diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9d29875..0ceaad9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -17,15 +17,6 @@ version = "2.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "512761e0bb2578dd7380c6baaa0f4ce03e84f95e960231d1dec8bf4d7d6e2627"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "aho-corasick"
-version = "1.1.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8e60d3430d3a69478ad0993f19238d2df97c507009a52b3c10addcd7f6bcb916"
-dependencies = [
- "memchr",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "anstream"
 version = "0.6.18"
@@ -109,21 +100,6 @@ version = "0.22.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "72b3254f16251a8381aa12e40e3c4d2f0199f8c6508fbecb9d91f575e0fbb8c6"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "bincode"
-version = "1.3.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b1f45e9417d87227c7a56d22e471c6206462cba514c7590c09aff4cf6d1ddcad"
-dependencies = [
- "serde",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "bitflags"
-version = "1.3.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bef38d45163c2f1dde094a7dfd33ccf595c92905c8f8f4fdc18d06fb1037718a"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "2.8.0"
@@ -139,31 +115,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "generic-array",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "bstr"
-version = "1.11.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "531a9155a481e2ee699d4f98f43c0ca4ff8ee1bfd55c31e9e98fb29d2b176fe0"
-dependencies = [
- "memchr",
- "serde",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "bytes"
 version = "1.10.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f61dac84819c6588b558454b194026eb1f09c293b9036ae9b159e74e73ab6cf9"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "cc"
-version = "1.2.14"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0c3d1b2e905a3a7b00a6141adb0e4c0bb941d11caf55349d863942a1cc44e3c9"
-dependencies = [
- "shlex",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -172,9 +129,9 @@ checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
-version = "4.5.28"
+version = "4.5.30"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3e77c3243bd94243c03672cb5154667347c457ca271254724f9f393aee1c05ff"
+checksum = "92b7b18d71fad5313a1e320fa9897994228ce274b60faa4d694fe0ea89cd9e6d"
 dependencies = [
  "clap_builder",
  "clap_derive",
@@ -182,9 +139,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_builder"
-version = "4.5.27"
+version = "4.5.30"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1b26884eb4b57140e4d2d93652abfa49498b938b3c9179f9fc487b0acc3edad7"
+checksum = "a35db2071778a7344791a4fb4f95308b5673d219dee3ae348b86642574ecc90c"
 dependencies = [
  "anstream",
  "anstyle",
@@ -216,6 +173,17 @@ version = "1.0.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5b63caa9aa9397e2d9480a9b13673856c78d8ac123288526c37d7839f2a86990"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "colored_json"
+version = "5.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e35980a1b846f8e3e359fd18099172a0857140ba9230affc4f71348081e039b6"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "yansi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cpufeatures"
 version = "0.2.17"
@@ -225,15 +193,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "crc32fast"
-version = "1.4.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a97769d94ddab943e4510d138150169a2758b5ef3eb191a9ee688de3e23ef7b3"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "crypto-common"
 version = "0.1.6"
@@ -281,34 +240,13 @@ version = "0.15.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1aaf95b3e5c8f23aa320147307562d361db0ae0d51242340f558153b4eb2439b"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "equivalent"
-version = "1.0.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "877a4ace8713b0bcf2a4e7eec82529c029f1d0619886d18145fea96c3ffe5c0f"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "flate2"
-version = "1.0.35"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c936bfdafb507ebbf50b8074c54fa31c5be9a1e7e5f467dd659697041407d07c"
-dependencies = [
- "crc32fast",
- "miniz_oxide",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "fnv"
-version = "1.0.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3f9eec918d3f24069decb9af1554cad7c880e2da24a9afd88aca000531ab82c1"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "forest"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "clap",
+ "colored_json",
  "dotenvy",
  "glob",
  "kdl",
@@ -316,8 +254,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "rusty-s3",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
- "syntect",
- "syntect-assets",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-subscriber",
@@ -369,25 +305,6 @@ version = "0.3.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a8d1add55171497b4705a648c6b583acafb01d58050a51727785f0b2c8e0a2b2"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "globset"
-version = "0.4.15"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "15f1ce686646e7f1e19bf7d5533fe443a45dbfb990e00629110797578b42fb19"
-dependencies = [
- "aho-corasick",
- "bstr",
- "log",
- "regex-automata",
- "regex-syntax",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "hashbrown"
-version = "0.15.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bf151400ff0baff5465007dd2f3e717f3fe502074ca563069ce3a6629d07b289"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "heck"
 version = "0.5.0"
@@ -542,16 +459,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "icu_properties",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "indexmap"
-version = "2.7.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8c9c992b02b5b4c94ea26e32fe5bccb7aa7d9f390ab5c1221ff895bc7ea8b652"
-dependencies = [
- "equivalent",
- "hashbrown",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "is_terminal_polyfill"
 version = "1.70.1"
@@ -566,9 +473,9 @@ checksum = "d75a2a4b1b190afb6f5425f10f6a8f959d2ea0b9c2b1d79553551850539e4674"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "kdl"
-version = "6.3.3"
+version = "6.3.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "412e2cf22cb560469db5b211c594ff9dcd490c6964e284ea64eddffe41c2249c"
+checksum = "12661358400b02cbbf1fbd05f0a483335490e8a6bd1867620f2eeb78f304a22f"
 dependencies = [
  "miette",
  "num",
@@ -588,12 +495,6 @@ version = "0.2.169"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b5aba8db14291edd000dfcc4d620c7ebfb122c613afb886ca8803fa4e128a20a"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "linked-hash-map"
-version = "0.5.6"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0717cef1bc8b636c6e1c1bbdefc09e6322da8a9321966e8928ef80d20f7f770f"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "litemap"
 version = "0.7.4"
@@ -666,9 +567,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "miniz_oxide"
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b8402cab7aefae129c6977bb0ff1b8fd9a04eb5b51efc50a70bea51cda0c7924"
+checksum = "b3b1c9bd4fe1f0f8b387f6eb9eb3b4a1aa26185e5750efb9140301703f62cd1b"
 dependencies = [
  "adler2",
 ]
@@ -788,28 +689,6 @@ version = "1.20.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "945462a4b81e43c4e3ba96bd7b49d834c6f61198356aa858733bc4acf3cbe62e"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "onig"
-version = "6.4.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8c4b31c8722ad9171c6d77d3557db078cab2bd50afcc9d09c8b315c59df8ca4f"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 1.3.2",
- "libc",
- "once_cell",
- "onig_sys",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "onig_sys"
-version = "69.8.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7b829e3d7e9cc74c7e315ee8edb185bf4190da5acde74afd7fc59c35b1f086e7"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
- "pkg-config",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "overload"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -851,25 +730,6 @@ version = "0.2.16"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3b3cff922bd51709b605d9ead9aa71031d81447142d828eb4a6eba76fe619f9b"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "pkg-config"
-version = "0.3.31"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "953ec861398dccce10c670dfeaf3ec4911ca479e9c02154b3a215178c5f566f2"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "plist"
-version = "1.7.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "42cf17e9a1800f5f396bc67d193dc9411b59012a5876445ef450d449881e1016"
-dependencies = [
- "base64",
- "indexmap",
- "quick-xml 0.32.0",
- "serde",
- "time",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "powerfmt"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -885,15 +745,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "quick-xml"
-version = "0.32.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1d3a6e5838b60e0e8fa7a43f22ade549a37d61f8bdbe636d0d7816191de969c2"
-dependencies = [
- "memchr",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "quick-xml"
 version = "0.37.2"
@@ -919,26 +770,9 @@ version = "0.5.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "03a862b389f93e68874fbf580b9de08dd02facb9a788ebadaf4a3fd33cf58834"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.8.0",
+ "bitflags",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "regex-automata"
-version = "0.4.9"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "809e8dc61f6de73b46c85f4c96486310fe304c434cfa43669d7b40f711150908"
-dependencies = [
- "aho-corasick",
- "memchr",
- "regex-syntax",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "regex-syntax"
-version = "0.8.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2b15c43186be67a4fd63bee50d0303afffcef381492ebe2c5d87f324e1b8815c"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc-demangle"
 version = "0.1.24"
@@ -955,7 +789,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "hmac",
  "md-5",
  "percent-encoding",
- "quick-xml 0.37.2",
+ "quick-xml",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sha2",
@@ -985,12 +819,6 @@ version = "1.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "94143f37725109f92c262ed2cf5e59bce7498c01bcc1502d7b9afe439a4e9f49"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "semver"
-version = "1.0.25"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f79dfe2d285b0488816f30e700a7438c5a73d816b5b7d3ac72fbc48b0d185e03"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
 version = "1.0.217"
@@ -1023,19 +851,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "serde_yaml"
-version = "0.9.34+deprecated"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6a8b1a1a2ebf674015cc02edccce75287f1a0130d394307b36743c2f5d504b47"
-dependencies = [
- "indexmap",
- "itoa",
- "ryu",
- "serde",
- "unsafe-libyaml",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "sha2"
 version = "0.10.8"
@@ -1056,12 +871,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "shlex"
-version = "1.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0fda2ff0d084019ba4d7c6f371c95d8fd75ce3524c3cb8fb653a3023f6323e64"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "signal-hook-registry"
 version = "1.4.2"
@@ -1073,9 +882,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "smallvec"
-version = "1.13.2"
+version = "1.14.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3c5e1a9a646d36c3599cd173a41282daf47c44583ad367b8e6837255952e5c67"
+checksum = "7fcf8323ef1faaee30a44a340193b1ac6814fd9b7b4e88e9d4519a3e4abe1cfd"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "socket2"
@@ -1127,46 +936,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "syntect"
-version = "5.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "874dcfa363995604333cf947ae9f751ca3af4522c60886774c4963943b4746b1"
-dependencies = [
- "bincode",
- "bitflags 1.3.2",
- "flate2",
- "fnv",
- "once_cell",
- "onig",
- "plist",
- "regex-syntax",
- "serde",
- "serde_derive",
- "serde_json",
- "thiserror",
- "walkdir",
- "yaml-rust",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "syntect-assets"
-version = "0.23.6"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d9555fce7f4031d83b10a9ca0e9c2fe8eba1542c06e2182b7a342e0f2ec2a38e"
-dependencies = [
- "bincode",
- "flate2",
- "globset",
- "log",
- "once_cell",
- "semver",
- "serde",
- "serde_yaml",
- "syntect",
- "thiserror",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
 version = "1.0.69"
@@ -1327,9 +1096,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "typenum"
-version = "1.17.0"
+version = "1.18.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "42ff0bf0c66b8238c6f3b578df37d0b7848e55df8577b3f74f92a69acceeb825"
+checksum = "1dccffe3ce07af9386bfd29e80c0ab1a8205a2fc34e4bcd40364df902cfa8f3f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
@@ -1343,12 +1112,6 @@ version = "0.1.14"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7dd6e30e90baa6f72411720665d41d89b9a3d039dc45b8faea1ddd07f617f6af"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "unsafe-libyaml"
-version = "0.2.11"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "673aac59facbab8a9007c7f6108d11f63b603f7cabff99fabf650fea5c32b861"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "url"
 version = "2.5.4"
@@ -1380,9 +1143,9 @@ checksum = "06abde3611657adf66d383f00b093d7faecc7fa57071cce2578660c9f1010821"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "uuid"
-version = "1.13.1"
+version = "1.13.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ced87ca4be083373936a67f8de945faa23b6b42384bd5b64434850802c6dccd0"
+checksum = "8c1f41ffb7cf259f1ecc2876861a17e7142e63ead296f671f81f6ae85903e0d6"
 dependencies = [
  "getrandom",
 ]
@@ -1539,9 +1302,9 @@ checksum = "589f6da84c646204747d1270a2a5661ea66ed1cced2631d546fdfb155959f9ec"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "winnow"
-version = "0.6.26"
+version = "0.6.24"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1e90edd2ac1aa278a5c4599b1d89cf03074b610800f866d4026dc199d7929a28"
+checksum = "c8d71a593cc5c42ad7876e2c1fda56f314f3754c084128833e64f1345ff8a03a"
 dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
@@ -1552,7 +1315,7 @@ version = "0.33.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3268f3d866458b787f390cf61f4bbb563b922d091359f9608842999eaee3943c"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.8.0",
+ "bitflags",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1568,13 +1331,10 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1e9df38ee2d2c3c5948ea468a8406ff0db0b29ae1ffde1bcf20ef305bcc95c51"
 
 [[package]]
-name = "yaml-rust"
-version = "0.4.5"
+name = "yansi"
+version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "56c1936c4cc7a1c9ab21a1ebb602eb942ba868cbd44a99cb7cdc5892335e1c85"
-dependencies = [
- "linked-hash-map",
-]
+checksum = "cfe53a6657fd280eaa890a3bc59152892ffa3e30101319d168b781ed6529b049"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "yoke"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 59f2b7d..2f193cb 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ members = ["crates/*"]
 resolver = "2"
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
-forest = { path = "crates/forest" }
 
 anyhow = { version = "1" }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
diff --git a/crates/forest/Cargo.toml b/crates/forest/Cargo.toml
index 8e61916..91cbedb 100644
--- a/crates/forest/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/forest/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,5 +20,4 @@ walkdir = "2.5.0"
 minijinja = "2.7.0"
 glob = "0.3.2"
 serde_json = "1.0.138"
-syntect = "5.2.0"
-syntect-assets = "0.23.6"
+colored_json = "5.0.0"
diff --git a/crates/forest/src/cli.rs b/crates/forest/src/cli.rs
index a7b9a2e..0c8ebc7 100644
--- a/crates/forest/src/cli.rs
+++ b/crates/forest/src/cli.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,9 @@
 use std::{net::SocketAddr, path::PathBuf};
 
 use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
+use colored_json::ToColoredJson;
 use kdl::KdlDocument;
 use rusty_s3::{Bucket, Credentials, S3Action};
-use syntect::{
-    easy::HighlightLines,
-    highlighting::{Style, ThemeSet},
-    parsing::SyntaxSet,
-    util::{as_24_bit_terminal_escaped, LinesWithEndings},
-};
-use syntect_assets::assets::HighlightingAssets;
 use tokio::io::AsyncWriteExt;
 
 use crate::{
@@ -104,19 +98,7 @@ pub async fn execute() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 
         Commands::Info {} => {
             let output = serde_json::to_string_pretty(&context)?;
-            let assets = HighlightingAssets::from_binary();
-            let theme = assets.get_theme("OneHalfDark");
-
-            let ss = SyntaxSet::load_defaults_nonewlines();
-
-            let syntax = ss.find_syntax_by_extension("json").unwrap();
-            let mut h = HighlightLines::new(syntax, theme);
-
-            for line in LinesWithEndings::from(&output) {
-                let ranges: Vec<(Style, &str)> = h.highlight_line(line, &ss).unwrap();
-                print!("{}", as_24_bit_terminal_escaped(&ranges[..], true));
-            }
-            println!()
+            println!("{}", output.to_colored_json_auto().unwrap_or(output));
         }
 
         Commands::Template {} => {