diff --git a/nasal_err.h b/nasal_err.h
index 943441d..9bc3a4d 100644
--- a/nasal_err.h
+++ b/nasal_err.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ std::ostream& bold_cyan(std::ostream& s)
 std::ostream& bold_orange(std::ostream& s)
 {
 #ifdef _WIN32
-    SetConsoleTextAttribute(GetStdHandle(STD_ERROR_HANDLE),0x0e);
+    SetConsoleTextAttribute(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE),0x0e);
 #else
     s<<"\033[93;1m";
 #endif
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ std::ostream& bold_orange(std::ostream& s)
 std::ostream& bold_white(std::ostream& s)
 {
 #ifdef _WIN32
-    SetConsoleTextAttribute(GetStdHandle(STD_ERROR_HANDLE),0x0f);
+    SetConsoleTextAttribute(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE),0x0f);
 #else
     s<<"\033[0m\033[1m";
 #endif
diff --git a/test/watchdog.nas b/test/watchdog.nas
index ff80b95..1da5b41 100644
--- a/test/watchdog.nas
+++ b/test/watchdog.nas
@@ -1,47 +1,47 @@
 var os_time=func(){
-    return "[\e[33m"~os.time()~"\e[0m] ";
+    return "[\e[33;1m"~os.time()~"\e[0m] ";
 }
 var err_hd=func(){
-    return "[\e[91merror\e[0m] ";
+    return "[\e[91;1merror\e[0m] ";
 }
 var watching_hd=func(){
-    return "[\e[96mwatching\e[0m] ";
+    return "[\e[96;1mwatching\e[0m] ";
 }
 var modified_hd=func(){
-    return "[\e[92mmodified\e[0m] ";
+    return "[\e[92;1mmodified\e[0m] ";
 }
 var usage=func(){
-    println(os_time(),"[\e[92musage\e[0m] nasal watchdog.nas <filename>");
+    println(os_time(),"[\e[92;1musage\e[0m] \e[1mnasal watchdog.nas <filename>\e[0m");
 }
 
 var argv=runtime.argv();
 if(size(argv)!=1){
-    println(os_time(),err_hd(),"need correct file path to watch");
+    println(os_time(),err_hd(),"\e[1mneed correct file path to watch\e[0m");
     usage();
     exit(-1);
 }
 var filename=argv[0];
 if(!io.exists(filename)){
-    println(os_time(),err_hd(),"file <",filename,"> does not exist");
+    println(os_time(),err_hd(),"\e[1mfile <",filename,"> does not exist\e[0m");
     usage();
     exit(-1);
 }
 
 var modified_time=fstat(filename).st_mtime;
-println(os_time(),watching_hd(),filename," ..");
+println(os_time(),watching_hd(),"\e[1m",filename," ..\e[0m");
 while(1){
     unix.sleep(1);
     if(!io.exists(filename)){
-        println(os_time(),err_hd(),"file <",filename,"> does not exist");
+        println(os_time(),err_hd(),"\e[1mfile <",filename,"> does not exist\e[0m");
         break;
     }
     var latest_modified_time=fstat(filename).st_mtime;
     if(latest_modified_time!=modified_time){
         modified_time=latest_modified_time;
-        println(os_time(),modified_hd(),filename);
+        println(os_time(),modified_hd(),"\e[1m",filename,"\e[0m");
         var ret=system((os.platform()=="windows"?"":"./")~"nasal "~filename);
         if(ret!=0){
-            println(os_time(),err_hd(),"process returned value ",ret);
+            println(os_time(),err_hd(),"\e[1mprocess returned value ",ret,"\e[0m");
         }
     }
 }
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