diff --git a/lib/colorls/monkeys.rb b/lib/colorls/monkeys.rb
index ecd6a66..e66c1a6 100644
--- a/lib/colorls/monkeys.rb
+++ b/lib/colorls/monkeys.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 class String
   def colorize(color)
-    self.color(color.to_sym)
+    self.color(color)
   end
 
   def remove(pattern)
diff --git a/lib/colorls/yaml.rb b/lib/colorls/yaml.rb
index 932faad..ff5691f 100644
--- a/lib/colorls/yaml.rb
+++ b/lib/colorls/yaml.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ module ColorLS
 
       return yaml unless aliase
 
-      yaml.to_a.map! { |k, v| [k, v.to_sym] }.to_h
+      yaml.to_a.map! { |k, v| v.include?('#') ? [k, v] : [k, v.to_sym] }.to_h
     end
 
     def read_file(filepath)
diff --git a/man/colorls.1 b/man/colorls.1
index e50ed4c..55b708a 100644
--- a/man/colorls.1
+++ b/man/colorls.1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .\" generated with Ronn/v0.7.3
 .\" http://github.com/rtomayko/ronn/tree/0.7.3
 .
-.TH "COLORLS" "1" "April 2020" "colorls 1.4.0" "colorls Manual"
+.TH "COLORLS" "1" "May 2020" "colorls 1.4.1" "colorls Manual"
 .
 .SH "NAME"
 \fBcolorls\fR \- list directory contents with colors and icons