diff --git a/test/job.js b/test/job.js
index bb7802b..57573df 100644
--- a/test/job.js
+++ b/test/job.js
@@ -51,5 +51,19 @@ test('job: failure notifier', async (t) => {
   t.is(notifier1.notifyBody, 'expected fail');
 });
 
+test('job: strip ansi before notify', async (t) => {
+  const task1 = new MockFailTask('task1', '\u001b[31mtest\u001b[39m');
+  const notifier1 = new MockNotifier('notifier1');
+  const job = new Job('test', {
+    schedule: '* * * * *',
+    tasks: ['task1'],
+    on_error: ['notifier1']
+  }, { task1 }, { notifier1 });
+
+  const success = await job.run();
+  t.assert(!success);
+  t.is(notifier1.notifyBody, 'test');
+});
+
 
 
diff --git a/test/mock/tasks/fail-task.js b/test/mock/tasks/fail-task.js
index 3c069d4..27c4345 100644
--- a/test/mock/tasks/fail-task.js
+++ b/test/mock/tasks/fail-task.js
@@ -2,14 +2,15 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-unused-vars */
 
 class MockFailTask {
-  constructor(name) {
+  constructor(name, message = 'expected fail') {
     this.name = name;
+    this.message = message;
     this.executionTimes = 0;
   }
 
   async execute(log) {
     this.executionTimes++;
-    throw new Error('expected fail');
+    throw new Error(this.message);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/test/mock/tasks/task.js b/test/mock/tasks/task.js
index bd0ce5d..26aee07 100644
--- a/test/mock/tasks/task.js
+++ b/test/mock/tasks/task.js
@@ -2,14 +2,15 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-unused-vars */
 
 class MockTask {
-  constructor(name) {
+  constructor(name, output = 'success') {
     this.name = name;
+    this.output = output;
     this.executionTimes = 0;
   }
 
   async execute(log) {
     this.executionTimes++;
-    return { name: this.name, output: 'success' };
+    return { name: this.name, output: this.output };
   }
 }