README.md | 1 +
 src/nnn.c | 2 +-

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e8a2adc83822ff757a6d3d91ca86a76bee60f2ed..c9d93902ddebb97c7e539371fe50030736664bca 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@   - Language-agnostic plugins
   - Static binary available (no need to install)
   - Minimal library deps, easy to compile
   - No config file, minimal config with sensible defaults
+  - Plugin to backup configuration
   - Widely available on many packagers
   - Touch enabled, comfortable on handhelds too!
   - Unicode support
diff --git a/src/nnn.c b/src/nnn.c
index adb5fcaa824334a33afddcdc9ca916430119b8d0..eda3cb9ffc550efa78d11c188f5cce1c4be783cd 100644
--- a/src/nnn.c
+++ b/src/nnn.c
@@ -1697,7 +1697,7 @@
 		if (colors && *colors == '#') {
 			char *sep = strchr(colors, ';');
 
-			if (COLORS >= 256) {
+			if (!g_state.oldcolor && COLORS >= 256) {
 				++colors;
 				ext = TRUE;