diff --git a/src/matches.js b/src/matches.js
index ec7a44a..b478849 100644
--- a/src/matches.js
+++ b/src/matches.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import stripAnsiFn from 'strip-ansi'
+
 function assertNotNullOrUndefined(matcher) {
   if (matcher === null || matcher === undefined) {
     throw new Error(
@@ -43,33 +45,38 @@ function matches(textToMatch, node, matcher, normalizer) {
   }
 }
 
-function getDefaultNormalizer({trim = true, collapseWhitespace = true} = {}) {
+function getDefaultNormalizer({trim = true, collapseWhitespace = true, stripAnsi = true} = {}) {
   return text => {
     let normalizedText = text
     normalizedText = trim ? normalizedText.trim() : normalizedText
     normalizedText = collapseWhitespace
       ? normalizedText.replace(/\s+/g, ' ')
       : normalizedText
+    normalizedText = stripAnsi ? stripAnsiFn(normalizedText) : normalizedText
     return normalizedText
   }
 }
 
 /**
+ * @param {Object} props
  * Constructs a normalizer to pass to functions in matches.js
- * @param {boolean|undefined} trim The user-specified value for `trim`, without
+ * @param {boolean|undefined} props.trim The user-specified value for `trim`, without
+ * any defaulting having been applied
+ * @param {boolean|undefined} props.stripAnsi The user-specified value for `stripAnsi`, without
  * any defaulting having been applied
- * @param {boolean|undefined} collapseWhitespace The user-specified value for
+ * @param {boolean|undefined} props.collapseWhitespace The user-specified value for
  * `collapseWhitespace`, without any defaulting having been applied
- * @param {Function|undefined} normalizer The user-specified normalizer
+ * @param {Function|undefined} props.normalizer The user-specified normalizer
  * @returns {Function} A normalizer
  */
 
-function makeNormalizer({trim, collapseWhitespace, normalizer}) {
+function makeNormalizer({trim, stripAnsi, collapseWhitespace, normalizer}) {
   if (normalizer) {
     // User has specified a custom normalizer
     if (
       typeof trim !== 'undefined' ||
-      typeof collapseWhitespace !== 'undefined'
+      typeof collapseWhitespace !== 'undefined' ||
+      typeof stripAnsi !== 'undefined'
     ) {
       // They've also specified a value for trim or collapseWhitespace
       throw new Error(
@@ -82,7 +89,7 @@ function makeNormalizer({trim, collapseWhitespace, normalizer}) {
     return normalizer
   } else {
     // No custom normalizer specified. Just use default.
-    return getDefaultNormalizer({trim, collapseWhitespace})
+    return getDefaultNormalizer({trim, collapseWhitespace, stripAnsi})
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/pure.ts b/src/pure.ts
index 1c4a990..ea907ff 100644
--- a/src/pure.ts
+++ b/src/pure.ts
@@ -6,25 +6,10 @@
  */
 import childProcess from 'child_process'
 import stripFinalNewline from 'strip-final-newline'
-import stripAnsi from 'strip-ansi'
 import {RenderOptions, TestInstance} from '../types/pure'
 import {_runObservers} from './mutation-observer'
 import {getQueriesForElement} from './get-queries-for-instance'
 
-class NotBoundToInstanceError extends Error {
-  constructor(prop: string) {
-    super(`
-          You've attempted to read '${prop}' from a destructured value.
-          Please do not destructure \`${prop}\` from \`render\`, instead do something like this:
-          
-          const client = render( /* ... */ );
-          expect(client.${prop}).toBe(["Hi"]);
-          
-          Because ${prop} relies on mutation to function, you'll be left with stale data if this is not done
-        `)
-  }
-}
-
 async function render(
   command: string,
   args: string[] = [],
@@ -40,6 +25,8 @@ async function render(
   let _readyPromiseInternals: null | {resolve: Function; reject: Function} =
     null
 
+  let _isReadyResolved = false;
+
   const execOutputAPI = {
     _isOutputAPI: true,
     _isReady: new Promise(
@@ -51,42 +38,35 @@ async function render(
     },
     // An array of strings gathered from stdout when unable to do
     // `await stdout` because of inquirer interactive prompts
-    _stdoutArr: [] as string[],
-    get stdoutArr(): string[] {
-      // TODO: This error throwing doesn't _actually_ work, because
-      //  when the value is initially destructured, `this`, _is_ defined
-      //  and later, when the user goes to run `console.log(stdoutArr`), it's no
-      //  longer referencing this getter - instead it's a new variable that's assigned
-      //  a non-getter string
-      if (!(this as unknown) || !this._isOutputAPI) {
-        throw new NotBoundToInstanceError('stdoutArr')
-      }
-      return this._stdoutArr
-    },
-    set stdoutArr(val: string[]) {},
+    stdoutArr: [] as Array<string | Buffer>,
     get stdoutStr(): string {
-      if (!(this as unknown) || !this._isOutputAPI) {
-        throw new NotBoundToInstanceError('stdoutStr')
-      }
       return this.stdoutArr.join('\n')
     },
     set stdoutStr(val: string) {},
   }
 
   exec.stdout.on('data', (result: string | Buffer) => {
-    // TODO: Move `strip-ansi` to `normalizer` within `queries-text` instead
-    const resStr = stripAnsi(stripFinalNewline(result as string).toString())
+    const resStr = stripFinalNewline(result as string);
     execOutputAPI.stdoutArr.push(resStr)
     _runObservers()
-    if (_readyPromiseInternals) _readyPromiseInternals.resolve()
+    if (_readyPromiseInternals && !_isReadyResolved) {
+      _readyPromiseInternals.resolve()
+      _isReadyResolved = true;
+    }
   })
 
   exec.stdout.on('error', result => {
-    if (_readyPromiseInternals) _readyPromiseInternals.reject(result)
+    if (_readyPromiseInternals && !_isReadyResolved) {
+      _readyPromiseInternals.reject(result)
+      _isReadyResolved = true;
+    }
   })
 
   exec.stderr.on('data', (result: string) => {
-    if (_readyPromiseInternals) _readyPromiseInternals.reject(new Error(result))
+    if (_readyPromiseInternals && !_isReadyResolved) {
+      _readyPromiseInternals.reject(new Error(result))
+      _isReadyResolved = true;
+    }
   })
 
   await execOutputAPI._isReady
diff --git a/src/queries/text.ts b/src/queries/text.ts
index ca1fe04..053a96e 100644
--- a/src/queries/text.ts
+++ b/src/queries/text.ts
@@ -13,16 +13,17 @@ const queryByTextBase: QueryByText = (
         exact = false,
         collapseWhitespace,
         trim,
-        normalizer
+        normalizer,
+        stripAnsi
     } = {},
 ) => {
     const matcher = exact ? matches : fuzzyMatches
     const matchNormalizer = makeNormalizer({
+        stripAnsi,
         collapseWhitespace,
         trim,
-        normalizer,
-        // Why TypeScript, why?
-    } as unknown as true)
+        normalizer
+    })
     const str = instance.stdoutStr
     if (matcher(str, instance, text, matchNormalizer)) return instance
     else return null
diff --git a/types/matches.d.ts b/types/matches.d.ts
index 6020464..531fb75 100644
--- a/types/matches.d.ts
+++ b/types/matches.d.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ export interface MatcherOptions {
   /** Use normalizer with getDefaultNormalizer instead */
   trim?: boolean
   /** Use normalizer with getDefaultNormalizer instead */
+  stripAnsi?: boolean
+  /** Use normalizer with getDefaultNormalizer instead */
   collapseWhitespace?: boolean
   normalizer?: NormalizerFn
   /** suppress suggestions for a specific query */
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ export type Match = (
 export interface DefaultNormalizerOptions {
   trim?: boolean
   collapseWhitespace?: boolean
+  stripAnsi?: boolean
 }
 
 export function getDefaultNormalizer(
diff --git a/types/pure.d.ts b/types/pure.d.ts
index e7e8109..0f53175 100644
--- a/types/pure.d.ts
+++ b/types/pure.d.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ export interface RenderOptions {
  */
 export interface TestInstance {
   cleanup(): void
-  // Possibly switch to `stdout.on('data'` prop in the future
-  stdoutArr: string[]
+  stdoutArr: Array<string, Buffer>
   stdin: Writable
   stdout: Readable
   stderr: Readable