diff --git a/.update.sh b/.update.sh
index b82bb5e..322ee86 100644
--- a/.update.sh
+++ b/.update.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ if [[ "$(git rev-parse HEAD)" == "$DFS_COMMIT" ]]; then
     fmt_info "nothing to do"
 else
     fmt_info "checking out to commit $DFS_COMMIT ..."
-    if [[ -z "$DFS_DEV" ]]; then
+    if [[ -z "$DFS_DEV" || "$DFS_DEV" == "0" ]]; then
         post_beacon "dfs.updated"
         git -c advice.detachedHead=false checkout $DFS_COMMIT
         cp ./.update.sh ./update.sh && chmod +x ./update.sh && exit $DFS_UPDATED_RET
diff --git a/tools/alpine.sh b/tools/alpine.sh
index 57f9b2e..ba32b54 100755
--- a/tools/alpine.sh
+++ b/tools/alpine.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ apk_add()
     # lite
     apk add zsh bash git tmux vim curl fzf iputils coreutils util-linux
     # full
-    if [[ -z "$DFS_LITE" ]]; then
+    if [[ -z "$DFS_LITE" || "$DFS_LITE" == "0" ]]; then
         apk add wget python3 py3-pip htop gcc g++ cmake make perl linux-headers bind-tools man-db
     fi
 }
diff --git a/tools/common.sh b/tools/common.sh
index 2e38c85..7d65a68 100755
--- a/tools/common.sh
+++ b/tools/common.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ if [[ -f ~/.config/dotfiles/env ]]; then set -a; source ~/.config/dotfiles/env;
 
 # Color settings
 # Source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh
-if [ -t 1 ]; then
+if [[ -t 1 || "$DFS_COLOR" == "1" ]]; then
     is_tty() {
         true
     }
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ parse_arg()
         if [[ -z "$ARG" ]]; then ARG=$1; shift; fi
         case $ARG in
             -q*|--quite ) export DFS_QUIET=1 ;;
+            -l*|--lite ) export DFS_LITE=1 ;;
+            --color ) export DFS_COLOR=1; is_tty() { true }; setup_color ;;
             --* ) PARSE_ARG_RET+=("$ARG") ;;
             -* ) PARSE_ARG_RET+=("${ARG:0:2}") ;;
             *  ) PARSE_ARG_RET+=("$ARG") ;;
diff --git a/tools/msys2.sh b/tools/msys2.sh
index 350a789..a1c7c6b 100755
--- a/tools/msys2.sh
+++ b/tools/msys2.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ pacman_S()
     # lite
     pacman -S tmux git zsh bash curl vim
     # full
-    if [[ -z "$DFS_LITE" ]]; then
+    if [[ -z "$DFS_LITE" || "$DFS_LITE" == "0" ]]; then
         pacman -S wget base-devel mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain make cmake gcc zip unzip python3 python3-pip man-pages-posix
     fi
 }
diff --git a/tools/ubuntu.sh b/tools/ubuntu.sh
index 88917b6..483c2f8 100755
--- a/tools/ubuntu.sh
+++ b/tools/ubuntu.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ apt_install()
     # lite
     apt-get install -y git zsh bash tmux vim curl inetutils-ping less bsdmainutils
     # full
-    if [[ -z "$DFS_LITE" ]]; then
+    if [[ -z "$DFS_LITE" || "$DFS_LITE" == "0" ]]; then
         apt-get install wget dialog net-tools dnsutils netcat traceroute sudo python3 python3-pip cron openssh-client openssh-server htop gcc g++ cmake make zip
         for i in {fzf,ripgrep,man-db}; do apt-get install -y $i; done
     fi