diff --git a/src/bbansi/styles.nim b/src/bbansi/styles.nim
index 273c262..f2f5f89 100644
--- a/src/bbansi/styles.nim
+++ b/src/bbansi/styles.nim
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ let
    "reverse": "7",
    "conceal": "8",
    "strike": "9",
-
     }.newStringTable(modeCaseInsensitive)
 
   bbColors* = {
@@ -31,6 +30,7 @@ let
 
 proc toAnsiCode*(s: string): string =
   var
+    codes: seq[string]
     styles: seq[string]
     bgStyle: string
   if " on " in s or s.startswith("on"):
@@ -41,11 +41,14 @@ proc toAnsiCode*(s: string): string =
     styles = s.splitWhitespace()
   for style in styles:
     if style in bbStyles:
-      result.add "\e[" & bbStyles[style] & "m"
+      codes.add bbStyles[style]
     elif style in bbColors:
-      result.add "\e[3" & bbColors[style] & "m"
+      codes.add "3" & bbColors[style]
+  if bgStyle in bbColors:
+    codes.add "4" & bbColors[bgStyle]
 
-  let style = bgStyle
-  if style in bbColors:
-    result.add "\e[4" & bbColors[style] & "m"
+  if codes.len > 0:
+    result.add "\e["
+    result.add codes.join ";"
+    result.add "m"
 
diff --git a/tests/tbasic.nim b/tests/tbasic.nim
index d2e48c8..9879dbd 100644
--- a/tests/tbasic.nim
+++ b/tests/tbasic.nim
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ suite "basic":
     bbCheck "[red]red text", "\e[31mred text\e[0m"
     bbCheck "[red]Red Text", "\e[31mRed Text\e[0m"
     bbCheck "[yellow]Yellow Text","\e[33mYellow Text\e[0m"
-    bbCheck "[bold red]Bold Red Text", "\e[1m\e[31mBold Red Text\e[0m"
+    bbCheck "[bold red]Bold Red Text", "\e[1;31mBold Red Text\e[0m"
 
   test "closing":
     bbCheck "[bold]Bold[red] Bold Red[/red] Bold Only",
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ suite "basic":
     bbCheck "[red]Red Text[/]\nNext Line", "\e[31mRed Text\e[0m\nNext Line"
 
   test "on color":
-    bbCheck "[red on yellow]Red on Yellow", "\e[31m\e[43mRed on Yellow\e[0m"
+    bbCheck "[red on yellow]Red on Yellow", "\e[31;43mRed on Yellow\e[0m"
 
   test "concat-ops":
     check "[red]RED[/]".bb & " plain string" == "[red]RED[/] plain string".bb