diff --git a/internal/tlog/log.go b/internal/tlog/log.go
index 3f27539..62d791d 100644
--- a/internal/tlog/log.go
+++ b/internal/tlog/log.go
@@ -108,7 +108,9 @@ var Fatal *toggledLogger
 func init() {
 	// Enable color output if we are connected to a terminal and NO_COLOR is
 	// unset ( https://no-color.org/ ).
-	if _, nocolor := os.LookupEnv("NO_COLOR"); !nocolor && term.IsTerminal(int(os.Stdout.Fd())) {
+	if _, nocolor := os.LookupEnv("NO_COLOR"); !nocolor &&
+		term.IsTerminal(int(os.Stdout.Fd())) &&
+		term.IsTerminal(int(os.Stderr.Fd())) {
 		ColorReset = "\033[0m"
 		ColorGrey = "\033[2m"
 		ColorRed = "\033[31m"