diff --git a/changedetectionio/blueprint/ui/views.py b/changedetectionio/blueprint/ui/views.py
index 6b60d8680..04187b55f 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/blueprint/ui/views.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/blueprint/ui/views.py
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ def construct_blueprint(datastore: ChangeDetectionStore, update_q, queuedWatchMe
         content = diff.render_diff(from_version_file_contents,
                                    to_version_file_contents,
                                    include_equal=True,
-                                   html_colour=False,
+                                   html_colour=True,
                                    ignore_junk=datastore.data['settings']['application'].get('ignore_whitespace', False),
                                    )