diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ed750fd8..471f801f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -429,12 +429,6 @@ version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9555578bc9e57714c812a1f84e4fc5b4d21fcb063490c624de019f7464c91268"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "cfg_aliases"
-version = "0.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fd16c4719339c4530435d38e511904438d07cce7950afa3718a84ac36c10e89e"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg_aliases"
 version = "0.2.1"
@@ -772,12 +766,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "downcast-rs"
-version = "1.2.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "75b325c5dbd37f80359721ad39aca5a29fb04c89279657cffdda8736d0c0b9d2"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "dryoc"
 version = "0.6.2"
@@ -1585,18 +1573,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "nix"
-version = "0.28.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ab2156c4fce2f8df6c499cc1c763e4394b7482525bf2a9701c9d79d215f519e4"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.9.1",
- "cfg-if 1.0.1",
- "cfg_aliases 0.1.1",
- "libc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "nom"
 version = "7.1.3"
@@ -1818,27 +1794,6 @@ version = "1.11.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f84267b20a16ea918e43c6a88433c2d54fa145c92a811b5b047ccbe153674483"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "portable-pty"
-version = "0.9.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b4a596a2b3d2752d94f51fac2d4a96737b8705dddd311a32b9af47211f08671e"
-dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
- "bitflags 1.3.2",
- "downcast-rs",
- "filedescriptor",
- "lazy_static",
- "libc",
- "log",
- "nix",
- "serial2",
- "shared_library",
- "shell-words",
- "winapi",
- "winreg",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "potential_utf"
 version = "0.1.2"
@@ -1888,7 +1843,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "626214629cda6781b6dc1d316ba307189c85ba657213ce642d9c77670f8202c8"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
- "cfg_aliases 0.2.1",
+ "cfg_aliases",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "quinn-proto",
  "quinn-udp",
@@ -1928,7 +1883,7 @@ version = "0.5.13"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fcebb1209ee276352ef14ff8732e24cc2b02bbac986cd74a4c81bcb2f9881970"
 dependencies = [
- "cfg_aliases 0.2.1",
+ "cfg_aliases",
  "libc",
  "once_cell",
  "socket2",
@@ -2107,13 +2062,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "pkgar 0.1.19",
  "pkgar-core 0.1.19",
  "pkgar-keys 0.1.19",
- "portable-pty",
  "ratatui",
  "redox-pkg",
  "redox_installer",
  "redoxer",
  "regex",
  "serde",
+ "strip-ansi-escapes",
  "tempfile",
  "termion",
  "toml 0.8.23",
@@ -2535,17 +2490,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "serial2"
-version = "0.2.33"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8cc76fa68e25e771492ca1e3c53d447ef0be3093e05cd3b47f4b712ba10c6f3c"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if 1.0.1",
- "libc",
- "winapi",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "sha2"
 version = "0.10.9"
@@ -2557,22 +2501,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "digest 0.10.7",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "shared_library"
-version = "0.1.9"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5a9e7e0f2bfae24d8a5b5a66c5b257a83c7412304311512a0c054cd5e619da11"
-dependencies = [
- "lazy_static",
- "libc",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "shell-words"
-version = "1.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "24188a676b6ae68c3b2cb3a01be17fbf7240ce009799bb56d5b1409051e78fde"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "shlex"
 version = "1.3.0"
@@ -3579,15 +3507,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "winreg"
-version = "0.10.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "80d0f4e272c85def139476380b12f9ac60926689dd2e01d4923222f40580869d"
-dependencies = [
- "winapi",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "wit-bindgen-rt"
 version = "0.39.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 05494951..9d25c8ec 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,9 +20,15 @@ name = "cookbook"
 path = "src/lib.rs"
 doctest = false
 
+[features]
+#TODO: Actually make without tui feature works
+default = ["tui"]
+tui = ["ratatui", "ansi-to-tui", "filedescriptor", "strip-ansi-escapes"]
+
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1"
-blake3 = "=1.5.3" # 1.5.4 is incompatible with blake3 0.3 dependency from pkgar
+# blake3 1.5.4 is incompatible with 0.3 dependency from pkgar
+blake3 = "=1.5.3"
 libc = "0.2"
 ignore = "0.4"
 object = { version = "0.36", features = ["build_core"] }
@@ -30,22 +36,23 @@ pbr = "1.0.2"
 pkgar = { path = "pkgar/pkgar" }
 pkgar-core = { path = "pkgar/pkgar-core" }
 pkgar-keys = { path = "pkgar/pkgar-keys" }
-portable-pty = "0.9.0"
 redox-pkg = "0.2.8"
+redox_installer = "0.2.37"
 redoxer = "0.2.56"
 regex = "1.11"
 serde = { version = "=1.0.197", features = ["derive"] }
 termion = "4"
 toml = "0.8"
 walkdir = "2.3.1"
-filedescriptor = "0.8.3"
-ansi-to-tui = "7.0.0"
-redox_installer = "0.2.37"
+filedescriptor = { version = "0.8.3", optional = true }
+ansi-to-tui = { version = "7.0.0", optional = true }
+strip-ansi-escapes = { version = "0.2.1", optional = true }
 
 [dependencies.ratatui]
 version = "0.29.0"
 default-features = false
 features = ["termion"]
+optional = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tempfile = "3"
diff --git a/src/bin/repo.rs b/src/bin/repo.rs
index e82fcaaf..0046270c 100644
--- a/src/bin/repo.rs
+++ b/src/bin/repo.rs
@@ -730,7 +730,10 @@ impl TuiApp {
         let (Some(logs), line) = self.get_recipe_log(recipe_name) else {
             return Ok(());
         };
-        fs::write(log_path, join_logs(logs, line))?;
+        let str = strip_ansi_escapes::strip_str(join_logs(logs, line));
+        if !str.trim_end().is_empty() {
+            fs::write(log_path, str)?;
+        }
         return Ok(());
     }
 
@@ -770,7 +773,7 @@ impl TuiApp {
                 return;
             }
             StatusUpdate::FlushLog(name, path) => {
-                // TODO: This blocks the TUI for a moment, maybe open separate thread?
+                // TODO: This blocks the TUI, maybe open separate thread?
                 // FIXME: handle error here?
                 let _ = self.write_log(&name, &path);
                 return;