diff --git a/docs/example.Xresources b/docs/example.Xresources
index e04281d..fe5acbd 100644
--- a/docs/example.Xresources
+++ b/docs/example.Xresources
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ spmenu.alpha_caretfgbg:     200
 spmenu.alpha_modefg:        255
 spmenu.alpha_modebg:        200
 
-
 !! Powerline
 spmenu.powerlineprompt:     1
 spmenu.powerlinecount:      1
@@ -135,6 +134,7 @@ spmenu.fast:                0
 spmenu.managed:             0
 spmenu.mon:                 -1
 spmenu.coloritems:          1
+spmenu.sgr:                 1
 
 !! Image
 spmenu.imagewidth:          200
diff --git a/docs/spmenu.conf b/docs/spmenu.conf
index 3a8b140..c3e3421 100644
--- a/docs/spmenu.conf
+++ b/docs/spmenu.conf
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ spmenu =
               sgr14 = "#00ffff";
               sgr15 = "#ffffff";
               coloritems = 1;
+              sgr = 1;
             } );
 
   // Alpha options
diff --git a/libs/conf/config.c b/libs/conf/config.c
index 760244c..e2cd00a 100644
--- a/libs/conf/config.c
+++ b/libs/conf/config.c
@@ -367,6 +367,7 @@ conf_init(void)
 
             // coloritems int
             config_setting_lookup_int(conf, "coloritems", &coloritems);
+            config_setting_lookup_int(conf, "sgr", &sgr);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/libs/draw.c b/libs/draw.c
index 6daca93..70252ae 100644
--- a/libs/draw.c
+++ b/libs/draw.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ drawitemtext(struct item *item, int x, int y, int w)
 	for (wr = 0, rd = 0; item->text[rd]; rd++) {
 		if (item->text[rd] == '' && item->text[rd + 1] == '[') {
 			size_t alen = strspn(item->text + rd + 2, "0123456789;");
-			if (item->text[rd + alen + 2] == 'm') { // last character in sequence is always 'm'
+			if (item->text[rd + alen + 2] == 'm' && sgr) { // last character in sequence is always 'm'
 				buffer[wr] = '\0';
 
                 if (!lines) {
diff --git a/libs/xresources.h b/libs/xresources.h
index f481b75..913619c 100644
--- a/libs/xresources.h
+++ b/libs/xresources.h
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ ResourcePref resources[] = {
     { "dockproperty",                INTEGER, &dockproperty },
     { "globalcolors",                INTEGER, &globalcolors },
     { "coloritems",                  INTEGER, &coloritems },
+    { "sgr",                         INTEGER, &sgr },
 	{ "menuposition",                INTEGER, &menuposition },
     { "xpos",                        INTEGER, &xpos },
     { "ypos",                        INTEGER, &ypos },
diff --git a/options.h b/options.h
index 0425223..61d8ec2 100644
--- a/options.h
+++ b/options.h
@@ -210,4 +210,5 @@ static int pango_password              = 0; /* Enable support for pango markup f
 
 /* Misc */
 static int coloritems                  = 1; /* Color items or not */
+static int sgr                         = 1; /* Support SGR sequences or not */
 static char *worddelimiters            = " "; /* Word delimiters used for keybinds that change words, " " is default. */
diff --git a/themes/dmenu.conf b/themes/dmenu.conf
index d3db5de..0c124df 100644
--- a/themes/dmenu.conf
+++ b/themes/dmenu.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 /* spmenu dmenu theme
  *
  * This config should match vanilla dmenu as closely as possible. I am unable to tell the difference between the two. It should be noted though that SGR sequences are still displayed, so for this reason I've set them all to white.
- * Also note that this config disables .Xresources, you can reenable it below if you want.
+ *
+ * Also note that this config disables .Xresources, Pango and SGR sequence support, you can reenable it below if you want.
+ * For perfect dmenu compatibility, you may want to remap keybindings, making sure all of them work in "any mode".
  */
 
 spmenu = {
@@ -65,6 +67,7 @@ spmenu = {
                 sgr14 = "#bbbbbb";
                 sgr15 = "#bbbbbb";
                 coloritems = 1;
+                sgr = 0;
               } );
 
     // Alpha options
@@ -134,11 +137,10 @@ spmenu = {
              } );
 
     // Pango
-    // For perfect dmenu compatibility, you may want to disable pango
-    pango = ( { item = 1;
-                highlight = 1;
-                prompt = 1;
-                input = 1;
+    pango = ( { item = 0;
+                highlight = 0;
+                prompt = 0;
+                input = 0;
                 leftarrow = 0;
                 rightarrow = 0;
                 numbers = 0;