diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c17191d2..b8cf2bde 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -90,10 +90,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "indicatif",
  "itertools",
  "log",
+ "owo-colors",
  "pretty_env_logger",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
- "tabwriter",
  "termion",
  "tokio",
  "tracing-subscriber",
@@ -1381,6 +1381,12 @@ version = "6.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8e22443d1643a904602595ba1cd8f7d896afe56d26712531c5ff73a15b2fbf64"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "owo-colors"
+version = "3.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "decf7381921fea4dcb2549c5667eda59b3ec297ab7e2b5fc33eac69d2e7da87b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "parking_lot"
 version = "0.11.2"
@@ -2180,15 +2186,6 @@ version = "0.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "20518fe4a4c9acf048008599e464deb21beeae3d3578418951a189c235a7a9a8"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tabwriter"
-version = "1.2.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "36205cfc997faadcc4b0b87aaef3fbedafe20d38d4959a7ca6ff803564051111"
-dependencies = [
- "unicode-width",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "termcolor"
 version = "1.1.3"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e6dd5da3..51302f23 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -60,12 +60,12 @@ chrono-english = "0.1.4"
 cli-table = "0.4"
 base64 = "0.13.0"
 humantime = "2.1.0"
-tabwriter = "1.2.1"
 crossbeam-channel = "0.5.1"
 clap = { version = "3.1.11", features = ["derive"] }
 clap_complete = "3.1.2"
 fs-err = "2.7"
 whoami = "1.1.2"
+owo-colors = "3.4.0"
 
 [dependencies.tracing-subscriber]
 version = "0.3"
diff --git a/atuin-client/src/sync.rs b/atuin-client/src/sync.rs
index 36f713ae..23f552e5 100644
--- a/atuin-client/src/sync.rs
+++ b/atuin-client/src/sync.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::convert::TryInto;
 use chrono::prelude::*;
 use eyre::Result;
 
-use atuin_common::{api::AddHistoryRequest};
+use atuin_common::api::AddHistoryRequest;
 
 use crate::api_client;
 use crate::database::Database;
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use crate::encryption::{encrypt, load_encoded_key, load_key};
 use crate::settings::{Settings, HISTORY_PAGE_SIZE};
 
 pub fn hash_str(string: &str) -> String {
-    use sha2::{Sha256, Digest};
+    use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
     let mut hasher = Sha256::new();
     hasher.update(string.as_bytes());
     hex::encode(hasher.finalize())
diff --git a/src/command/client/history.rs b/src/command/client/history.rs
index 4f96c444..6bc99dda 100644
--- a/src/command/client/history.rs
+++ b/src/command/client/history.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 use std::env;
-use std::io::Write;
+use std::io::{StdoutLock, Write};
 use std::time::Duration;
 
 use clap::Subcommand;
 use eyre::Result;
-use tabwriter::TabWriter;
 
 use atuin_client::database::{current_context, Database};
 use atuin_client::history::History;
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@ use atuin_client::settings::Settings;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "sync")]
 use atuin_client::sync;
+use owo_colors::OwoColorize;
 
 #[derive(Subcommand)]
 #[clap(infer_subcommands = true)]
@@ -55,42 +55,62 @@ pub enum Cmd {
 
 #[allow(clippy::cast_sign_loss)]
 pub fn print_list(h: &[History], human: bool, cmd_only: bool) {
-    let mut writer = TabWriter::new(std::io::stdout()).padding(2);
+    let w = std::io::stdout();
+    let mut w = w.lock();
 
-    let lines = h.iter().rev().map(|h| {
-        if human {
-            let duration = humantime::format_duration(Duration::from_nanos(std::cmp::max(
-                h.duration, 0,
-            ) as u64))
-            .to_string();
-            let duration: Vec<&str> = duration.split(' ').collect();
-            let duration = duration[0];
-
-            format!(
-                "{}\t{}\t{}\n",
-                h.timestamp.format("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"),
-                h.command.trim(),
-                duration,
-            )
-        } else if cmd_only {
-            format!("{}\n", h.command.trim())
-        } else {
-            format!(
-                "{}\t{}\t{}\n",
-                h.timestamp.timestamp_nanos(),
-                h.command.trim(),
-                h.duration
-            )
-        }
-    });
-
-    for i in lines {
-        writer
-            .write_all(i.as_bytes())
-            .expect("failed to write to tab writer");
+    if human {
+        print_human_list(&mut w, h);
+    } else if cmd_only {
+        print_cmd_only(&mut w, h);
+    } else {
+        print_basic(&mut w, h);
     }
 
-    writer.flush().expect("failed to flush tab writer");
+    w.flush().expect("failed to flush history");
+}
+
+#[allow(clippy::cast_sign_loss)]
+pub fn print_human_list(w: &mut StdoutLock, h: &[History]) {
+    for h in h.iter().rev() {
+        let duration =
+            humantime::format_duration(Duration::from_nanos(std::cmp::max(h.duration, 0) as u64))
+                .to_string();
+        let duration: Vec<&str> = duration.split(' ').collect();
+        let duration = duration[0];
+
+        let time = h.timestamp.format("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S");
+        let cmd = h.command.trim();
+
+        let duration = if h.exit == 0 {
+            duration.color(owo_colors::AnsiColors::Green)
+        } else {
+            duration.color(owo_colors::AnsiColors::Red)
+        };
+
+        writeln!(w, "{time} · {duration}\t{cmd}").expect("failed to write history");
+    }
+}
+
+#[allow(clippy::cast_sign_loss)]
+pub fn print_basic(w: &mut StdoutLock, h: &[History]) {
+    for h in h.iter().rev() {
+        let duration =
+            humantime::format_duration(Duration::from_nanos(std::cmp::max(h.duration, 0) as u64))
+                .to_string();
+        let duration: Vec<&str> = duration.split(' ').collect();
+        let duration = duration[0];
+
+        let time = h.timestamp.format("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S");
+        let cmd = h.command.trim();
+
+        writeln!(w, "{time}\t{cmd}\t{duration}").expect("failed to write history");
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn print_cmd_only(w: &mut StdoutLock, h: &[History]) {
+    for h in h.iter().rev() {
+        writeln!(w, "{}", h.command.trim()).expect("failed to write history");
+    }
 }
 
 impl Cmd {