diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 01f522b7..4b2d6f38 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ func Init() error {
 	viper.SetDefault("a-general.http", "default")
 	viper.SetDefault("a-general.search", "gus.guru/search")
 	viper.SetDefault("a-general.color", true)
+	viper.SetDefault("a-general.ansi", true)
 	viper.SetDefault("a-general.bullets", true)
 	viper.SetDefault("a-general.left_margin", 0.15)
 	viper.SetDefault("a-general.max_width", 100)
diff --git a/config/default.go b/config/default.go
index f2cbda40..11cc1ef2 100644
--- a/config/default.go
+++ b/config/default.go
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ search = "gemini://gus.guru/search"
 # Whether colors will be used in the terminal
 color = true
 
+# Whether ANSI codes from the page content should be rendered
+ansi = true
+
 # Whether to replace list asterisks with unicode bullets
 bullets = true
 
diff --git a/default-config.toml b/default-config.toml
index 421f3e71..4242bb10 100644
--- a/default-config.toml
+++ b/default-config.toml
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ search = "gemini://gus.guru/search"
 # Whether colors will be used in the terminal
 color = true
 
+# Whether ANSI codes from the page content should be rendered
+ansi = true
+
 # Whether to replace list asterisks with unicode bullets
 bullets = true
 
diff --git a/renderer/renderer.go b/renderer/renderer.go
index 7087fc2e..3b1e6eba 100644
--- a/renderer/renderer.go
+++ b/renderer/renderer.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package renderer
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	urlPkg "net/url"
+	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -15,12 +16,17 @@ import (
 	"gitlab.com/tslocum/cview"
 )
 
+// Regex for identifying ANSI color codes
+var ansiRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`\x1b\[[0-9;]*m`)
+
 // RenderANSI renders plain text pages containing ANSI codes.
 // Practically, it is used for the text/x-ansi.
 func RenderANSI(s string, leftMargin int) string {
 	s = cview.Escape(s)
-	if viper.GetBool("a-general.color") {
+	if viper.GetBool("a-general.color") && viper.GetBool("a-general.ansi") {
 		s = cview.TranslateANSI(s)
+	} else {
+		s = ansiRegex.ReplaceAllString(s, "")
 	}
 	var shifted string
 	lines := strings.Split(s, "\n")
@@ -277,9 +283,12 @@ func convertRegularGemini(s string, numLinks, width int, proxied bool) (string,
 // If it's not a gemini:// page, set this to true.
 func RenderGemini(s string, width, leftMargin int, proxied bool) (string, []string) {
 	s = cview.Escape(s)
-	if viper.GetBool("a-general.color") {
+	if viper.GetBool("a-general.color") && viper.GetBool("a-general.ansi") {
 		s = cview.TranslateANSI(s)
+	} else {
+		s = ansiRegex.ReplaceAllString(s, "")
 	}
+
 	lines := strings.Split(s, "\n")
 
 	links := make([]string, 0)