diff --git a/examples/bastion-tunnel-monorepo/.ize/env/testnut/ize.toml b/examples/bastion-tunnel-monorepo/.ize/env/testnut/ize.toml
index 66b815ad..a065c747 100644
--- a/examples/bastion-tunnel-monorepo/.ize/env/testnut/ize.toml
+++ b/examples/bastion-tunnel-monorepo/.ize/env/testnut/ize.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ namespace = "testnut"                   # (required) Namespace of the project ca
 terraform_version = "1.2.6"             # (optional) Terraform version can be set here. 1.1.3 by default
 # prefer_runtime = ""                 	# (optional) Prefer a specific runtime. (native or docker) (default 'native')
 # tag = ""                            	# (optional) Tag can be set statically. Normally it is being constructed automatically based on the git revision.
-# plain_text = false                  	# (optional) Plain text output can be enabled here. Default is false. Can be overridden by IZE_PLAIN_TEXT env var or --plain-text flag.
+# plain_text = false                  	# (optional) Plain text output can be enabled here. Default is false. Can be overridden by IZE_PLAIN_TEXT env var or --plain-text-output flag.
 # env = "dev"                         	# (optional) Environment name can be specified here. Normally it should be passed via `ENV` variable or --env flag.
 # env_dir = ""                        	# (optional) Environment directory can be specified here. Normally it's calculated automatically based on the directory structure convention.
 # docker_registry = ""                	# (optional) Docker registry can be set here. By default it uses ECR repo with the name of the service.
diff --git a/examples/ecs-apps-monorepo/.ize/env/testnut/ize.toml b/examples/ecs-apps-monorepo/.ize/env/testnut/ize.toml
index 36b684dd..070192c4 100644
--- a/examples/ecs-apps-monorepo/.ize/env/testnut/ize.toml
+++ b/examples/ecs-apps-monorepo/.ize/env/testnut/ize.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ namespace = "testnut"                   # (required) Namespace of the project ca
 terraform_version = "1.2.6"             # (optional) Terraform version can be set here. 1.1.3 by default
 # prefer_runtime = ""                 	# (optional) Prefer a specific runtime. (native or docker) (default 'native')
 # tag = ""                            	# (optional) Tag can be set statically. Normally it is being constructed automatically based on the git revision.
-# plain_text = false                  	# (optional) Plain text output can be enabled here. Default is false. Can be overridden by IZE_PLAIN_TEXT env var or --plain-text flag.
+# plain_text = false                  	# (optional) Plain text output can be enabled here. Default is false. Can be overridden by IZE_PLAIN_TEXT env var or --plain-text-output flag.
 # env = "dev"                         	# (optional) Environment name can be specified here. Normally it should be passed via `ENV` variable or --env flag.
 # env_dir = ""                        	# (optional) Environment directory can be specified here. Normally it's calculated automatically based on the directory structure convention.
 # docker_registry = ""                	# (optional) Docker registry can be set here. By default it uses ECR repo with the name of the service.
diff --git a/examples/multistate-monorepo/.ize/env/testnut/ize.toml b/examples/multistate-monorepo/.ize/env/testnut/ize.toml
index e4df0421..f6dd1729 100644
--- a/examples/multistate-monorepo/.ize/env/testnut/ize.toml
+++ b/examples/multistate-monorepo/.ize/env/testnut/ize.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ namespace = "testnut"                   # (required) Namespace of the project ca
 terraform_version = "1.2.6"             # (optional) Terraform version can be set here. 1.1.3 by default
 # prefer_runtime = ""                 	# (optional) Prefer a specific runtime. (native or docker) (default 'native')
 # tag = ""                            	# (optional) Tag can be set statically. Normally it is being constructed automatically based on the git revision.
-# plain_text = false                  	# (optional) Plain text output can be enabled here. Default is false. Can be overridden by IZE_PLAIN_TEXT env var or --plain-text flag.
+# plain_text = false                  	# (optional) Plain text output can be enabled here. Default is false. Can be overridden by IZE_PLAIN_TEXT env var or --plain-text-output flag.
 # env = "dev"                         	# (optional) Environment name can be specified here. Normally it should be passed via `ENV` variable or --env flag.
 # env_dir = ""                        	# (optional) Environment directory can be specified here. Normally it's calculated automatically based on the directory structure convention.
 # docker_registry = ""                	# (optional) Docker registry can be set here. By default it uses ECR repo with the name of the service.
diff --git a/examples/sls-apps-monorepo/.ize/env/testnut/ize.toml b/examples/sls-apps-monorepo/.ize/env/testnut/ize.toml
index 81813392..bc936c4b 100644
--- a/examples/sls-apps-monorepo/.ize/env/testnut/ize.toml
+++ b/examples/sls-apps-monorepo/.ize/env/testnut/ize.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ namespace = "testnut"                   # (required) Namespace of the project ca
 terraform_version = "1.2.6"             # (optional) Terraform version can be set here. 1.1.3 by default
 # prefer_runtime = ""                 	# (optional) Prefer a specific runtime. (native or docker) (default 'native')
 # tag = ""                            	# (optional) Tag can be set statically. Normally it is being constructed automatically based on the git revision.
-# plain_text = false                  	# (optional) Plain text output can be enabled here. Default is false. Can be overridden by IZE_PLAIN_TEXT env var or --plain-text flag.
+# plain_text = false                  	# (optional) Plain text output can be enabled here. Default is false. Can be overridden by IZE_PLAIN_TEXT env var or --plain-text-output flag.
 # env = "dev"                         	# (optional) Environment name can be specified here. Normally it should be passed via `ENV` variable or --env flag.
 # env_dir = ""                        	# (optional) Environment directory can be specified here. Normally it's calculated automatically based on the directory structure convention.
 # docker_registry = ""                	# (optional) Docker registry can be set here. By default it uses ECR repo with the name of the service.
diff --git a/internal/commands/console_test.go b/internal/commands/console_test.go
index f710c27c..e9aa282c 100644
--- a/internal/commands/console_test.go
+++ b/internal/commands/console_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ package commands
 import (
 	_ "embed"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/awserr"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/ecs"
@@ -12,10 +17,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hazelops/ize/pkg/mocks"
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"strings"
-	"testing"
 )
 
 //go:generate mockgen -package=mocks -destination ../../pkg/mocks/mock_ecs.go github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/ecs/ecsiface ECSAPI
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ func TestConsole(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name:    "failed (list tasks cluster not found)",
-			args:    []string{"console", "goblin", "--plain-text"},
+			args:    []string{"console", "goblin", "--plain-text-output"},
 			env:     map[string]string{"ENV": "test", "AWS_PROFILE": "test", "NAMESPACE": "dev-testnut", "AWS_REGION": "us-west-2"},
 			wantErr: true,
 			mockECSClient: func(m *mocks.MockECSAPI) {
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ func TestConsole(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name:    "failed (list tasks any err)",
-			args:    []string{"console", "goblin", "--plain-text"},
+			args:    []string{"console", "goblin", "--plain-text-output"},
 			env:     map[string]string{"ENV": "test", "AWS_PROFILE": "test", "NAMESPACE": "dev-testnut", "AWS_REGION": "us-west-2"},
 			wantErr: true,
 			mockECSClient: func(m *mocks.MockECSAPI) {
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ func TestConsole(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name:    "failed (execute command cluster not found)",
-			args:    []string{"console", "goblin", "--plain-text"},
+			args:    []string{"console", "goblin", "--plain-text-output"},
 			env:     map[string]string{"ENV": "test", "AWS_PROFILE": "test", "NAMESPACE": "dev-testnut", "AWS_REGION": "us-west-2"},
 			wantErr: true,
 			mockECSClient: func(m *mocks.MockECSAPI) {
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ func TestConsole(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name:    "failed (execute command any err)",
-			args:    []string{"console", "goblin", "--plain-text"},
+			args:    []string{"console", "goblin", "--plain-text-output"},
 			env:     map[string]string{"ENV": "test", "AWS_PROFILE": "test", "NAMESPACE": "dev-testnut", "AWS_REGION": "us-west-2"},
 			wantErr: true,
 			mockECSClient: func(m *mocks.MockECSAPI) {
diff --git a/internal/commands/exec_test.go b/internal/commands/exec_test.go
index 6bb4296d..7202e8db 100644
--- a/internal/commands/exec_test.go
+++ b/internal/commands/exec_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ package commands
 import (
 	_ "embed"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/awserr"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/ecs"
@@ -12,10 +17,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hazelops/ize/pkg/mocks"
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"strings"
-	"testing"
 )
 
 //go:generate mockgen -package=mocks -destination ../../pkg/mocks/mock_ecs.go github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/ecs/ecsiface ECSAPI
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ func TestExec(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name:    "failed (list tasks cluster not found)",
-			args:    []string{"console", "goblin", "--plain-text"},
+			args:    []string{"console", "goblin", "--plain-text-output"},
 			env:     map[string]string{"ENV": "test", "AWS_PROFILE": "test", "NAMESPACE": "dev-testnut", "AWS_REGION": "us-west-2"},
 			wantErr: true,
 			mockECSClient: func(m *mocks.MockECSAPI) {
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ func TestExec(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name:    "failed (list tasks any err)",
-			args:    []string{"console", "goblin", "--plain-text"},
+			args:    []string{"console", "goblin", "--plain-text-output"},
 			env:     map[string]string{"ENV": "test", "AWS_PROFILE": "test", "NAMESPACE": "dev-testnut", "AWS_REGION": "us-west-2"},
 			wantErr: true,
 			mockECSClient: func(m *mocks.MockECSAPI) {
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ func TestExec(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name:    "failed (execute command cluster not found)",
-			args:    []string{"console", "goblin", "--plain-text"},
+			args:    []string{"console", "goblin", "--plain-text-output"},
 			env:     map[string]string{"ENV": "test", "AWS_PROFILE": "test", "NAMESPACE": "dev-testnut", "AWS_REGION": "us-west-2"},
 			wantErr: true,
 			mockECSClient: func(m *mocks.MockECSAPI) {
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ func TestExec(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name:    "failed (execute command any err)",
-			args:    []string{"console", "goblin", "--plain-text"},
+			args:    []string{"console", "goblin", "--plain-text-output"},
 			env:     map[string]string{"ENV": "test", "AWS_PROFILE": "test", "NAMESPACE": "dev-testnut", "AWS_REGION": "us-west-2"},
 			wantErr: true,
 			mockECSClient: func(m *mocks.MockECSAPI) {
diff --git a/internal/commands/ize.go b/internal/commands/ize.go
index 264a5dc7..fa0aab6a 100644
--- a/internal/commands/ize.go
+++ b/internal/commands/ize.go
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@ package commands
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path"
+	"runtime"
+	"strings"
+	"text/template"
+
 	"github.com/hazelops/ize/internal/config"
 	"github.com/hazelops/ize/internal/version"
 	"github.com/hazelops/ize/pkg/templates"
@@ -12,11 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
-	"os"
-	"path"
-	"runtime"
-	"strings"
-	"text/template"
 )
 
 var izeDescTpl = templates.LongDesc(`
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ func newRootCmd(project *config.Project) *cobra.Command {
 
 	cmd.CompletionOptions.DisableDefaultCmd = true
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringP("log-level", "l", "", "set log level. Possible levels: info, debug, trace, panic, warn, error, fatal(default)")
-	cmd.PersistentFlags().Bool("plain-text", false, "enable plain text")
+	cmd.PersistentFlags().Bool("plain-text-output", false, "enable plain text output")
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringP("config-file", "c", "", "set config file name")
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringP("env", "e", "", "(required) set environment name (overrides value set in IZE_ENV / ENV if any of them are set)")
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringP("aws-profile", "p", "", "(required) set AWS profile (overrides value in ize.toml and IZE_AWS_PROFILE / AWS_PROFILE if any of them are set)")
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index cbc3d0cd..4c044e24 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@ package config
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/hazelops/ize/internal/schema"
-	"github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure"
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -12,6 +9,10 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"text/template"
 
+	"github.com/hazelops/ize/internal/schema"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/session"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/sts"
 	"github.com/hazelops/ize/internal/aws/utils"
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ func InitConfig() {
 	viper.SetDefault("TERRAFORM_VERSION", "1.1.3")
 	viper.SetDefault("PREFER_RUNTIME", "native")
 	viper.SetDefault("CUSTOM_PROMPT", false)
-	viper.SetDefault("PLAIN_TEXT", false)
+	viper.SetDefault("PLAIN_TEXT_OUTPUT", false)
 
 	home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -541,7 +542,7 @@ func structToMap(item interface{}) map[string]interface{} {
 	return res
 }
 
-//GetApps returns a list of application names in the directory for shell completions
+// GetApps returns a list of application names in the directory for shell completions
 func GetApps(*cobra.Command, []string, string) ([]string, cobra.ShellCompDirective) {
 	var apps []string
 
diff --git a/internal/config/project.go b/internal/config/project.go
index ed2dde16..bc511d22 100644
--- a/internal/config/project.go
+++ b/internal/config/project.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ type Project struct {
 	Namespace        string `mapstructure:",omitempty"`
 	Env              string `mapstructure:",omitempty"`
 	LogLevel         string `mapstructure:"log_level,omitempty"`
-	PlainText        bool   `mapstructure:"plain_text,omitempty"`
+	PlainText        bool   `mapstructure:"plain_text_output,omitempty"`
 	CustomPrompt     bool   `mapstructure:"custom_prompt,omitempty"`
 	PreferRuntime    string `mapstructure:"prefer_runtime,omitempty"`
 	Tag              string `mapstructure:",omitempty"`
diff --git a/internal/schema/ize-spec.json b/internal/schema/ize-spec.json
index cbdf04bf..9752468c 100644
--- a/internal/schema/ize-spec.json
+++ b/internal/schema/ize-spec.json
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
             "type": "string",
             "description": "(required) Namespace of the project can be specified here. It is used as a base for all naming. It can be overridden by NAMESPACE env var or --namespace flag."
         },
-        "plain_text": {
-            "description": "(optional) Plain text output can be enabled here. Default is false. Can be overridden by IZE_PLAIN_TEXT env var or --plain-text flag.",
+        "plain_text_output": {
+            "description": "(optional) Plain text output can be enabled here. Default is false. Can be overridden by IZE_PLAIN_TEXT env var or --plain-text-output flag.",
             "anyOf": [
                 {
                     "type": "string"
diff --git a/pkg/terminal/noninteractive.go b/pkg/terminal/noninteractive.go
index 4c614c00..af2767a8 100644
--- a/pkg/terminal/noninteractive.go
+++ b/pkg/terminal/noninteractive.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
-	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"text/tabwriter"
@@ -268,7 +267,5 @@ type stripAnsiWriter struct {
 }
 
 func (w *stripAnsiWriter) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
-	return w.Next.Write(reAnsi.ReplaceAll(p, []byte{}))
+	return w.Next.Write(p)
 }
-
-var reAnsi = regexp.MustCompile("[\u001B\u009B][[\\]()#;?]*(?:(?:(?:[a-zA-Z\\d]*(?:;[a-zA-Z\\d]*)*)?\u0007)|(?:(?:\\d{1,4}(?:;\\d{0,4})*)?[\\dA-PRZcf-ntqry=><~]))")
diff --git a/test-e2e/ecs_apps_test.go b/test-e2e/ecs_apps_test.go
index 2783d1ed..bcec79da 100644
--- a/test-e2e/ecs_apps_test.go
+++ b/test-e2e/ecs_apps_test.go
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ func TestIzeExecGoblin(t *testing.T) {
 
 	ize := NewBinary(t, izeBinary, examplesRootDir)
 
-	stdout, stderr, err := ize.RunPty("--plain-text", "exec", "goblin", "--", "sh -c \"echo $APP_NAME\"")
+	stdout, stderr, err := ize.RunPty("--plain-text-output", "exec", "goblin", "--", "sh -c \"echo $APP_NAME\"")
 
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("error: %s", err)
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ func TestIzeExecSquibby(t *testing.T) {
 
 	ize := NewBinary(t, izeBinary, examplesRootDir)
 
-	stdout, stderr, err := ize.RunPty("--plain-text", "exec", "squibby", "--", "sh -c \"echo $APP_NAME\"")
+	stdout, stderr, err := ize.RunPty("--plain-text-output", "exec", "squibby", "--", "sh -c \"echo $APP_NAME\"")
 
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("error: %s", err)