diff --git a/MinecraftClient/Logger/FileLogLogger.cs b/MinecraftClient/Logger/FileLogLogger.cs
index eddf26db..6dab993f 100644
--- a/MinecraftClient/Logger/FileLogLogger.cs
+++ b/MinecraftClient/Logger/FileLogLogger.cs
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ namespace MinecraftClient.Logger
         {
             try
             {
-                msg = ChatBot.GetVerbatim(msg);
+                if (!Settings.SaveColorCodes)
+                    msg = ChatBot.GetVerbatim(msg);
                 if (prependTimestamp)
                     msg = GetTimestamp() + ' ' + msg;
 
diff --git a/MinecraftClient/Resources/config/MinecraftClient.ini b/MinecraftClient/Resources/config/MinecraftClient.ini
index 892abbec..b3f06176 100644
--- a/MinecraftClient/Resources/config/MinecraftClient.ini
+++ b/MinecraftClient/Resources/config/MinecraftClient.ini
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ filtermode=blacklist               # blacklist OR whitelist. Blacklist hide mess
 logtofile=false                    # Write log messages to file
 logfile=console-log-%username%-%serverip%.txt    # Log file name
 prependtimestamp=false             # Prepend timestamp to messages in log file
+savecolorcodes=false               # Keep color codes in the saved text (§b)
 
 [AppVars]
 # yourvar=yourvalue
diff --git a/MinecraftClient/Settings.cs b/MinecraftClient/Settings.cs
index f0ab16e7..ac790230 100644
--- a/MinecraftClient/Settings.cs
+++ b/MinecraftClient/Settings.cs
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ namespace MinecraftClient
         public static bool LogToFile = false;
         public static string LogFile = "console-log.txt";
         public static bool PrependTimestamp = false;
+        public static bool SaveColorCodes = false;
 
         //AntiAFK Settings
         public static bool AntiAFK_Enabled = false;
@@ -502,6 +503,7 @@ namespace MinecraftClient
                         case "logtofile": LogToFile = str2bool(argValue); return true;
                         case "logfile": LogFile = argValue; return true;
                         case "prependtimestamp": PrependTimestamp = str2bool(argValue); return true;
+                        case "savecolorcodes": SaveColorCodes = str2bool(argValue); return true;
                     }
                     break;