diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7f8ba59a9..b74e3532b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
  + Fixed bug that allowed a recurring task to be added without a due date.
  + Fixed bug #243 that caused exported due dates to be quoted, which then
    confused a subsequent import (thanks to John Florian).
+ + Fixed bug #241 that caused redirected output to retain color control codes
+   for colored header and footnotes (thanks to John Florian).
 
 ------ old releases ------------------------------
 
diff --git a/src/Context.cpp b/src/Context.cpp
index 3ba39f716..cc2a472c6 100644
--- a/src/Context.cpp
+++ b/src/Context.cpp
@@ -148,18 +148,27 @@ int Context::run ()
   // Dump all debug messages.
   if (config.get (std::string ("debug"), false))
     foreach (d, debugMessages)
-      std::cout << colorizeDebug (*d) << std::endl;
+      if (config.get ("color", true) || config.get (std::string ("_forcecolor"), false))
+        std::cout << colorizeDebug (*d) << std::endl;
+      else
+        std::cout << *d << std::endl;
 
   // Dump all headers.
   foreach (h, headers)
-    std::cout << colorizeHeader (*h) << std::endl;
+    if (config.get ("color", true) || config.get (std::string ("_forcecolor"), false))
+      std::cout << colorizeHeader (*h) << std::endl;
+    else
+      std::cout << *h << std::endl;
 
   // Dump the report output.
   std::cout << output;
 
   // Dump all footnotes.
   foreach (f, footnotes)
-    std::cout << colorizeFootnote (*f) << std::endl;
+    if (config.get ("color", true) || config.get (std::string ("_forcecolor"), false))
+      std::cout << colorizeFootnote (*f) << std::endl;
+    else
+      std::cout << *f << std::endl;
 
   return 0;
 }