diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78fd378
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+**/*.sw*
diff --git a/ROADMAP.md b/ROADMAP.md
index e8f0816..6ae0743 100644
--- a/ROADMAP.md
+++ b/ROADMAP.md
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ Here we describe upcoming releases and the key features/fixes they include.  Don
 ### 1.3.0 
  * Support custom colors
  
-### 1.2.1
+### 1.2.2
  * Refactor tests to use a testing library like jest (only affects dev/testing)
 
-### 1.2.0 (release date: about 3/5/18, barring any new issues)
- * Built-in Typescript definitions
- * Key bug fixes for webpack/bundlers, webstorm, etc.
+### ~~1.2.0 (release date: about 3/5/18, barring any new issues)~~
+ * ~~Built-in Typescript definitions~~
+ * ~~Key bug fixes for webpack/bundlers, webstorm, etc.~~
  
diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index db72fab..faa9ab6 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ export interface Color {
     zalgo: Color;
 }
 
+export function enable(): void;
+export function disable(): void;
 export function setTheme(theme: any): void;
 
 export let enabled: boolean;
diff --git a/lib/colors.js b/lib/colors.js
index 1fb08b5..fc9cc3d 100644
--- a/lib/colors.js
+++ b/lib/colors.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 The MIT License (MIT)
 
-Original Library 
+Original Library
   - Copyright (c) Marak Squires
 
 Additional functionality
@@ -33,8 +33,10 @@ module['exports'] = colors;
 
 colors.themes = {};
 
+var util = require('util');
 var ansiStyles = colors.styles = require('./styles');
 var defineProps = Object.defineProperties;
+var newLineRegex = new RegExp(/[\r\n]+/g);
 
 colors.supportsColor = require('./system/supports-colors').supportsColor;
 
@@ -42,6 +44,14 @@ if (typeof colors.enabled === "undefined") {
   colors.enabled = colors.supportsColor() !== false;
 }
 
+colors.enable = function () {
+  colors.enabled = true;
+};
+
+colors.disable = function () {
+  colors.enabled = false;
+};
+
 colors.stripColors = colors.strip = function(str){
   return ("" + str).replace(/\x1B\[\d+m/g, '');
 };
@@ -91,25 +101,27 @@ var styles = (function () {
 var proto = defineProps(function colors() {}, styles);
 
 function applyStyle() {
-  var args = arguments;
-  var argsLen = args.length;
-  var str = argsLen !== 0 && String(arguments[0]);
-  if (argsLen > 1) {
-    for (var a = 1; a < argsLen; a++) {
-      str += ' ' + args[a];
-    }
-  }
+  var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments);
+
+  var str = args.map(function(arg) {
+    return typeof arg === 'object' ? util.inspect(arg) : arg;
+  }).join(' ');
 
   if (!colors.enabled || !str) {
     return str;
   }
 
+  var newLinesPresent = str.indexOf('\n') != -1;
+
   var nestedStyles = this._styles;
 
   var i = nestedStyles.length;
   while (i--) {
     var code = ansiStyles[nestedStyles[i]];
     str = code.open + str.replace(code.closeRe, code.open) + code.close;
+    if (newLinesPresent){
+      str = str.replace(newLineRegex, code.close + '\n' + code.open);
+    }
   }
 
   return str;
diff --git a/lib/extendStringPrototype.js b/lib/extendStringPrototype.js
index d6a3f63..dbd6c11 100644
--- a/lib/extendStringPrototype.js
+++ b/lib/extendStringPrototype.js
@@ -9,14 +9,6 @@ module['exports'] = function () {
     String.prototype.__defineGetter__(color, func);
   };
 
-  var sequencer = function sequencer (map, str) {
-      return function () {
-        var exploded = this.split(""), i = 0;
-        exploded = exploded.map(map);
-        return exploded.join("");
-      }
-  };
-
   addProperty('strip', function () {
     return colors.strip(this);
   });
@@ -67,7 +59,7 @@ module['exports'] = function () {
     var stringPrototypeBlacklist = [
       '__defineGetter__', '__defineSetter__', '__lookupGetter__', '__lookupSetter__', 'charAt', 'constructor',
       'hasOwnProperty', 'isPrototypeOf', 'propertyIsEnumerable', 'toLocaleString', 'toString', 'valueOf', 'charCodeAt',
-      'indexOf', 'lastIndexof', 'length', 'localeCompare', 'match', 'repeat', 'replace', 'search', 'slice', 'split', 'substring',
+      'indexOf', 'lastIndexOf', 'length', 'localeCompare', 'match', 'repeat', 'replace', 'search', 'slice', 'split', 'substring',
       'toLocaleLowerCase', 'toLocaleUpperCase', 'toLowerCase', 'toUpperCase', 'trim', 'trimLeft', 'trimRight'
     ];
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a24614a..7c39b8b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "name": "colors",
     "description": "get colors in your node.js console",
-    "version": "1.2.1",
+    "version": "1.2.2",
     "author": "Marak Squires",
     "homepage": "https://github.com/Marak/colors.js",
     "bugs": "https://github.com/Marak/colors.js/issues",
diff --git a/safe.d.ts b/safe.d.ts
index 87f5ef2..2bafc27 100644
--- a/safe.d.ts
+++ b/safe.d.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 // Definitions: https://github.com/Marak/colors.js
 
 export const enabled: boolean;
+export function enable(): void;
+export function disable(): void;
+export function setTheme(theme: any): void;
 
 export function strip(str: string): string;
 export function stripColors(str: string): string;
diff --git a/tests/basic-test.js b/tests/basic-test.js
index fda8af4..9c17ed4 100644
--- a/tests/basic-test.js
+++ b/tests/basic-test.js
@@ -43,8 +43,19 @@ aE(s, 'yellow', 33);
 
 assert.equal(s, 'string');
 
-colors.setTheme({error:'red'});
+var testStringWithNewLines = s + '\n' + s;
 
-assert.equal(typeof("astring".red),'string');
-assert.equal(typeof("astring".error),'string');
+// single style
+assert.equal(testStringWithNewLines.red, '\x1b[31m' + s + '\n' + s + '\x1b[39m');
 
+var testStringWithNewLinesStyled = s.underline + '\n' + s.bold;
+
+// nested styles
+assert.equal(testStringWithNewLinesStyled.red, '\x1b[31m' + '\x1b[4m' + s + '\x1b[24m' + '\n' + '\x1b[1m' + s + '\x1b[22m' + '\x1b[39m');
+
+colors.setTheme({ error: 'red' });
+
+assert.equal(typeof ("astring".red), 'string');
+assert.equal(typeof ("astring".error), 'string');
+
+assert.equal(s, 'string');
diff --git a/tests/safe-test.js b/tests/safe-test.js
index daad4f9..c8388f3 100644
--- a/tests/safe-test.js
+++ b/tests/safe-test.js
@@ -39,7 +39,19 @@ aE(s, 'red', 31);
 aE(s, 'yellow', 33);
 
 assert.equal(s, 'string');
-colors.setTheme({error:'red'});
 
-assert.equal(typeof(colors.red("astring")), 'string');
-assert.equal(typeof(colors.error("astring")), 'string');
\ No newline at end of file
+var testStringWithNewLines = s + '\n' + s;
+
+// single style
+assert.equal(colors.red(testStringWithNewLines), '\x1b[31m' + s + '\x1b[39m' + '\n' + '\x1b[31m' + s + '\x1b[39m');
+
+var testStringWithNewLinesStyled = colors.underline(s) + '\n' + colors.bold(s);
+
+// nested styles
+assert.equal(colors.red(testStringWithNewLinesStyled), '\x1b[31m' + '\x1b[4m' + s + '\x1b[24m' + '\x1b[39m' + '\n' + '\x1b[31m' + '\x1b[1m' + s + '\x1b[22m' + '\x1b[39m');
+
+colors.setTheme({ error: 'red' });
+
+assert.equal(typeof (colors.red("astring")), 'string');
+assert.equal(typeof (colors.error("astring")), 'string');
+