919a2d94fbdf78fea53c"},
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 71aa6a6..0e00c3d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ mypy = ">=0.961"
 freezegun = "^1.2.1"
 types-tabulate = "^0.8.11"
 pre-commit = "^2.6"
+pytest-dotenv = "^0.5.2"
 
 [tool.poetry.scripts]
 hyf = "hyperfocus.cli:hyf"
@@ -57,3 +58,7 @@ src_paths = ["hyperfocus", "tests"]
 module=["peewee", "pyperclip"]
 warn_unused_ignores = false
 ignore_missing_imports = true
+
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+env_override_existing_values = 1
+env_files = [".test.env"]
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 9d06184..4397054 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import datetime
+import os
 import re
 import shutil
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -70,3 +71,10 @@ def __init__(self):
             self._callback_commands = []
 
     return MockSession()
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session", autouse=True)
+def no_color():
+    os.environ["TERM"] = "dumb"
+    yield
+    del os.environ["TERM"]
diff --git a/tests/test_printer.py b/tests/test_printer.py
index 3cdeddf..422a773 100644
--- a/tests/test_printer.py
+++ b/tests/test_printer.py
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "func, expected",
     [
-        ("banner", "\x1b[3;38;5;228mfoobar\x1b[0m\n"),
-        ("new_day", f"{icons.NEW_DAY} \x1b[38;5;81mfoobar\x1b[0m\n"),
+        ("banner", "foobar\n"),
+        ("new_day", f"{icons.NEW_DAY} foobar\n"),
     ],
 )
 def test_banner(capsys, func, expected):