diff --git a/LUA_API.rst b/LUA_API.rst
index 9515690eb..5136bba57 100644
--- a/LUA_API.rst
+++ b/LUA_API.rst
@@ -451,6 +451,7 @@ Currently it defines the following features:
 * ``dfhack.color([color])``
 
   Sets the current output color. If color is *nil* or *-1*, resets to default.
+  Returns the previous color value.
 
 * ``dfhack.is_interactive()``
 
diff --git a/Lua API.html b/Lua API.html
index 84d13e2f0..1c4dc4059 100644
--- a/Lua API.html	
+++ b/Lua API.html	
@@ -734,7 +734,8 @@ works with DFHack output infrastructure.</p>
 <p>Same as println; intended for errors. Uses red color and logs to stderr.log.</p>
 </li>
 <li><p class="first"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">dfhack.color([color])</span></tt></p>
-<p>Sets the current output color. If color is <em>nil</em> or <em>-1</em>, resets to default.</p>
+<p>Sets the current output color. If color is <em>nil</em> or <em>-1</em>, resets to default.
+Returns the previous color value.</p>
 </li>
 <li><p class="first"><tt class="docutils literal">dfhack.is_interactive()</tt></p>
 <p>Checks if the thread can access the interactive console and returns <em>true</em> or <em>false</em>.</p>
diff --git a/library/LuaApi.cpp b/library/LuaApi.cpp
index 092404e33..b0a085eca 100644
--- a/library/LuaApi.cpp
+++ b/library/LuaApi.cpp
@@ -1074,9 +1074,9 @@ static int internal_setAddress(lua_State *L)
     }
 
     // Print via printerr, so that it is definitely logged to stderr.log.
-    addr -= Core::getInstance().vinfo->getRebaseDelta();
-    std::string msg = stl_sprintf("<global-address name='%s' value='0x%x'/>", name.c_str(), addr);
-    dfhack_printerr(L, msg);
+    uint32_t iaddr = addr - Core::getInstance().vinfo->getRebaseDelta();
+    fprintf(stderr, "Setting global '%s' to %x (%x)\n", name.c_str(), addr, iaddr);
+    fflush(stderr);
 
     return 1;
 }
diff --git a/library/LuaTools.cpp b/library/LuaTools.cpp
index 752c341b2..48244dedf 100644
--- a/library/LuaTools.cpp
+++ b/library/LuaTools.cpp
@@ -256,8 +256,11 @@ static int lua_dfhack_color(lua_State *S)
         luaL_argerror(S, 1, "invalid color value");
 
     color_ostream *out = Lua::GetOutput(S);
-    if (out)
+    if (out) {
+        lua_pushinteger(S, (int)out->color());
         out->color(color_ostream::color_value(cv));
+        return 1;
+    }
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/library/include/ColorText.h b/library/include/ColorText.h
index 105832efd..0cc286dcf 100644
--- a/library/include/ColorText.h
+++ b/library/include/ColorText.h
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ namespace  DFHack
         void printerr(const char *format, ...);
         void vprinterr(const char *format, va_list args);
 
+        /// Get color
+        color_value color() { return cur_color; }
         /// Set color (ANSI color number)
         void color(color_value c);
         /// Reset color to default
diff --git a/library/lua/memscan.lua b/library/lua/memscan.lua
index 4cf8d41c8..92a3e3e80 100644
--- a/library/lua/memscan.lua
+++ b/library/lua/memscan.lua
@@ -252,6 +252,16 @@ function found_offset(name,val)
         end
     else
         dfhack.internal.setAddress(name, val)
+
+        local ival = val - dfhack.internal.getRebaseDelta()
+        local entry = string.format("<global-address name='%s' value='0x%x'/>\n", name, ival)
+
+        local ccolor = dfhack.color(COLOR_LIGHTGREEN)
+        dfhack.print(entry)
+        dfhack.color(ccolor)
+
+        io.stdout:write(entry)
+        io.stdout:flush()
     end
 end