diff --git a/anonstream/routes/core.py b/anonstream/routes/core.py
index 59e153a..fb9630a 100644
--- a/anonstream/routes/core.py
+++ b/anonstream/routes/core.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from anonstream.user import watching, create_eyes, renew_eyes, EyesException, Ra
 from anonstream.routes.wrappers import with_user_from, auth_required, clean_cache_headers, generate_and_add_user
 from anonstream.helpers.captcha import check_captcha_digest, Answer
 from anonstream.utils.security import generate_csp
+from anonstream.utils.user import identifying_string
 
 CAPTCHA_SIGNER = current_app.captcha_signer
 STATIC_DIRECTORY = current_app.root_path / 'static'
@@ -71,9 +72,9 @@ async def stream(timestamp, user):
                     raise StopSendingSegments(
                         f'eyes {eyes_id} not allowed: {e!r}'
                     ) from e
-                print(f'{uri}: {eyes_id}~{user["token"]}')
+                print(f'{uri}: \033[37m{eyes_id}\033[0m~{identifying_string(user)}')
                 watching(user)
-            generator = segments(segment_read_hook, token=user['token'])
+            generator = segments(segment_read_hook, token=f'\033[35m{user["token"]}\033[0m')
             response = await make_response(generator)
             response.headers['Content-Type'] = 'video/mp4'
             response.timeout = None
diff --git a/anonstream/segments.py b/anonstream/segments.py
index 84c5570..476e4c0 100644
--- a/anonstream/segments.py
+++ b/anonstream/segments.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ async def get_segment_uris(token):
     except Offline as e:
         reason, *_ = e.args
         print(
-            f'[debug @ {time.time():.3f}: {token=}] '
+            f'[debug @ {time.time():.3f}: token={token}] '
             f'stream went offline before we could find any segments ({reason})'
         )
         return
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ async def get_segment_uris(token):
             except Offline as e:
                 reason, *_ = e.args
                 print(
-                    f'[debug @ {time.time():.3f}: {token=}] '
+                    f'[debug @ {time.time():.3f}: token={token}] '
                     f'stream went offline while looking for the '
                     f'segment following {segment.uri!r} ({reason})'
                 )
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ async def get_segment_uris(token):
                     break
                 elif time.monotonic() - t0 >= CONFIG['SEGMENT_SEARCH_TIMEOUT']:
                     print(
-                        f'[debug @ {time.time():.3f}: {token=}] '
+                        f'[debug @ {time.time():.3f}: token={token}] '
                         f'timed out looking for the segment following '
                         f'{segment.uri!r} '
                         f'(timeout={CONFIG["SEGMENT_SEARCH_TIMEOUT"]}s)'
@@ -138,15 +138,15 @@ def path_for(uri):
     return path
 
 async def segments(segment_read_hook=lambda uri: None, token=None):
-    print(f'[debug @ {time.time():.3f}: {token=}] entering segment generator')
+    print(f'[debug @ {time.time():.3f}: token={token}] entering segment generator')
     async for uri in get_segment_uris(token):
-        #print(f'[debug @ {time.time():.3f}: {token=}] {uri=}')
+        #print(f'[debug @ {time.time():.3f}: token={token}] {uri=}')
         try:
             path = path_for(uri)
         except UnsafePath as e:
             unsafe_path, *_ = e.args
             print(
-                f'[debug @ {time.time():.3f}: {token=}] '
+                f'[debug @ {time.time():.3f}: token={token}] '
                 f'segment {uri=} has {unsafe_path=}'
             )
             break
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ async def segments(segment_read_hook=lambda uri: None, token=None):
         except StopSendingSegments as e:
             reason, *_ = e.args
             print(
-                f'[debug @ {time.time():.3f}: {token=}] '
+                f'[debug @ {time.time():.3f}: token={token}] '
                 f'told to stop sending segments: {reason}'
             )
             break
@@ -166,14 +166,14 @@ async def segments(segment_read_hook=lambda uri: None, token=None):
                     yield chunk
         except FileNotFoundError:
             print(
-                f'[debug @ {time.time():.3f}: {token=}] '
+                f'[debug @ {time.time():.3f}: token={token}] '
                 f'segment {uri=} at {path=} unexpectedly does not exist'
             )
             break
         except OSError as e:
             print(
-                f'[debug @ {time.time():.3f}: {token=}] '
+                f'[debug @ {time.time():.3f}: token={token}] '
                 f'segment {uri=} at {path=} cannot be read: {e}'
             )
             break
-    print(f'[debug @ {time.time():.3f}: {token=}] exiting segment generator')
+    print(f'[debug @ {time.time():.3f}: token={token}] exiting segment generator')
diff --git a/anonstream/utils/user.py b/anonstream/utils/user.py
index ed2c12e..463db6a 100644
--- a/anonstream/utils/user.py
+++ b/anonstream/utils/user.py
@@ -50,3 +50,13 @@ def get_user_for_websocket(user):
         **{key: user[key] for key in USER_WEBSOCKET_ATTRS},
         'watching': trilean(user['presence']),
     }
+
+def identifying_string(user, ansi=True):
+    tag = user['tag']
+    token_hash = f'{user["token_hash"][:4]}..'
+    token = user['token']
+    if ansi:
+        tag = f'\033[36m{tag}\033[0m'
+        token_hash = f'\033[32m{token_hash}\033[0m'
+        token = f'\033[35m{token}\033[0m'
+    return '/'.join((tag, token_hash, token))
diff --git a/anonstream/websocket.py b/anonstream/websocket.py
index 0c21382..f358235 100644
--- a/anonstream/websocket.py
+++ b/anonstream/websocket.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from anonstream.chat import get_all_messages_for_websocket, add_chat_message, Re
 from anonstream.user import get_all_users_for_websocket, see, reading, verify, deverify, BadCaptcha, try_change_appearance
 from anonstream.wrappers import with_timestamp
 from anonstream.utils.chat import generate_nonce
+from anonstream.utils.user import identifying_string
 from anonstream.utils.websocket import parse_websocket_data, Malformed, WS
 
 CONFIG = current_app.config
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ async def websocket_inbound(queue, user):
 
 @with_timestamp()
 def handle_inbound_pong(timestamp, queue, user):
-    print(f'[pong] {user["token"]}')
+    print(f'[pong] {identifying_string(user)}')
     reading(user, timestamp=timestamp)
     user['websockets'][queue] = timestamp
     return None