diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/net/thauvin/erik/mobibot/Utils.kt b/src/main/kotlin/net/thauvin/erik/mobibot/Utils.kt
index 9c05336..e671380 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/net/thauvin/erik/mobibot/Utils.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/net/thauvin/erik/mobibot/Utils.kt
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@
  */
 package net.thauvin.erik.mobibot
 
+import net.thauvin.erik.mobibot.msg.Message.Companion.DEFAULT_COLOR
 import org.jibble.pircbot.Colors
 import org.jsoup.Jsoup
 import java.io.BufferedReader
-import java.io.File
 import java.io.IOException
 import java.io.InputStreamReader
 import java.net.URL
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ object Utils {
      * Appends a suffix to the end of the String if not present.
      */
     @JvmStatic
-    fun String.appendIfMissing(suffix: Char) : String {
+    fun String.appendIfMissing(suffix: Char): String {
         return if (this.last() != suffix) {
             "$this${suffix}"
         } else {
@@ -106,8 +106,10 @@ object Utils {
      */
     @JvmStatic
     fun colorize(s: String?, color: String): String {
-        return if (s.isNullOrBlank()) {
-            Colors.NORMAL
+        return if (s.isNullOrEmpty()) {
+            ""
+        } else if (color == DEFAULT_COLOR) {
+            s
         } else if (Colors.BOLD == color || Colors.REVERSE == color) {
             color + s + color
         } else {
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/net/thauvin/erik/mobibot/msg/Message.kt b/src/main/kotlin/net/thauvin/erik/mobibot/msg/Message.kt
index b62c1d9..c1ced5f 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/net/thauvin/erik/mobibot/msg/Message.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/net/thauvin/erik/mobibot/msg/Message.kt
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
  */
 package net.thauvin.erik.mobibot.msg
 
+import net.thauvin.erik.semver.Constants
 import org.jibble.pircbot.Colors
 
 /**
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ import org.jibble.pircbot.Colors
  */
 open class Message {
     companion object {
-        var DEFAULT_COLOR = Colors.NORMAL
+        var DEFAULT_COLOR = Constants.EMPTY
     }
 
     /** Message color. */
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/net/thauvin/erik/mobibot/UtilsTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/net/thauvin/erik/mobibot/UtilsTest.kt
index 15a19e4..905b32f 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/net/thauvin/erik/mobibot/UtilsTest.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/net/thauvin/erik/mobibot/UtilsTest.kt
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ import net.thauvin.erik.mobibot.Utils.today
 import net.thauvin.erik.mobibot.Utils.unescapeXml
 import net.thauvin.erik.mobibot.Utils.uptime
 import net.thauvin.erik.mobibot.Utils.urlReader
+import net.thauvin.erik.mobibot.msg.Message.Companion.DEFAULT_COLOR
 import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat
 import org.jibble.pircbot.Colors
 import org.testng.annotations.BeforeClass
@@ -125,9 +126,11 @@ class UtilsTest {
             .isEqualTo(Colors.RED + ascii + Colors.NORMAL)
         assertThat(colorize(ascii, Colors.BOLD)).describedAs("colorized(bold)")
             .isEqualTo(Colors.BOLD + ascii + Colors.BOLD)
-        assertThat(colorize(null, Colors.RED)).describedAs("colorize(null)").isEqualTo(Colors.NORMAL)
-        assertThat(colorize("", Colors.RED)).describedAs("colorize()").isEqualTo(Colors.NORMAL)
-
+        assertThat(colorize(null, Colors.RED)).describedAs("colorize(null)").isEqualTo("")
+        assertThat(colorize("", Colors.RED)).describedAs("colorize()").isEqualTo("")
+        assertThat(colorize(ascii, DEFAULT_COLOR)).describedAs("colorize(none)").isEqualTo(ascii)
+        assertThat(colorize("   ", Colors.NORMAL)).describedAs("colorize(blank)")
+            .isEqualTo(Colors.NORMAL + "   " + Colors.NORMAL)
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index 6cb4e53..3ad6de0 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #Generated by the Semver Plugin for Gradle
-#Fri Jul 30 02:43:43 PDT 2021
-version.buildmeta=1111
+#Fri Jul 30 03:23:18 PDT 2021
+version.buildmeta=1115
 version.major=0
 version.minor=8
 version.patch=0
 version.prerelease=beta
 version.project=mobibot
-version.semver=0.8.0-beta+1111
+version.semver=0.8.0-beta+1115