diff --git a/bin/stacks b/bin/stacks
index e16ac86..f5b9444 100755
--- a/bin/stacks
+++ b/bin/stacks
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ EOF
       ;;
 
     logs)
-      SYSTEMD_COLORS=1 journalctl -u stacks-update.service "${@}" --no-pager 2>/dev/null \
+      SYSTEMD_COLORS=1 SYSTEMD_PAGER=cat journalctl -u stacks-update.service "${@}" 2>/dev/null \
         || warn "No update logs found (is the service installed?)"
       ;;
 
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ EOF
       ;;
 
     logs)
-      SYSTEMD_COLORS=1 journalctl -u stacks-backup.service "${@}" --no-pager 2>/dev/null \
+      SYSTEMD_COLORS=1 SYSTEMD_PAGER=cat journalctl -u stacks-backup.service "${@}" 2>/dev/null \
         || warn "No backup logs found (is the service installed?)"
       ;;