diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 09c9193..6f4c364 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -112,14 +112,16 @@ def is_command_output(message):
     """
     Detect console output produced by RCON commands: cvar dumps and status
     tables. These are hidden; the 'zmq RCON command' echo lines still show
-    which client ran what.
+    which client ran what. Shape checks run on color-stripped text because
+    the server sprinkles Quake color codes into status rows.
     """
-    if CVAR_RESPONSE_PATTERN.search(message):
+    clean = strip_color_codes(message)
+    if CVAR_RESPONSE_PATTERN.search(clean):
         return True
-    if 'num score ping' in message:
+    if 'num score ping' in clean:
         return True
-    if (STATUS_ROW_PATTERN.search(message) or STATUS_SEP_PATTERN.search(message)
-            or STATUS_MAP_PATTERN.search(message)):
+    if (STATUS_ROW_PATTERN.search(clean) or STATUS_SEP_PATTERN.search(clean)
+            or STATUS_MAP_PATTERN.search(clean)):
         return True
     return False