diff --git a/roles/openvpn/templates/iiab-support b/roles/openvpn/templates/iiab-support
index 98736ce1b..6d82161d7 100755
--- a/roles/openvpn/templates/iiab-support
+++ b/roles/openvpn/templates/iiab-support
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ DEBUG=false    # Using /usr/bin/true or /usr/bin/false
 # (c) WITH *OUTPUT* we aggressively overwrite null var lines, including both
 #     "^var:$" (no trailing whitespace) and "^var:\s\+$" (trailing whitespace).
 
-echo
+echo -e "\e[0m"    # Turn off all ANSI/VT100 colors
 
 if [ -f /etc/iiab/openvpn_handle ]; then
     echo -e "             \e[41mFYI /etc/iiab/openvpn_handle is no longer supported.\e[0m\n"