diff --git a/common/functions.sh b/common/functions.sh
index 8c9feb1..484e8e6 100644
--- a/common/functions.sh
+++ b/common/functions.sh
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ get_system_used_space() {
 
 human_readable_bytes() {
   local spacebytes="$1"
-  echo "$spacebytes"
+  printf "$COL_RED" "$spacebytes"
   spacekb=`expr $spacebytes / 1024`
   spacemb=`expr $spacebytes / 1024 / 1024`
   spacegb=`expr $spacebytes / 1024 / 1024 / 1024`