diff --git a/MinecraftClient/ClassicConsoleBackend.cs b/MinecraftClient/ClassicConsoleBackend.cs
index 099447b2..ac4912c9 100644
--- a/MinecraftClient/ClassicConsoleBackend.cs
+++ b/MinecraftClient/ClassicConsoleBackend.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 using System;
-using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
-using static MinecraftClient.Settings.ConsoleConfigHealper.ConsoleConfig;
 
 namespace MinecraftClient
 {
@@ -28,29 +26,11 @@ namespace MinecraftClient
             ConsoleInteractive.ConsoleWriter.WriteLine(text);
         }
 
-        private static readonly Regex HexColorRegex = new(@"§#([0-9a-fA-F]{6})", RegexOptions.Compiled);
-
         public void WriteLineFormatted(string text)
         {
-            bool hasHex = text.Contains("§#");
-            if (hasHex)
-                text = ResolveHexColors(text);
             ConsoleInteractive.ConsoleWriter.WriteLineFormatted(text);
         }
 
-        private static string ResolveHexColors(string text)
-        {
-            var mode = Settings.Config.Console.General.ConsoleColorMode;
-            return HexColorRegex.Replace(text, match =>
-            {
-                ReadOnlySpan<char> hex = match.Groups[1].ValueSpan;
-                byte r = Convert.ToByte(hex[..2].ToString(), 16);
-                byte g = Convert.ToByte(hex[2..4].ToString(), 16);
-                byte b = Convert.ToByte(hex[4..6].ToString(), 16);
-                return ColorHelper.GetColorEscapeCode(r, g, b, foreground: true, mode);
-            });
-        }
-
         public void BeginReadThread()
         {
             ConsoleInteractive.ConsoleReader.MessageReceived += ForwardMessage;
diff --git a/MinecraftClient/ColorHelper.cs b/MinecraftClient/ColorHelper.cs
index 54559d58..4c7880aa 100644
--- a/MinecraftClient/ColorHelper.cs
+++ b/MinecraftClient/ColorHelper.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using static MinecraftClient.Settings.ConsoleConfigHealper.ConsoleConfig;
 
 namespace MinecraftClient
@@ -100,9 +100,9 @@ namespace MinecraftClient
                             }
                         }
                         if (foreground)
-                            return $"§{best_idx:X}";
+                            return $"§{best_idx:x}";
                         else
-                            return $"§§{best_idx:X}";
+                            return $"§§{best_idx:x}";
                     }
 
                 case ConsoleColorModeType.vt100_4bit:
diff --git a/MinecraftClient/Program.cs b/MinecraftClient/Program.cs
index ae706296..83297eda 100644
--- a/MinecraftClient/Program.cs
+++ b/MinecraftClient/Program.cs
@@ -202,6 +202,11 @@ namespace MinecraftClient
             {
                 ConsoleIO.Backend = new ClassicConsoleBackend();
                 ConsoleIO.Backend.Init();
+
+                // Config deserialization triggers OnSettingUpdate before the backend
+                // exists, so console-specific settings (UseVT100ColorCode, colors, etc.)
+                // are never applied. Re-apply them now that the backend is ready.
+                Config.Console.OnSettingUpdate();
             }
 
             if (!ProcessStartupState(startupState))
@@ -240,6 +245,7 @@ namespace MinecraftClient
 
             ConsoleIO.Backend = new ClassicConsoleBackend();
             ConsoleIO.Backend.Init();
+            Config.Console.OnSettingUpdate();
 
             ConsoleIO.WriteLineFormatted("§c" + Translations.mcc_tui_startup_failed);
             ConsoleIO.WriteLine(exception.ToString());