diff --git a/src/utils/logger.py b/src/utils/logger.py
index b84ec477fa..50c13de51f 100644
--- a/src/utils/logger.py
+++ b/src/utils/logger.py
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ from utils.utils import trace_logger
 # Define the colors
 BLACK, RED, GREEN, YELLOW, BLUE, MAGENTA, CYAN, WHITE = range(8)
 RESET_SEQ = "\033[0m"
-COLOR_SEQ = "\033[1;%dm"
+COLOR_SEQ = "\033[%dm"
 
 COLORS = {
     "WARNING": YELLOW,
-    "INFO": GREEN,
+    "INFO": WHITE,
     "DEBUG": BLUE,
-    "CRITICAL": YELLOW,
+    "CRITICAL": RED,
     "ERROR": RED,
     "TRACE": MAGENTA,
 }
@@ -47,9 +47,12 @@ class ColoredFormatter(logging.Formatter):
     def format(self, record):
         levelname = record.levelname
         if levelname in COLORS:
-            levelname_color = COLOR_SEQ % (30 + COLORS[levelname]) + levelname + RESET_SEQ
-            record.levelname = levelname_color
-        return logging.Formatter.format(self, record)
+            if levelname == "WARNING" or levelname == "ERROR" or levelname == "DEBUG":
+                log_fmt = f"{COLOR_SEQ % (30 + COLORS[levelname])}%(levelname)s: %(message)s{RESET_SEQ}"
+            else:
+                log_fmt = f"{COLOR_SEQ % (30 + COLORS[levelname])}%(message)s{RESET_SEQ}"
+            formatter = logging.Formatter(log_fmt)
+        return formatter.format(record)
 
 
 class PlainFormatter(logging.Formatter):
@@ -70,20 +73,7 @@ def setup_console_handler():
     setattr(logging, "TRACE", logging.TRACE)
     setattr(logging, "trace", trace_logger)
 
-    # setup log formatting
-    color_setting = 0
-    if "OMNIPERF_COLOR" in os.environ.keys():
-        color_setting = int(os.environ["OMNIPERF_COLOR"])
-
-    if color_setting == 1:
-        # colored levelname
-        formatter = ColoredFormatter("%(levelname)16s %(message)s")
-    elif color_setting == 2:
-        # non-colored levelname
-        formatter = logging.Formatter("%(levelname)5s %(message)s")
-    else:
-        # non-colored
-        formatter = PlainFormatter()
+    formatter = ColoredFormatter()
 
     console_handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
     console_handler.setFormatter(formatter)