diff --git a/klogger-logger.gemspec b/klogger-logger.gemspec
index 44e5cb9..487ff89 100644
--- a/klogger-logger.gemspec
+++ b/klogger-logger.gemspec
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.authors       = ['Adam Cooke']
   s.email         = ['adam@krystal.uk']
   s.licenses      = ['MIT']
+  s.add_dependency('coderay', '~> 1.1')
   s.add_dependency('concurrent-ruby', '>= 1.0', '< 2.0')
   s.add_dependency('json')
-  s.add_dependency('rouge', '>= 3.30', '< 5.0')
 end
 # rubocop:enable Gemspec/RequireMFA
diff --git a/lib/klogger/json_highlighter.rb b/lib/klogger/json_highlighter.rb
index ef26913..668bc02 100644
--- a/lib/klogger/json_highlighter.rb
+++ b/lib/klogger/json_highlighter.rb
@@ -1,58 +1,31 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-require 'rouge'
+require 'coderay'
+require 'klogger/colors'
 
 # This class is responsible for receiving log data and sending it to an underlying
 module Klogger
   class JSONHighlighter
 
-    class Theme < Rouge::CSSTheme
-
-      style Text, fg: '#ffffff'
-      style Literal::String,
-            Literal::Number, fg: '#35AEFF'
-      style Punctuation, fg: '#888888'
-
-    end
-
-    class ErrorTheme < Theme
-
-      style Literal::String,
-            Literal::Number, fg: '#FF355D'
-
-    end
-
-    class WarnTheme < Theme
-
-      style Literal::String,
-            Literal::Number, fg: '#FFD700'
-
-    end
-
-    class DebugTheme < Theme
-
-      style Text, fg: '#999999'
-      style Literal::String,
-            Literal::Number, fg: '#cccccc'
-
-    end
-
-    LEXER = Rouge::Lexers::JSON.new
-    FORMATTER = Rouge::Formatters::Terminal256
-    FORMATTERS = {
-      info: FORMATTER.new(Theme.new),
-      debug: FORMATTER.new(DebugTheme.new),
-      warn: FORMATTER.new(WarnTheme.new),
-      error: FORMATTER.new(ErrorTheme.new),
-      fatal: FORMATTER.new(ErrorTheme.new)
-    }.freeze
-
     class << self
 
       def highlight(output)
         severity = ::Regexp.last_match(1).to_sym if output.match(/"severity":"(\w+)"/)
-        formatter = FORMATTERS[severity] || FORMATTERS[:info]
-        formatter.format(LEXER.lex(output))
+
+        # Determine the color based on severity
+        case severity
+        when :info
+          color = :info
+        when :warn
+          color = :warn
+        when :error, :fatal
+          color = :error
+        else # default (debug, unknown, or no severity)
+          color = :white
+        end
+
+        # Apply color to the entire JSON output
+        Colors.colorize(output, color)
       end
 
     end