diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 360d828..15e2640 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "exa"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "ansi_term 0.4.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "ansi_term 0.5.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "datetime 0.1.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "getopts 0.2.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "git2 0.1.17 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -15,12 +15,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ansi_term"
-version = "0.4.6"
+version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-dependencies = [
- "regex 0.1.14 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "regex_macros 0.1.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
-]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5575c89..9355bf8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ authors = [ "ogham@bsago.me" ]
 name = "exa"
 
 [dependencies]
-ansi_term = "0.4.6"
+ansi_term = "0.5.0"
 datetime = "0.1.3"
 #datetime_macros = "0.1.2"
 getopts = "0.2.1"
diff --git a/src/dir.rs b/src/dir.rs
index e0a2f25..8bd6d44 100644
--- a/src/dir.rs
+++ b/src/dir.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use std::old_io::{fs, IoResult};
 use file::{File, GREY};
 
-#[cfg(feature="git")] use ansi_term::ANSIString;
+#[cfg(feature="git")] use ansi_term::{ANSIString, ANSIStrings};
 #[cfg(feature="git")] use ansi_term::Colour::*;
 #[cfg(feature="git")] use git2;
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ impl Git {
         let status = self.statuses.iter()
                                   .find(|p| p.0 == path.as_vec());
         match status {
-            Some(&(_, s)) => format!("{}{}", Git::index_status(s), Git::working_tree_status(s)),
+            Some(&(_, s)) => ANSIStrings( &[Git::index_status(s), Git::working_tree_status(s) ]).to_string(),
             None => GREY.paint("--").to_string(),
         }
     }
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ impl Git {
                              .filter(|p| p.0.starts_with(dir.as_vec()))
                              .fold(git2::Status::empty(), |a, b| a | b.1);
 
-        format!("{}{}", Git::index_status(s), Git::working_tree_status(s))
+        ANSIStrings( &[Git::index_status(s), Git::working_tree_status(s)] ).to_string()
     }
 
     /// The character to display if the file has been modified, but not staged.
diff --git a/src/file.rs b/src/file.rs
index 3d42625..48f2535 100644
--- a/src/file.rs
+++ b/src/file.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use std::old_io::{fs, IoResult};
 use std::old_io as io;
 use std::ascii::AsciiExt;
 
-use ansi_term::{ANSIString, Colour, Style};
+use ansi_term::{ANSIString, ANSIStrings, Colour, Style};
 use ansi_term::Style::Plain;
 use ansi_term::Colour::{Red, Green, Yellow, Blue, Purple, Cyan, Fixed};
 
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ impl<'a> File<'a> {
                     let symbol = prefix.symbol();
 
                     Cell {
-                        text: format!("{}{}", Green.bold().paint(&*number), Green.paint(symbol)),
+                        text: ANSIStrings( &[ Green.bold().paint(&number[]), Green.paint(symbol) ]).to_string(),
                         length: number.len() + symbol.len(),
                     }
                 }
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ impl<'a> File<'a> {
             _ => Green.bold(),
         };
 
-        let string = format!("{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}",
+        let string = ANSIStrings(&[
             self.type_char(),
             File::permission_bit(&bits, io::USER_READ,     "r", Yellow.bold()),
             File::permission_bit(&bits, io::USER_WRITE,    "w", Red.bold()),
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ impl<'a> File<'a> {
             File::permission_bit(&bits, io::OTHER_READ,    "r", Yellow.normal()),
             File::permission_bit(&bits, io::OTHER_WRITE,   "w", Red.normal()),
             File::permission_bit(&bits, io::OTHER_EXECUTE, "x", Green.normal()),
-       );
+        ]).to_string();
 
         Cell { text: string, length: 10 }
     }