diff --git a/ofborg/src/nix.rs b/ofborg/src/nix.rs
index 91b78a2..0f2e890 100644
--- a/ofborg/src/nix.rs
+++ b/ofborg/src/nix.rs
@@ -304,6 +304,14 @@ mod tests {
         return cwd;
     }
 
+    fn strip_ansi(string: &str) -> String {
+        string
+            .replace("‘", "'")
+            .replace("’", "'")
+            .replace("\u{1b}[31;1m", "") // red
+            .replace("\u{1b}[0m", "") // reset
+    }
+
     #[derive(Debug)]
     enum Expect {
         Pass,
@@ -325,7 +333,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         let buildlog = lines
             .into_iter()
-            .map(|line| line.replace("\u{1b}[0m", "")) // ANSI reset
+            .map(|line| strip_ansi(&line))
             .map(|line| format!("   | {}", line))
             .collect::<Vec<String>>()
             .join("\n");
@@ -588,10 +596,10 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(ret.0, vec!["passes-instantiation"]);
 
         assert_eq!(ret.1[0].0, "fails-instantiation");
-        assert_eq!(ret.1[0].1[0], "trace: You just can\'t frooble the frozz on this particular system.");
+        assert_eq!(ret.1[0].1[0], "trace: You just can't frooble the frozz on this particular system.");
 
         assert_eq!(ret.1[1].0, "missing-attr");
-        assert_eq!(ret.1[1].1[0], "error: attribute ‘missing-attr’ in selection path ‘missing-attr’ not found");
+        assert_eq!(strip_ansi(&ret.1[1].1[0]), "error: attribute 'missing-attr' in selection path 'missing-attr' not found");
     }
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/ofborg/src/tasks/build.rs b/ofborg/src/tasks/build.rs
index 5b2f2f6..62c8100 100644
--- a/ofborg/src/tasks/build.rs
+++ b/ofborg/src/tasks/build.rs
@@ -397,7 +397,6 @@ impl notifyworker::SimpleNotifyWorker for BuildWorker {
     }
 }
 
-
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
@@ -442,22 +441,31 @@ mod tests {
         return hash.trim().to_owned();
     }
 
+    fn strip_escaped_ansi(string: &str) -> String {
+        string
+            .replace("‘", "'")
+            .replace("’", "'")
+            .replace("\\u001b[31;1m", "") // red
+            .replace("\\u001b[0m", "") // reset
+    }
+
     fn assert_contains_job(actions: &mut IntoIter<worker::Action>, text_to_match: &str) {
-        println!("\n\nSearching for {:?}", text_to_match);
+        println!("\n\n   Searching: {:?}", text_to_match);
         actions
             .position(|job| match job {
                 worker::Action::Publish(ref body) => {
-                    let mystr = String::from_utf8(body.content.clone()).unwrap();
-                    if mystr.contains(text_to_match) {
-                        println!("    Matched: {:?}", mystr);
+                    let content = String::from_utf8(body.content.clone()).unwrap();
+                    let text = strip_escaped_ansi(&content);
+                    if text.contains(text_to_match) {
+                        println!(" ok");
                         return true;
                     } else {
-                        println!("    miss: {:?}", mystr);
+                        println!(" notContains: {:?}", text);
                         return false;
                     }
                 }
                 e => {
-                    println!("    notPublish: {:?}", e);
+                    println!(" notPublish: {:?}", e);
                     return false;
                 }
             })
@@ -554,7 +562,7 @@ mod tests {
         println!("Total actions: {:?}", dummyreceiver.actions.len());
         let mut actions = dummyreceiver.actions.into_iter();
         assert_contains_job(&mut actions, "\"line_number\":1,\"output\":\"Cannot nix-instantiate `not-real\' because:\"");
-        assert_contains_job(&mut actions, "\"line_number\":2,\"output\":\"error: attribute ‘not-real’ in selection path ‘not-real’ not found\"}");
+        assert_contains_job(&mut actions, "\"line_number\":2,\"output\":\"error: attribute 'not-real' in selection path 'not-real' not found\"}");
         assert_contains_job(&mut actions, "skipped_attrs\":[\"not-real"); // First one to the github poster
         assert_contains_job(&mut actions, "skipped_attrs\":[\"not-real"); // This one to the logs
         assert_eq!(actions.next(), Some(worker::Action::Ack));