diff --git a/examples/example2 b/examples/example2
index 0d88da9..109f910 100755
Binary files a/examples/example2 and b/examples/example2 differ
diff --git a/examples/example2.cpp b/examples/example2.cpp
index a26b0d4..8990b86 100644
--- a/examples/example2.cpp
+++ b/examples/example2.cpp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ int main(void) {
 
    int num = 5;
    const char* str = "My number is";
-   pcprintf("|40%s %d|39\n", str, num);
+   pcprintf("|40%s |05%d|39\n", str, num);
    
    return 0;                  
 }
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diff --git a/libpipecolors.cpp b/libpipecolors.cpp
index 5b785ca..64e4937 100644
--- a/libpipecolors.cpp
+++ b/libpipecolors.cpp
@@ -83,14 +83,16 @@ namespace pipecolors {
 
     while(regex_search(start, end, match, re, flags))
     {
-      if(colors[match[0]].empty()) continue;
+
 
 
         //while ((index = s.find(match[0])) != std::string::npos)
         //{
-          if(has_colors()) {
+          if(has_colors() && !colors[match[0]].empty()) {
+            //if(colors[match[0]].empty()) continue;
             s.replace(s.find(match[0]), match[0].length(), colors[match[0]]);
           } else {
+            //if(colors[match[0]].empty()) continue;
             s.erase(s.find(match[0]), match[0].length());
           }
         //}