diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2fe88514f7..90eee98719 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1642,6 +1642,7 @@ name = "nu-table"
 version = "0.36.0"
 dependencies = [
  "ansi-cut",
+ "atty",
  "nu-ansi-term 0.39.0",
  "nu-protocol",
  "regex",
diff --git a/crates/nu-protocol/src/config.rs b/crates/nu-protocol/src/config.rs
index fbbc488859..4635d90eec 100644
--- a/crates/nu-protocol/src/config.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-protocol/src/config.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub footer_mode: FooterMode,
     pub animate_prompt: bool,
     pub float_precision: i64,
+    pub without_color: bool,
 }
 
 impl Default for Config {
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ impl Default for Config {
             footer_mode: FooterMode::Never,
             animate_prompt: ANIMATE_PROMPT_DEFAULT,
             float_precision: 4,
+            without_color: false,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -84,12 +86,13 @@ impl Value {
                     };
                 }
                 "animate_prompt" => {
-                    let val = value.as_bool()?;
-                    config.animate_prompt = val;
+                    config.animate_prompt = value.as_bool()?;
                 }
                 "float_precision" => {
-                    let val = value.as_integer()?;
-                    config.float_precision = val;
+                    config.float_precision = value.as_integer()?;
+                }
+                "without_color" => {
+                    config.without_color = value.as_bool()?;
                 }
                 _ => {}
             }
diff --git a/crates/nu-table/Cargo.toml b/crates/nu-table/Cargo.toml
index 18cb076316..6138139625 100644
--- a/crates/nu-table/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/nu-table/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ name = "table"
 path = "src/main.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
-# nu-ansi-term = "0.39.0"
 nu-ansi-term = { path = "../nu-ansi-term" }
 nu-protocol = { path = "../nu-protocol"}
 regex = "1.4"
 unicode-width = "0.1.8"
 strip-ansi-escapes = "0.1.1"
-ansi-cut = "0.1.1"
\ No newline at end of file
+ansi-cut = "0.1.1"
+atty = "0.2.14"
diff --git a/crates/nu-table/src/table.rs b/crates/nu-table/src/table.rs
index e73f24e587..e66f8294bf 100644
--- a/crates/nu-table/src/table.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-table/src/table.rs
@@ -883,10 +883,11 @@ impl WrappedTable {
     fn print_table(&self, color_hm: &HashMap<String, Style>, config: &Config) -> String {
         let mut output = String::new();
 
-        #[cfg(windows)]
-        {
-            let _ = nu_ansi_term::enable_ansi_support();
-        }
+        // TODO: This may be unnecessary after JTs changes. Let's remove it and see.
+        // #[cfg(windows)]
+        // {
+        //     let _ = nu_ansi_term::enable_ansi_support();
+        // }
 
         if self.data.is_empty() {
             return output;
@@ -952,7 +953,18 @@ impl WrappedTable {
             output.push_str(&self.print_separator(SeparatorPosition::Bottom, color_hm));
         }
 
-        output
+        // the atty is for when people do ls from vim, there should be no coloring there
+        if config.without_color || !atty::is(atty::Stream::Stdout) {
+            // Draw the table without ansi colors
+            if let Ok(bytes) = strip_ansi_escapes::strip(&output) {
+                String::from_utf8_lossy(&bytes).to_string()
+            } else {
+                output
+            }
+        } else {
+            // Draw the table with ansi colors
+            output
+        }
     }
 }