diff --git a/infer/lib/python/inferTraceBugs b/infer/lib/python/inferTraceBugs
index 075828cd9..5e9ba4bda 100755
--- a/infer/lib/python/inferTraceBugs
+++ b/infer/lib/python/inferTraceBugs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import shutil
 import subprocess
 import sys
 
-from inferlib import config, issues, source, utils
+from inferlib import colorize, config, issues, source, utils
 
 HTML_REPORT_DIR = 'report.html'
 TRACES_REPORT_DIR = 'traces'
@@ -93,9 +93,9 @@ class Tracer(object):
 
         if not self.args.no_source:
             self.indenter.indent_push(node[issues.JSON_INDEX_TRACE_LEVEL])
-            mode = source.TERMINAL_FORMATTER
+            mode = colorize.TERMINAL_FORMATTER
             if self.args.html:
-                mode = source.PLAIN_FORMATTER
+                mode = colorize.PLAIN_FORMATTER
             self.indenter.add(source.build_source_context(fname,
                                                           mode,
                                                           report_line))
diff --git a/infer/lib/python/inferlib/colorize.py b/infer/lib/python/inferlib/colorize.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a79856c7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infer/lib/python/inferlib/colorize.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2013 - present Facebook, Inc.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This source code is licensed under the BSD style license found in the
+# LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+# of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import division
+from __future__ import print_function
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import sys
+
+try:
+    import pygments
+    import pygments.formatters
+    import pygments.lexers
+except ImportError:
+    pygments = None
+
+# syntax highlighting modes
+PLAIN_FORMATTER = 0
+TERMINAL_FORMATTER = 1
+
+
+def syntax_highlighting(source_name, mode, s):
+    if pygments is None or mode == PLAIN_FORMATTER:
+        return s
+
+    lexer = pygments.lexers.get_lexer_for_filename(source_name)
+    formatter = None
+    if mode == TERMINAL_FORMATTER:
+        if not sys.stdout.isatty():
+            return s
+        formatter = pygments.formatters.TerminalFormatter()
+    return pygments.highlight(s, lexer, formatter)
diff --git a/infer/lib/python/inferlib/issues.py b/infer/lib/python/inferlib/issues.py
index 44601bf53..0dd932412 100644
--- a/infer/lib/python/inferlib/issues.py
+++ b/infer/lib/python/inferlib/issues.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import sys
 import tempfile
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
 
-from . import config, source, utils
+from . import config, colorize, source, utils
 
 
 # Increase the limit of the CSV parser to sys.maxlimit
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ def text_of_report(report):
     )
 
 
-def _text_of_report_list(reports, formatter=source.TERMINAL_FORMATTER):
+def _text_of_report_list(reports, formatter=colorize.TERMINAL_FORMATTER):
     text_errors_list = []
     error_types_count = {}
     for report in reports:
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ def _text_of_report_list(reports, formatter=source.TERMINAL_FORMATTER):
         if formatter is not None:
             source_context = source.build_source_context(
                 filename,
-                source.TERMINAL_FORMATTER,
+                colorize.TERMINAL_FORMATTER,
                 line,
             )
             indenter = source.Indenter() \
diff --git a/infer/lib/python/inferlib/source.py b/infer/lib/python/inferlib/source.py
index 8f2ea27aa..d97cf0eeb 100644
--- a/infer/lib/python/inferlib/source.py
+++ b/infer/lib/python/inferlib/source.py
@@ -11,25 +11,13 @@ from __future__ import print_function
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import codecs
-try:
-    import pygments
-    import pygments.formatters
-    import pygments.lexers
-except ImportError:
-    pygments = None
-import sys
 
-from . import config, utils
+from . import config, colorize, utils
 
 BASE_INDENT = 2
 # how many lines of context around each report
 SOURCE_CONTEXT = 2
 
-# syntax highlighting modes
-PLAIN_FORMATTER = 0
-TERMINAL_FORMATTER = 1
-
-
 class Indenter(str):
     def __init__(self):
         super(Indenter, self).__init__()
@@ -88,17 +76,4 @@ def build_source_context(source_name, mode, report_line):
                     caret = '> '
                 s += '%s. %s%s' % (num, caret, line)
             line_number += 1
-    return _syntax_highlighting(source_name, mode, s)
-
-
-def _syntax_highlighting(source_name, mode, s):
-    if pygments is None or mode == PLAIN_FORMATTER:
-        return s
-
-    lexer = pygments.lexers.get_lexer_for_filename(source_name)
-    formatter = None
-    if mode == TERMINAL_FORMATTER:
-        if not sys.stdout.isatty():
-            return s
-        formatter = pygments.formatters.TerminalFormatter()
-    return pygments.highlight(s, lexer, formatter)
+    return colorize.syntax_highlighting(source_name, mode, s)