diff --git a/pyinstrument/magic/magic.py b/pyinstrument/magic/magic.py
index 7ed34a25..2689cd16 100644
--- a/pyinstrument/magic/magic.py
+++ b/pyinstrument/magic/magic.py
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ def _silent_exception_handler(self, etype, value, tb, tb_offset=None):
         )
 
         text_config = compute_render_options(
-            args, renderer_class=HTMLRenderer, unicode_support=True, color_support=True
+            args, renderer_class=ConsoleRenderer, unicode_support=True, color_support=True
         )
 
         html_renderer = renderers.HTMLRenderer(show_all=args.show_all, timeline=args.timeline)
diff --git a/test/test_ipython_magic.py b/test/test_ipython_magic.py
index a3896b51..20ab782a 100644
--- a/test/test_ipython_magic.py
+++ b/test/test_ipython_magic.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 import pytest
 
+from .util import strip_ansi
+
 # note: IPython should be imported within each test. Importing it in our tests
 # seems to cause problems with subsequent tests.
 
@@ -49,10 +51,11 @@ def test_magics(ip):
 
     assert "function_a" in output.data["text/html"]
     assert "<iframe" in output.data["text/html"]
-    assert "function_a" in output.data["text/plain"]
+    plain_text = strip_ansi(output.data["text/plain"])
+    assert "function_a" in plain_text
 
-    assert "- 0.200 function_a" in output.data["text/plain"]
-    assert "- 0.100 FakeClock.sleep" in output.data["text/plain"]
+    assert "0.200 function_a" in plain_text
+    assert "0.100 FakeClock.sleep" in plain_text
 
     with fake_time():
         with capture_ipython_output() as captured:
@@ -62,8 +65,9 @@ def test_magics(ip):
     assert len(captured.outputs) == 1
     output = captured.outputs[0]
 
-    assert "function_a" in output.data["text/plain"]
-    assert "- 0.100 FakeClock.sleep" in output.data["text/plain"]
+    plain_text = strip_ansi(output.data["text/plain"])
+    assert "function_a" in plain_text
+    assert "0.100 FakeClock.sleep" in plain_text
 
 
 @pytest.mark.ipythonmagic
diff --git a/test/util.py b/test/util.py
index 3f265cf3..dda724fe 100644
--- a/test/util.py
+++ b/test/util.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import asyncio
 import os
+import re
 import sys
 import time
 from typing import Callable, Generator, Generic, Iterable, Iterator, NoReturn, Optional, TypeVar
@@ -23,6 +24,10 @@ def assert_never(x: NoReturn) -> NoReturn:
     raise AssertionError(f"Invalid value: {x!r}")
 
 
+def strip_ansi(value: str) -> str:
+    return re.sub(r"\x1b\[[0-9;]*m", "", value)
+
+
 def do_nothing():
     pass