diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c8efc40..3ecfd8e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -19,15 +19,16 @@ checksum = "f26201604c87b1e01bd3d98f8d5d9a8fcbb815e8cedb41ffccbeb4bf593a35fe"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "anstream"
-version = "0.6.11"
+version = "0.6.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6e2e1ebcb11de5c03c67de28a7df593d32191b44939c482e97702baaaa6ab6a5"
+checksum = "64e15c1ab1f89faffbf04a634d5e1962e9074f2741eef6d97f3c4e322426d526"
 dependencies = [
  "anstyle",
  "anstyle-parse",
  "anstyle-query",
  "anstyle-wincon",
  "colorchoice",
+ "is_terminal_polyfill",
  "utf8parse",
 ]
 
@@ -267,10 +268,17 @@ version = "0.3.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ce23b50ad8242c51a442f3ff322d56b02f08852c77e4c0b4d3fd684abc89c683"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "is_terminal_polyfill"
+version = "1.70.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7943c866cc5cd64cbc25b2e01621d07fa8eb2a1a23160ee81ce38704e97b8ecf"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "kittysay"
 version = "0.8.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "anstream",
  "clap",
  "clap-stdin",
  "color-eyre",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6e72d6d..ddddf0e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ categories = ["command-line-utilities"]
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
+anstream = "0.6.15"
 clap = { version = "4.5.9", features = ["derive"] }
 clap-stdin = "0.4.0"
 color-eyre = "0.6.3"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 452c2cf..7655a4e 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use color_eyre::eyre::Result;
 use clap::Parser;
 use clap_stdin::MaybeStdin;
 
+use anstream::{adapter::strip_str, println};
 use crossterm::terminal;
 
 use kittysay::{generate, FormatOptions, KITTY};
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
 		width,
 	};
 
-	let msg = generate(&args.message, &format_opts);
+	let msg = generate(&strip_str(&args.message).to_string(), &format_opts);
 
 	let mut msg_color = console::Color::White;
 	let mut cat_color = console::Color::White;