diff --git a/profile.d/conf.sh b/profile.d/conf.sh
index 1cf7691..f6c628f 100755
--- a/profile.d/conf.sh
+++ b/profile.d/conf.sh
@@ -216,6 +216,11 @@ conf_dump()
             c_sec = ENVIRON["_CONF_DUMP_SEC"]
             c_key = ENVIRON["_CONF_DUMP_KEY"]
             c_rst = ENVIRON["_CONF_DUMP_RST"]
+            # Shell colour vars contain literal \e[…m strings; convert to
+            # the actual ESC byte so awk print emits real ANSI sequences.
+            gsub(/\\e/, "\033", c_sec)
+            gsub(/\\e/, "\033", c_key)
+            gsub(/\\e/, "\033", c_rst)
             in_target  = 0
             current_sec = ""
             hdr_printed = 0