diff --git a/prowler b/prowler
index e3c3c543..30766805 100755
--- a/prowler
+++ b/prowler
@@ -26,30 +26,15 @@
 # Exits if any error is found
 # set -e
 
-# Colors
-NORMAL="[0;39m"
-WARNING="[1;33m"          # Bad (red)
-SECTION="[1;33m"          # Section (yellow)
-NOTICE="[1;33m"           # Notice (yellow)
-OK="[1;32m"               # Ok (green)
-BAD="[1;31m"              # Bad (red)
-CYAN="[0;36m"
-BLUE="[0;34m"
-BROWN="[0;33m"
-DARKGRAY="[0;30m"
-GRAY="[0;37m"
-GREEN="[1;32m"
-MAGENTA="[1;35m"
-PURPLE="[0;35m"
-RED="[1;31m"
-YELLOW="[1;33m"
-WHITE="[1;37m"
+OPTRED="[1;31m"
+OPTNORMAL="[0;39m"
 
 # Set the defaults for these getopts variables
 PROFILE="default"
 REGION="us-east-1"
 FILTERREGION=""
 MAXITEMS=100
+MONOCHROME=0
 
 # Command usage menu
 usage(){
@@ -61,17 +46,20 @@ usage(){
       -c <checknum>       specify a check number or group from the AWS CIS benchmark (i.e.: check11 for check 1.1 or check3 for entire section 3)
       -f <filterregion>   specify an AWS region to run checks against (i.e.: us-west-1)
       -m <maxitems>       specify the maximum number of items to return for long-running requests (default: 100)
+      -b                  do not use colors in the output
       -h                  this help
   "
   exit
 }
 
-while getopts "hp:r:c:f:m:" OPTION; do
+while getopts "hbp:r:c:f:m:" OPTION; do
    case $OPTION in
      h )
         usage
         exit 1
         ;;
+     b )
+        MONOCHROME=1
      p )
         PROFILE=$OPTARG
         ;;
@@ -88,17 +76,57 @@ while getopts "hp:r:c:f:m:" OPTION; do
         MAXITEMS=$OPTARG
         ;;
      : )
-        echo -e "\n$RED ERROR!$NORMAL  -$OPTARG requires an argument\n"
+        echo -e "\n$OPTRED ERROR!$OPTNORMAL  -$OPTARG requires an argument\n"
         exit 1
         ;;
      ? )
-        echo -e "\n$RED ERROR!$NORMAL Invalid option"
+        echo -e "\n$OPTRED ERROR!$OPTNORMAL Invalid option"
         usage
         exit 1
         ;;
    esac
 done
 
+if [[ $MONOCHROME -eq 1 ]]; then
+  # Colors
+  NORMAL=""
+  WARNING=""          # Bad (red)
+  SECTION=""          # Section (yellow)
+  NOTICE=""           # Notice (yellow)
+  OK=""               # Ok (green)
+  BAD=""              # Bad (red)
+  CYAN=""
+  BLUE=""
+  BROWN=""
+  DARKGRAY=""
+  GRAY=""
+  GREEN=""
+  MAGENTA=""
+  PURPLE=""
+  RED=""
+  YELLOW=""
+  WHITE=""
+else
+  # Colors
+  NORMAL="[0;39m"
+  WARNING="[1;33m"          # Bad (red)
+  SECTION="[1;33m"          # Section (yellow)
+  NOTICE="[1;33m"           # Notice (yellow)
+  OK="[1;32m"               # Ok (green)
+  BAD="[1;31m"              # Bad (red)
+  CYAN="[0;36m"
+  BLUE="[0;34m"
+  BROWN="[0;33m"
+  DARKGRAY="[0;30m"
+  GRAY="[0;37m"
+  GREEN="[1;32m"
+  MAGENTA="[1;35m"
+  PURPLE="[0;35m"
+  RED="[1;31m"
+  YELLOW="[1;33m"
+  WHITE="[1;37m"
+fi
+
 # Functions to manage dates depending on OS
 if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "linux-gnu" ]]; then
   # function to compare in days, usage how_older_from_today date
