diff --git a/check_cronstatus b/check_cronstatus
index 112c94d7d89db76ae7917638fce83cea023cefa8..b2a73491361ccc4412456b01aa880e29e8b1e43b 100755
--- a/check_cronstatus
+++ b/check_cronstatus
@@ -24,13 +24,14 @@
 # 2022-02-28  v1.5  <axel.hahn@iml.unibe.ch>  fix output of error counter
 # 2022-08-23  v2.0  <axel.hahn@iml.unibe.ch>  simplify it: use cronstatus.sh (it has exitcode >0 on errors now)
 # 2023-07-27  v2.1  <axel.hahn@unibe.ch>      update help page
-# 2020-09-18  v2.2  <axel.hahn@unibe.ch>      replace pipes in systemctl status output
+# 2023-09-18  v2.2  <axel.hahn@unibe.ch>      replace pipes in systemctl status output
+# 2024-04-03  v2.3  <axel.hahn@unibe.ch>      add NO_COLOR=1 to supress color and emojis
 # ======================================================================
 
 
 . $( dirname $0 )/inc_pluginfunctions
 
-export self_APPVERSION=2.2
+export self_APPVERSION=2.3
 
 statusScript=/opt/cronwrapper/cronstatus.sh
 
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ if [ ! -x "${statusScript}" ]; then
         ph.status Cronjob status - script not found/ not executable: "${statusScript}"
 else
 
+        export NO_COLOR=1
         out=$( $statusScript )
         rc=$?