diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 1c33bb9a7b..52811b9445 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ answer newbie questions, and generally made Django that much better:
     Armin Ronacher
     Oliver Rutherfurd <http://rutherfurd.net/>
     Ivan Sagalaev (Maniac) <http://www.softwaremaniacs.org/>
+    Vinay Sajip <vinay_sajip@yahoo.co.uk>
     David Schein
     scott@staplefish.com
     serbaut@gmail.com
diff --git a/django/core/management.py b/django/core/management.py
index 0f8de891a1..d2f0d1e837 100644
--- a/django/core/management.py
+++ b/django/core/management.py
@@ -1318,6 +1318,8 @@ def load_data(fixture_labels, verbosity=1):
     from django.conf import settings
     import sys
 
+    disable_termcolors()
+
     # Keep a count of the installed objects and fixtures
     count = [0,0]
     models = set()