diff --git a/db-move b/db-move
index f0e001322329a5c9db72ba4943bfc2999319c224..ecdbc1eab4a2bb7864a1f370a066d184514719be 100755
--- a/db-move
+++ b/db-move
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 set -eo pipefail
 shopt -s nullglob
 
+colorize
+
 if (( $# < 3 )); then
 	msg "usage: %s <repo-from> <repo-to> <pkgname|pkgbase> ..." "${0##*/}"
 	exit 1