diff --git a/src/renderer/components/dock/pod-logs.scss b/src/renderer/components/dock/pod-logs.scss
index bb2f223f72..c90adf7ddf 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/dock/pod-logs.scss
+++ b/src/renderer/components/dock/pod-logs.scss
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 .PodLogs {
+  --overlay-bg: #8cc474b8;
+  --overlay-active-bg: orange;
+
   .logs {
     @include custom-scrollbar;
 
@@ -11,14 +14,6 @@
     background: $logsBackground;
     flex-grow: 1;
 
-    .find-overlay {
-      position: absolute;
-      border-radius: 2px;
-      background-color: #8cc474;
-      margin-top: 4px;
-      opacity: 0.5;
-    }
-
     .VirtualList {
       height: 100%;
 
@@ -29,19 +24,30 @@
           font-family: $font-monospace;
           font-size: smaller;
           white-space: pre;
-          -webkit-font-smoothing: auto; // Better readability on non-retina screens
 
           &:hover {
             background: $logRowHoverBackground;
           }
 
           span {
+            -webkit-font-smoothing: auto; // Better readability on non-retina screens
+          }
+
+          span.overlay {
             border-radius: 2px;
-            background-color: #8cc474b8;
             -webkit-font-smoothing: auto;
+            background-color: var(--overlay-bg);
+
+            span {
+              background-color: var(--overlay-bg)!important; // Rewriting inline styles from AnsiUp library
+            }
 
             &.active {
-              background-color: orange;
+              background-color: var(--overlay-active-bg);
+
+              span {
+                background-color: var(--overlay-active-bg)!important; // Rewriting inline styles from AnsiUp library
+              }
             }
           }
         }
@@ -49,25 +55,6 @@
     }
   }
 
-  .new-logs-sep {
-    position: relative;
-    display: block;
-    height: 0;
-    border-top: 1px solid $primary;
-    margin: $margin * 2 0;
-
-    &:after {
-      position: absolute;
-      left: 50%;
-      transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
-      content: 'new';
-      background: $primary;
-      color: white;
-      padding: $padding / 3;
-      border-radius: $radius;
-    }
-  }
-
   .jump-to-bottom {
     position: absolute;
     right: 30px;
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/dock/pod-logs.tsx b/src/renderer/components/dock/pod-logs.tsx
index 8426a1b5ba..9985a0d913 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/dock/pod-logs.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/dock/pod-logs.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import "./pod-logs.scss";
 import React from "react";
+import AnsiUp from 'ansi_up';
+import DOMPurify from "dompurify"
 import { Trans } from "@lingui/macro";
 import { action, computed, observable, reaction } from "mobx";
 import { disposeOnUnmount, observer } from "mobx-react";
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ export class PodLogs extends React.Component<Props> {
   private logsElement = React.createRef<HTMLDivElement>(); // A reference for outer container in VirtualList
   private virtualListRef = React.createRef<VirtualList>(); // A reference for VirtualList component
   private lastLineIsShown = true; // used for proper auto-scroll content after refresh
+  private colorConverter = new AnsiUp();
 
   componentDidMount() {
     disposeOnUnmount(this, [
@@ -185,6 +188,7 @@ export class PodLogs extends React.Component<Props> {
     const { searchQuery, isActiveOverlay } = searchStore;
     const item = this.logs[rowIndex];
     const contents: React.ReactElement[] = [];
+    const ansiToHtml = (ansi: string) => DOMPurify.sanitize(this.colorConverter.ansi_to_html(ansi));
     if (searchQuery) { // If search is enabled, replace keyword with backgrounded <span>
       // Case-insensitive search (lowercasing query and keywords in line)
       const regex = new RegExp(searchStore.escapeRegex(searchQuery), "gi");
@@ -195,19 +199,26 @@ export class PodLogs extends React.Component<Props> {
       pieces.forEach((piece, index) => {
         const active = isActiveOverlay(rowIndex, index);
         const lastItem = index === pieces.length - 1;
+        const overlayValue = matches.next().value;
         const overlay = !lastItem ?
-          <span className={cssNames({ active })}>{matches.next().value}</span> :
+          <span
+            className={cssNames("overlay", { active })}
+            dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: ansiToHtml(overlayValue) }}
+          /> :
           null
         contents.push(
           <React.Fragment key={piece + index}>
-            {piece}{overlay}
+            <span dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: ansiToHtml(piece) }} />
+            {overlay}
           </React.Fragment>
         );
       })
     }
     return (
       <div className={cssNames("LogRow")}>
-        {contents.length > 1 ? contents : item}
+        {contents.length > 1 ? contents : (
+          <span dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: ansiToHtml(item) }} />
+        )}
       </div>
     );
   }