diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 28e90afa..1bb3825f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1229,6 +1229,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "pumpkin-core"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "colored",
  "fastnbt",
  "serde",
  "uuid",
diff --git a/pumpkin-core/Cargo.toml b/pumpkin-core/Cargo.toml
index 34ad5239..a77ec031 100644
--- a/pumpkin-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pumpkin-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ edition.workspace = true
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 fastnbt = { git = "https://github.com/owengage/fastnbt.git" }
 uuid.workspace = true
+colored = "2"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pumpkin-core/src/text/_README.md b/pumpkin-core/src/text/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from pumpkin-core/src/text/_README.md
rename to pumpkin-core/src/text/README.md
diff --git a/pumpkin-core/src/text/color.rs b/pumpkin-core/src/text/color.rs
index 6fa25219..94d83f5b 100644
--- a/pumpkin-core/src/text/color.rs
+++ b/pumpkin-core/src/text/color.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use colored::{ColoredString, Colorize};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 /// Text color
@@ -13,6 +14,32 @@ pub enum Color {
     Named(NamedColor),
 }
 
+impl Color {
+    pub fn console_color(&self, text: &str) -> ColoredString {
+        match self {
+            Color::Reset => text.clear(),
+            Color::Named(color) => match color {
+                NamedColor::Black => text.black(),
+                NamedColor::DarkBlue => text.blue(),
+                NamedColor::DarkGreen => text.green(),
+                NamedColor::DarkAqua => text.cyan(),
+                NamedColor::DarkRed => text.red(),
+                NamedColor::DarkPurple => text.purple(),
+                NamedColor::Gold => text.yellow(),
+                NamedColor::Gray => text.bright_black(),
+                NamedColor::DarkGray => text.bright_black(), // ?
+                NamedColor::Blue => text.bright_blue(),
+                NamedColor::Green => text.bright_green(),
+                NamedColor::Aqua => text.cyan(),
+                NamedColor::Red => text.red(),
+                NamedColor::LightPurple => text.bright_purple(),
+                NamedColor::Yellow => text.bright_yellow(),
+                NamedColor::White => text.white(),
+            },
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Named Minecraft color
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "snake_case")]
diff --git a/pumpkin-core/src/text/mod.rs b/pumpkin-core/src/text/mod.rs
index 9bd4499d..706c034e 100644
--- a/pumpkin-core/src/text/mod.rs
+++ b/pumpkin-core/src/text/mod.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use std::borrow::Cow;
 
 use click::ClickEvent;
 use color::Color;
+use colored::Colorize;
 use fastnbt::SerOpts;
 use hover::HoverEvent;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -38,6 +39,36 @@ impl<'a> TextComponent<'a> {
             style: Style::default(),
         }
     }
+
+    pub fn to_pretty_console(self) -> String {
+        let style = self.style;
+        let color = style.color;
+        let mut text = match self.content {
+            TextContent::Text { text } => text.into_owned(),
+            TextContent::Translate { translate, with: _ } => translate.into_owned(),
+            TextContent::EntityNames {
+                selector,
+                separator: _,
+            } => selector.into_owned(),
+            TextContent::Keybind { keybind } => keybind.into_owned(),
+        };
+        if let Some(color) = color {
+            text = color.console_color(&text).to_string();
+        }
+        if style.bold.is_some() {
+            text = text.bold().to_string();
+        }
+        if style.italic.is_some() {
+            text = text.italic().to_string();
+        }
+        if style.underlined.is_some() {
+            text = text.underline().to_string();
+        }
+        if style.strikethrough.is_some() {
+            text = text.strikethrough().to_string();
+        }
+        text
+    }
 }
 
 impl<'a> serde::Serialize for TextComponent<'a> {
diff --git a/pumpkin/src/commands/mod.rs b/pumpkin/src/commands/mod.rs
index d6b2f4bd..8eea87a1 100644
--- a/pumpkin/src/commands/mod.rs
+++ b/pumpkin/src/commands/mod.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ impl<'a> CommandSender<'a> {
     pub fn send_message(&mut self, text: TextComponent) {
         match self {
             // TODO: add color and stuff to console
-            CommandSender::Console => log::info!("{:?}", text.content),
+            CommandSender::Console => log::info!("{}", text.to_pretty_console()),
             CommandSender::Player(c) => c.send_system_message(text),
             CommandSender::Rcon(s) => s.push(format!("{:?}", text.content)),
         }
diff --git a/pumpkin/src/main.rs b/pumpkin/src/main.rs
index e4db1387..69f839c9 100644
--- a/pumpkin/src/main.rs
+++ b/pumpkin/src/main.rs
@@ -94,7 +94,9 @@ fn main() -> io::Result<()> {
                     stdin
                         .read_line(&mut out)
                         .expect("Failed to read console line");
-                    handle_command(&mut commands::CommandSender::Console, &out);
+                    if !out.is_empty() {
+                        handle_command(&mut commands::CommandSender::Console, &out);
+                    }
                 }
             });
         }