diff --git a/crates/nu-utils/src/utils.rs b/crates/nu-utils/src/utils.rs
index 09b3a7a2de..5f477b7e6e 100644
--- a/crates/nu-utils/src/utils.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-utils/src/utils.rs
@@ -9,19 +9,18 @@ pub fn enable_vt_processing() -> Result<()> {
 
         pub const ENABLE_PROCESSED_OUTPUT: u32 = 0x0001;
         pub const ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING: u32 = 0x0004;
-        // let mask = ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING;
+        let mask = ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING;
 
         let console_mode = ConsoleMode::from(Handle::current_out_handle()?);
         let old_mode = console_mode.mode()?;
 
         // researching odd ansi behavior in windows terminal repo revealed that
         // enable_processed_output and enable_virtual_terminal_processing should be used
-        // also, instead of checking old_mode & mask, just set the mode already
 
-        // if old_mode & mask == 0 {
-        console_mode
-            .set_mode(old_mode | ENABLE_PROCESSED_OUTPUT | ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING)?;
-        // }
+        if old_mode & mask == 0 {
+            console_mode
+                .set_mode(old_mode | ENABLE_PROCESSED_OUTPUT | ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING)?
+        }
     }
     Ok(())
 }