diff --git a/src/main/java/appeng/client/gui/implementations/GuiCraftingCPU.java b/src/main/java/appeng/client/gui/implementations/GuiCraftingCPU.java
index 8f6c63b7b..aeb843efd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/appeng/client/gui/implementations/GuiCraftingCPU.java
+++ b/src/main/java/appeng/client/gui/implementations/GuiCraftingCPU.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import appeng.client.gui.AEBaseGui;
 import appeng.client.gui.widgets.GuiScrollbar;
 import appeng.client.gui.widgets.ISortSource;
 import appeng.container.implementations.ContainerCraftingCPU;
+import appeng.core.AEConfig;
 import appeng.core.AELog;
 import appeng.core.localization.GuiText;
 import appeng.core.sync.network.NetworkHandler;
@@ -324,15 +325,15 @@ public class GuiCraftingCPU extends AEBaseGui implements ISortSource
 					lines++;
 					scheduled = true;
 				}
-				
-				if ( active || scheduled )
+
+				if ( AEConfig.instance.useColoredCraftingStatus && ( active || scheduled ) )
 				{
 					int bgcol = ( active ? AEColor.Green.blackVariant : AEColor.Yellow.blackVariant ) | 0x5A000000;
 					int startX = (x * (1 + sectionLength) + xo) * 2;
 					int startY = ((y * offY + yo) - 3) * 2;
 					drawRect( startX, startY, startX + (sectionLength * 2), startY + (offY * 2) - 2, bgcol);
 				}
-				
+
 				int negY = ((lines - 1) * 5) / 2;
 				int downY = 0;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/appeng/core/AEConfig.java b/src/main/java/appeng/core/AEConfig.java
index fb15ad4d4..117e6982e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/appeng/core/AEConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/appeng/core/AEConfig.java
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ public class AEConfig extends Configuration implements IConfigurableObject, ICon
 
 	public boolean enableEffects = true;
 	public boolean useLargeFonts = false;
+	public boolean useColoredCraftingStatus;
 	public final int[] craftByStacks = new int[] { 1, 10, 100, 1000 };
 	public final int[] priorityByStacks = new int[] { 1, 10, 100, 1000 };
 	public final int[] levelByStacks = new int[] { 1, 10, 100, 1000 };
@@ -156,6 +157,7 @@ public class AEConfig extends Configuration implements IConfigurableObject, ICon
 
 	public int craftingCalculationTimePerTick = 5;
 
+
 	@SubscribeEvent
 	public void onConfigChanged(ConfigChangedEvent.OnConfigChangedEvent eventArgs)
 	{
@@ -170,6 +172,7 @@ public class AEConfig extends Configuration implements IConfigurableObject, ICon
 		this.disableColoredCableRecipesInNEI = this.get( "Client", "disableColoredCableRecipesInNEI", true ).getBoolean( true );
 		this.enableEffects = this.get( "Client", "enableEffects", true ).getBoolean( true );
 		this.useLargeFonts = this.get( "Client", "useTerminalUseLargeFont", false ).getBoolean( false );
+		this.useColoredCraftingStatus = this.get( "Client", "useColoredCraftingStatus", true ).getBoolean( true );
 
 		// load buttons..
 		for (int btnNum = 0; btnNum < 4; btnNum++)