--- rust-expectrl-0.7.1.orig/src/repl.rs
+++ rust-expectrl-0.7.1/src/repl.rs
@@ -99,8 +99,10 @@ pub async fn spawn_bash() -> Result<Repl
 pub fn spawn_python() -> Result<ReplSession, Error> {
     // todo: check windows here
     // If we spawn it as ProcAttr::default().commandline("python3") it will spawn processes endlessly....
+    let mut cmd = Command::new("python3");
+    let _ = cmd.env("PYTHON_COLORS","0");
 
-    let session = spawn("python3")?;
+    let session = crate::session::Session::spawn(cmd)?;
 
     let mut idle = ReplSession::new(session, ">>> ".to_owned(), Some("quit()".to_owned()), false);
     idle.expect_prompt()?;