diff --git a/src/util-debug.c b/src/util-debug.c
index 80509ae7ca..c62a0104dd 100644
--- a/src/util-debug.c
+++ b/src/util-debug.c
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ static const char *SCTransformModule(const char *module_name, int *dn_len)
  *
  * \retval 0 on success; else a negative value on error
  */
-static SCError SCLogMessageGetBuffer(SCTime_t tval, int color, SCLogOPType type, char *buffer,
+static SCError SCLogMessageGetBuffer(SCTime_t tval, bool color, SCLogOPType type, char *buffer,
         size_t buffer_size, const char *log_format, const SCLogLevel log_level, const char *file,
         const unsigned int line, const char *function, const char *module, const char *message)
 {
@@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ static inline SCLogOPIfaceCtx *SCLogInitConsoleOPIface(const char *log_format,
 
 #ifndef OS_WIN32
     if (isatty(fileno(stdout)) && isatty(fileno(stderr))) {
-        iface_ctx->use_color = TRUE;
+        iface_ctx->use_color = true;
     }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/util-debug.h b/src/util-debug.h
index 2a0864cdd8..296cf89651 100644
--- a/src/util-debug.h
+++ b/src/util-debug.h
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ typedef struct SCLogOPBuffer_ {
 typedef struct SCLogOPIfaceCtx_ {
     SCLogOPIface iface;
 
-    int16_t use_color;
+    bool use_color;
     SCLogOPType type;
 
     /* the output file to be used if the interface is SC_LOG_IFACE_FILE */