diff --git a/dnf-search-installed.py b/dnf-search-installed.py
index 031ddfa..849365f 100644
--- a/dnf-search-installed.py
+++ b/dnf-search-installed.py
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ if sys.argv[1] != 'search':
 
 # call CLI to get all the formatting and highlighting for free
 res = subprocess.run(
-	# todo: add --color=always https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf5/issues/839
-	[DNF, *sys.argv[1:]],
+	[DNF, '--color=always', *sys.argv[1:]],
 	capture_output=True,
 	encoding='utf-8',
 	check=False,