diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index 8357a48..a46a7db 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 ########################################################################
 ####  Script Name: inxi
-####  version: 1.3.8
+####  version: 1.3.9
 ####  Date: February 1 2010
 ########################################################################
 ####  SPECIAL THANKS
@@ -3251,10 +3251,10 @@ $repo_data_working"
 		do
 			repo_line=$( gawk '
 			{
-				# need to dump leading/trailing spaces and change [,] to (, ) for irc output
+				# need to dump leading/trailing spaces and clear out color codes for irc output
 				sub(/^[[:space:]]+|[[:space:]]+$/,"",$0)
-				gsub(/\[/,"(",$0)
-				gsub(/\]/,")",$0)
+# 				gsub(/\x1B\[([0-9]{1,2}(;[0-9]{1,2})?)?[m|K]/,"",$0) # leaving this pattern in case need it
+				gsub(/\[([0-9];)?[0-9]+m/,"",$0)
 				print $0
 			}' <<< $repo_line )
 			if [[ -n $( grep '://' <<< $repo_line ) ]];then