diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
index c7fb1fe..f815384 100644
--- a/index.ts
+++ b/index.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ const { values: args, positionals } = parseArgs({
     save: { type: "boolean" },
     s: { type: "boolean" },
     plain: { type: "boolean" },
-    p: { type: "boolean" },
+    plainOut: { type: "boolean" },
+    plainErr: { type: "boolean" },
   },
   strict: true,
   allowPositionals: true,
@@ -27,7 +28,8 @@ const configFile = Bun.file(`${home}/.aicl_config.json`);
 
 async function main() {
   const newConvo = args.new ?? args.n;
-  const plain = args.plain ?? args.p ?? !process.stdout.isTTY;
+  const plainOut = args.plainOut ?? args.plain ?? !process.stdout.isTTY;
+  const plainErr = args.plainErr ?? args.plain ?? !process.stderr.isTTY;
   let saveConfig = args.save ?? args.s;
 
   let config: { model?: string };
@@ -47,9 +49,10 @@ async function main() {
 
   if (saveConfig) {
     await configFile.write(JSON.stringify(config, null, "  "));
+    return;
   }
 
-  const renderer = new Renderer(plain);
+  const renderer = new Renderer(plainOut, plainErr);
 
   const provider = createOpenAICompatible({
     name: "llama.cpp",
@@ -88,7 +91,7 @@ async function main() {
   convo.messages.push({ role: "assistant", content: await text });
   await convoFile.write(JSON.stringify(convo));
 
-  if (!plain) {
+  if (!plainOut) {
     const [width] = process.stdout.getWindowSize();
     await Bun.spawn({
       cmd: ["glow", "-w", `${width}`, "-"],
diff --git a/src/render/index.ts b/src/render/index.ts
index b474955..0c9a006 100644
--- a/src/render/index.ts
+++ b/src/render/index.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ export default class Renderer {
   private charsSinceNL = 0;
   private memOk = true;
 
-  constructor(private isPlain = false) {
+  constructor(
+    private isPlain = false,
+    private isPlainErr = false,
+  ) {
     process.stdout.addListener("drain", () => {
       this.memOk = true;
     });
@@ -73,25 +76,33 @@ export default class Renderer {
               `${styles.dim.open}${styles.italic.open}`,
               process.stderr,
             );
+
           this.write("\n", process.stderr);
           reasoningFile.write("");
           break;
         }
         case "reasoning-delta": {
           this.write(part.text, process.stderr);
-          this.checkContainment(part.text, process.stderr);
+          if (!this.isPlainErr)
+            this.checkContainment(part.text, process.stderr);
           reasoningWriter.write(part.text);
           break;
         }
         case "reasoning-end": {
+          if (!this.isPlainErr) {
+            this.moveCursor(-this.lineCount - 1, process.stderr);
+            this.clearScreenDown(process.stderr);
+            this.resetCounts();
+          } else {
+            this.write("\n--- Done Thinking ---\n", process.stderr);
+          }
+
           if (supportsColorStderr)
             this.write(
               `${styles.italic.close}${styles.dim.close}`,
               process.stderr,
             );
-          this.moveCursor(-this.lineCount - 1, process.stderr);
-          this.clearScreenDown(process.stderr);
-          this.resetCounts();
+
           reasoningWriter.end();
           break;
         }