diff --git a/helpers.go b/helpers.go
index 8caaef4..3a3d9ce 100644
--- a/helpers.go
+++ b/helpers.go
@@ -214,11 +214,13 @@ func leftPadKey(k string) string {
 }
 
 var colors = struct {
+	reset   func(...any) (int, error)
 	italic  func(...any) string
 	italicf func(string, ...any) string
 	bold    func(...any) string
 	boldf   func(string, ...any) string
 }{
+	color.New(color.Reset).Print,
 	color.New(color.Italic).Sprint,
 	color.New(color.Italic).Sprintf,
 	color.New(color.Bold).Sprint,
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index e08b059..96d05c3 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
-	"github.com/fatih/color"
 	"github.com/fiatjaf/cli/v3"
 	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr"
 	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr/sdk"
@@ -133,12 +132,16 @@ var app = &cli.Command{
 }
 
 func main() {
-	defer func() {
-		color.New(color.Reset).Print()
-	}()
+	defer colors.reset()
+
+	cli.VersionFlag = &cli.BoolFlag{
+		Name:  "version",
+		Usage: "prints the version",
+	}
+
 	if err := app.Run(context.Background(), os.Args); err != nil {
 		stdout(err)
-		color.New(color.Reset).Print()
+		colors.reset()
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 }