diff --git a/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/init.sh b/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/init.sh
index 3c0250532..2caecc2ba 100755
--- a/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/init.sh
+++ b/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/init.sh
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ XXX
 EOF
 }
 _info() {
-    echo "\e[1m${1}\e[m"
+    echo -e "\e[1m${1}\e[m"
 }
 _warn() {
-    echo "\e[1;91m${1}\e[m"
+    echo -e "\e[1;91m${1}\e[m"
 }
 _clear() {
     printf "\ec"