diff --git a/frameworks/Kieker/scripts/common-functions b/frameworks/Kieker/scripts/common-functions
index 0ae54dfd9d3e77f378fe0bfa7a6db92491a00065..46ab8143bb46064ef29b2d86318fee22b79b571d 100644
--- a/frameworks/Kieker/scripts/common-functions
+++ b/frameworks/Kieker/scripts/common-functions
@@ -3,10 +3,15 @@ export WHITE='\033[1;37m'
 export YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
 export NC='\033[0m'
 
-export ERROR="${RED}[error]${NC}"
-export WARNING="${YELLOW}[warning]${NC}"
-export INFO="${WHITE}[info]${NC}"
-
+if [ "$BATCH_MODE" == "yes" ] ; then
+	export ERROR="[error]"
+	export WARNING="[warning]"
+	export INFO="[info]"
+else
+	export ERROR="${RED}[error]${NC}"
+	export WARNING="${YELLOW}[warning]${NC}"
+	export INFO="${WHITE}[info]${NC}"
+fi
 
 function error() {
 	echo -e "${ERROR} $@"
diff --git a/frameworks/Kieker/scripts/config b/frameworks/Kieker/scripts/config
index 301d9cc9f4f42396169cb0ece0451674c730d663..055f7b1c1553f9c3e07825a5a541b3e883890689 100644
--- a/frameworks/Kieker/scripts/config
+++ b/frameworks/Kieker/scripts/config
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ RESULTS_DIR="${BASE_DIR}/results-kieker"
 AGENT="${BASE_DIR}/kieker-1.15-SNAPSHOT-aspectj.jar"
 BENCHMARK="${BASE_DIR}/benchmark/bin/benchmark"
 
+BATCH_MODE="yes"
+
 # in-jar locations
 AOP="kieker.aop.xml"