diff --git a/src/aprs_tt.c b/src/aprs_tt.c
index 7b12575..f8c8edb 100644
--- a/src/aprs_tt.c
+++ b/src/aprs_tt.c
@@ -2078,6 +2078,7 @@ static void check_result (void)
 
 int main (int argc, char *argv[])
 {
+	text_color_init (1, 0);
 	aprs_tt_init (NULL, 0);
 
 	error_count = 0;
diff --git a/src/ax25_pad2.c b/src/ax25_pad2.c
index 347df4b..8b57f5b 100644
--- a/src/ax25_pad2.c
+++ b/src/ax25_pad2.c
@@ -792,6 +792,8 @@ int main ()
 	strcpy (addrs[1], "WB2OSZ-15");
 	num_addr = 2;
 
+	text_color_init (1, 0);
+
 /* U frame */
 
 	for (ftype = frame_type_U_SABME; ftype <= frame_type_U_TEST; ftype++) {
diff --git a/src/digipeater.c b/src/digipeater.c
index 4daf189..e384982 100644
--- a/src/digipeater.c
+++ b/src/digipeater.c
@@ -765,6 +765,7 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
 	strlcpy(mycall, "WB2OSZ-9", sizeof(mycall));
 
 	dedupe_init (4);
+	text_color_init (1, 0);
 
 /* 
  * Compile the patterns. 
diff --git a/src/dtmf.c b/src/dtmf.c
index 953b0f7..f8a49da 100644
--- a/src/dtmf.c
+++ b/src/dtmf.c
@@ -532,6 +532,7 @@ int main ()
 	my_audio_config.chan_medium[c] = MEDIUM_RADIO;
 	my_audio_config.achan[c].dtmf_decode = DTMF_DECODE_ON;
 
+	text_color_init (1, 0);
 	dtmf_init(&my_audio_config, 50);	
 
 	text_color_set(DW_COLOR_INFO);
diff --git a/src/encode_aprs.c b/src/encode_aprs.c
index 20992bf..bf2636a 100644
--- a/src/encode_aprs.c
+++ b/src/encode_aprs.c
@@ -853,6 +853,7 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
 	char result[100];
 	int errors = 0;
 
+	text_color_init (1, 0);
 
 /***********  Position  ***********/
 
diff --git a/src/fx25_rec.c b/src/fx25_rec.c
index 9cb5c4d..77a064d 100644
--- a/src/fx25_rec.c
+++ b/src/fx25_rec.c
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ static int fx25_test_count = 0;
 
 int main ()
 {
+	text_color_init(1, 0);
 	fx25_init(3);
 
 	for (int i = CTAG_MIN; i <= CTAG_MAX; i++) {
@@ -480,4 +481,4 @@ static int my_unstuff (int chan, int subchan, int slice, unsigned char * restric
 
 }  // my_unstuff
 
-// end fx25_rec.c
\ No newline at end of file
+// end fx25_rec.c
diff --git a/src/fx25_send.c b/src/fx25_send.c
index 7435be9..0ad5a3e 100644
--- a/src/fx25_send.c
+++ b/src/fx25_send.c
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ static unsigned char preload[] = {
 
 int main ()
 {
+	text_color_init(1, 0);
 	text_color_set(DW_COLOR_ERROR);
 	dw_printf("fxsend - FX.25 unit test.\n");
 	dw_printf("This generates 11 files named fx01.dat, fx02.dat, ..., fx0b.dat\n");
@@ -333,4 +334,4 @@ static int stuff_it (unsigned char *in, int ilen, unsigned char *out, int osize)
 
 } // end stuff_it
 
-// end fx25_send.c
\ No newline at end of file
+// end fx25_send.c
diff --git a/src/gen_packets.c b/src/gen_packets.c
index 57b2741..2315e1e 100644
--- a/src/gen_packets.c
+++ b/src/gen_packets.c
@@ -265,6 +265,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	strlcpy (output_file, "", sizeof(output_file));
 
+	text_color_init (1, 0);
+
 /*
  * Parse the command line options.
  */
diff --git a/src/latlong.c b/src/latlong.c
index d5f2336..731452d 100644
--- a/src/latlong.c
+++ b/src/latlong.c
@@ -899,6 +899,8 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
 	double dlat, dlon;
 	double d, b;
 
+	text_color_init (1, 0);
+
 /* Latitude to APRS format. */
 
 	latitude_to_str (45.25, 0, result);
@@ -1086,4 +1088,4 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
 #endif
 
 
-/* end latlong.c */
\ No newline at end of file
+/* end latlong.c */
diff --git a/src/pfilter.c b/src/pfilter.c
index 35767a6..0811c00 100644
--- a/src/pfilter.c
+++ b/src/pfilter.c
@@ -1527,6 +1527,7 @@ static void pftest (int test_num, char *filter, char *packet, int expected);
 int main ()
 {
 
+	text_color_init (1, 0);
 	dw_printf ("Quick test for packet filtering.\n");
 	dw_printf ("Some error messages are normal.  Look at the final success/fail message.\n");
 
diff --git a/src/telemetry.c b/src/telemetry.c
index 2a6c690..ce06623 100644
--- a/src/telemetry.c
+++ b/src/telemetry.c
@@ -1069,6 +1069,7 @@ int main ( )
 	strlcpy (comment, "", sizeof(comment));
 
 
+	text_color_init(1, 0);
 	text_color_set(DW_COLOR_INFO);
 	dw_printf ("Unit test for telemetry decoding functions...\n");	
 
diff --git a/src/tt_text.c b/src/tt_text.c
index 112adfe..e13ac96 100644
--- a/src/tt_text.c
+++ b/src/tt_text.c
@@ -1782,6 +1782,7 @@ static void test_tt2text (char *buttons, char *expect_mp, char *expect_2k, char
 int main (int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 
+	text_color_init (1, 0);
 	text_color_set (DW_COLOR_INFO);
 	dw_printf ("Test conversions between normal text and DTMF representation.\n");
 	dw_printf ("Some error messages are normal.  Just look for number of errors at end.\n");
diff --git a/src/xid.c b/src/xid.c
index 14e67e8..f1f7981 100644
--- a/src/xid.c
+++ b/src/xid.c
@@ -653,6 +653,7 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[]) {
 	unsigned char info[40];	// Currently max of 27 but things can change.
 	char desc[150];		// I've seen 109.
 
+	text_color_init (1, 0);
 
 /* parse example. */