diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/move/cli/runConfigurations/AptosCommandLine.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/move/cli/runConfigurations/AptosCommandLine.kt
index a6527b310..9b98215b0 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/move/cli/runConfigurations/AptosCommandLine.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/move/cli/runConfigurations/AptosCommandLine.kt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package org.move.cli.runConfigurations
 
 import com.intellij.execution.configuration.EnvironmentVariablesData
 import com.intellij.execution.configurations.GeneralCommandLine
+import com.intellij.execution.configurations.PtyCommandLine
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil
 import java.nio.file.Path
 
@@ -27,6 +28,21 @@ data class AptosCommandLine(
         return generalCommandLine
     }
 
+    fun toColoredCommandLine(cliExePath: Path): GeneralCommandLine {
+        // preudo-tty emulation makes aptos-cli recognize console as tty and show ANSI colors
+        val generalCommandLine = PtyCommandLine()
+            .withExePath(cliExePath.toString())
+            // subcommand can be null
+            .withParameters(subCommand?.split(" ").orEmpty())
+            .withParameters(this.arguments)
+            .withWorkDirectory(this.workingDirectory?.toString())
+            .withCharset(Charsets.UTF_8)
+            // disables default coloring for stderr
+            .withRedirectErrorStream(true)
+        this.environmentVariables.configureCommandLine(generalCommandLine, true)
+        return generalCommandLine
+    }
+
 //    fun createRunConfiguration(
 //        moveProject: MoveProject,
 //        configurationName: String,
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/move/cli/runConfigurations/AptosRunState.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/move/cli/runConfigurations/AptosRunState.kt
index 3b7b8f128..79a679d74 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/move/cli/runConfigurations/AptosRunState.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/move/cli/runConfigurations/AptosRunState.kt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ abstract class AptosRunStateBase(
     val commandLine: AptosCommandLine = config.cmd
 
     override fun startProcess(): ProcessHandler {
-        val generalCommandLine = commandLine.toGeneralCommandLine(config.aptosPath)
+        val generalCommandLine = commandLine.toColoredCommandLine(config.aptosPath)
         val handler = KillableColoredProcessHandler(generalCommandLine)
         consoleBuilder.console.attachToProcess(handler)
         ProcessTerminatedListener.attach(handler)  // shows exit code upon termination