diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 874315c48..a945e0d39 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -115,17 +115,6 @@ version = "1.0.83"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "25bdb32cbbdce2b519a9cd7df3a678443100e265d5e25ca763b7572a5104f5f3"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "async-recursion"
-version = "1.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3b43422f69d8ff38f95f1b2bb76517c91589a924d1559a0e935d7c8ce0274c11"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.53",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "async-stream"
 version = "0.3.5"
@@ -2275,7 +2264,6 @@ name = "monitor_core"
 version = "1.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "async-recursion",
  "async-trait",
  "async_timing_util",
  "aws-config",
@@ -2283,6 +2271,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "axum 0.7.5",
  "axum-extra",
  "bcrypt",
+ "colored",
  "dotenv",
  "envy",
  "futures",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index eb7b02943..3b5c2e533 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ tokio-util = "0.7.11"
 futures = "0.3.30"
 futures-util = "0.3.30"
 async-trait = "0.1.80"
-async-recursion = "1.1.1"
 
 # SERVER
 axum = { version = "0.7.5", features = ["ws", "json"] }
diff --git a/bin/core/Cargo.toml b/bin/core/Cargo.toml
index f43613650..278bccfc1 100644
--- a/bin/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bin/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,31 +28,31 @@ mungos.workspace = true
 serror.workspace = true
 slack.workspace = true
 # external
-tokio.workspace = true
+urlencoding.workspace = true
+async-trait.workspace = true
+aws-sdk-ec2.workspace = true
+aws-config.workspace = true
 tokio-util.workspace = true
-axum.workspace = true
 axum-extra.workspace = true
-tower.workspace = true
 tower-http.workspace = true
-serde.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
+typeshare.workspace = true
+tracing.workspace = true
+reqwest.workspace = true
+futures.workspace = true
+colored.workspace = true
+anyhow.workspace = true
+dotenv.workspace = true
+bcrypt.workspace = true
+tokio.workspace = true
+tower.workspace = true
+serde.workspace = true
+axum.workspace = true
 toml.workspace = true
 uuid.workspace = true
-anyhow.workspace = true
-tracing.workspace = true
-dotenv.workspace = true
 envy.workspace = true
-reqwest.workspace = true
-urlencoding.workspace = true
 rand.workspace = true
-jwt.workspace = true
 hmac.workspace = true
 sha2.workspace = true
-bcrypt.workspace = true
+jwt.workspace = true
 hex.workspace = true
-async-trait.workspace = true
-async-recursion.workspace = true
-futures.workspace = true
-aws-config.workspace = true
-aws-sdk-ec2.workspace = true
-typeshare.workspace = true
diff --git a/bin/core/src/resource/mod.rs b/bin/core/src/resource/mod.rs
index 74e39bf1d..9a0a67354 100644
--- a/bin/core/src/resource/mod.rs
+++ b/bin/core/src/resource/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use std::str::FromStr;
 
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Context};
+use colored::Colorize;
 use futures::future::join_all;
 use monitor_client::{
   api::write::CreateTag,
@@ -377,7 +378,12 @@ pub async fn update<T: MonitorResource>(
 
   for FieldDiff { field, from, to } in diff.iter_field_diffs() {
     diff_log.push_str(&format!(
-      "\n\nfield: '{field}'\nfrom:  {from}\nto:    {to}"
+      "\n\n{}: '{field}'\n{}:  {}\n{}:    {}",
+      "field".dimmed(),
+      "from".dimmed(),
+      from.red(),
+      "to".dimmed(),
+      to.green()
     ));
   }
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/resources/deployment/log.tsx b/frontend/src/components/resources/deployment/log.tsx
index 33b5bde8b..4d9f9248f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/resources/deployment/log.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/resources/deployment/log.tsx
@@ -20,10 +20,9 @@ import {
   SelectTrigger,
   SelectValue,
 } from "@ui/select";
-import sanitizeHtml from "sanitize-html";
-import Convert from "ansi-to-html";
 import { Input } from "@ui/input";
 import { useToast } from "@ui/use-toast";
+import { logToHtml } from "@lib/utils";
 
 export const DeploymentLogs = ({ id }: { id: string }) => {
   const state = useDeployment(id)?.info.state;
@@ -221,20 +220,3 @@ const TailLengthSelector = ({
     </SelectContent>
   </Select>
 );
-
-const convert = new Convert();
-/**
- * Converts the ansi colors in log to html.
- * sanitizes incoming log first for any eg. script tags.
- * @param log incoming log string
- */
-const logToHtml = (log: string) => {
-  if (!log) return "No log.";
-  const sanitized = sanitizeHtml(log, {
-    allowedTags: sanitizeHtml.defaults.allowedTags.filter(
-      (tag) => tag !== "script"
-    ),
-    allowedAttributes: sanitizeHtml.defaults.allowedAttributes,
-  });
-  return convert.toHtml(sanitized);
-};
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/updates/details.tsx b/frontend/src/components/updates/details.tsx
index 8aef417ca..96acc30c1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/updates/details.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/updates/details.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { useRead } from "@lib/hooks";
 import { ResourceComponents } from "@components/resources";
 import { Link } from "react-router-dom";
 import { fmt_duration, fmt_version } from "@lib/formatting";
-import { usableResourcePath, version_is_none } from "@lib/utils";
+import { logToHtml, usableResourcePath, version_is_none } from "@lib/utils";
 import { UsableResource } from "@types";
 
 export const UpdateUser = ({ user_id }: { user_id: string }) => {
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ export const UpdateDetailsInner = ({
             </div>
             <div className="flex gap-4">
               <Link
-                to={`/${usableResourcePath(update.target.type as UsableResource)}/${
-                  update.target.id
-                }`}
+                to={`/${usableResourcePath(
+                  update.target.type as UsableResource
+                )}/${update.target.id}`}
               >
                 <div
                   className="flex items-center gap-2"
@@ -146,17 +146,23 @@ export const UpdateDetailsInner = ({
                 {log.stdout && (
                   <div>
                     <CardDescription>stdout</CardDescription>
-                    <pre className="max-h-[500px] overflow-y-auto">
-                      {log.stdout}
-                    </pre>
+                    <pre
+                      dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{
+                        __html: logToHtml(log.stdout),
+                      }}
+                      className="max-h-[500px] overflow-y-auto"
+                    />
                   </div>
                 )}
                 {log.stderr && (
                   <div>
-                    <CardDescription>stdout</CardDescription>
-                    <pre className="max-h-[500px] overflow-y-auto">
-                      {log.stderr}
-                    </pre>
+                    <CardDescription>stderr</CardDescription>
+                    <pre
+                      dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{
+                        __html: logToHtml(log.stderr),
+                      }}
+                      className="max-h-[500px] overflow-y-auto"
+                    />
                   </div>
                 )}
               </CardContent>
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/utils.ts b/frontend/src/lib/utils.ts
index 02a2d2ed8..1a0bd466d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/utils.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/utils.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import { ResourceComponents } from "@components/resources";
 import { Types } from "@monitor/client";
 import { UsableResource } from "@types";
+import Convert from "ansi-to-html";
 import { type ClassValue, clsx } from "clsx";
+import sanitizeHtml from "sanitize-html";
 import { twMerge } from "tailwind-merge";
 
 export function cn(...inputs: ClassValue[]) {
@@ -96,3 +98,20 @@ export const usableResourcePath = (resource: UsableResource) => {
   if (resource === "ServerTemplate") return "server-templates"
   return `${resource.toLowerCase()}s`
 }
+
+const convert = new Convert();
+/**
+ * Converts the ansi colors in log to html.
+ * sanitizes incoming log first for any eg. script tags.
+ * @param log incoming log string
+ */
+export const logToHtml = (log: string) => {
+  if (!log) return "No log.";
+  const sanitized = sanitizeHtml(log, {
+    allowedTags: sanitizeHtml.defaults.allowedTags.filter(
+      (tag) => tag !== "script"
+    ),
+    allowedAttributes: sanitizeHtml.defaults.allowedAttributes,
+  });
+  return convert.toHtml(sanitized);
+};
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