diff --git a/bash_profile b/bash_profile
index a265bd6..00d7332 100644
--- a/bash_profile
+++ b/bash_profile
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ pinfo(){
 }
 
 update(){
-    yellow='\e[1;33m'
-    none='\e[0m'
-    if $1 == '-v' ; then
+    yellow='\x1B[0;33m'
+    none='\x1B[0m'
+    if [[ $1 == '-v' ]] ; then
         echo -e "${yellow}Updating homebrew formulae${none}"
         brew update
         echo -e "${yellow}Updating installed sources(Homebrew)${none}"
diff --git a/zshrc b/zshrc
index 904063c..e8b679c 100644
--- a/zshrc
+++ b/zshrc
@@ -99,9 +99,10 @@ pinfo(){
 }
 
 update(){
-    yellow='\e[1;33m'
-    none='\e[0m'
-    if $1 == '-v' ; then
+    autoload -U colors && colors
+    yellow=$fg_no_bold[yellow]
+    none=$reset_color
+    if [[ $1 == '-v' ]] ; then
         echo -e "${yellow}Updating homebrew formulae${none}"
         brew update
         echo -e "${yellow}Updating installed sources(Homebrew)${none}"
@@ -118,6 +119,6 @@ update(){
         echo -e "${yellow}Updating MacPorts (sudo required)${none}"
         sudo port selfupdate &> /dev/null
         echo -e "${yellow}Updating installed sources(MacPorts)${none}"
-        sudo port upgrade outdated & /dev/null
+        sudo port upgrade outdated &> /dev/null
     fi
 }