diff --git a/internal/bootstrap/bootstrap.go b/internal/bootstrap/bootstrap.go
index a11eb04..d40da1e 100644
--- a/internal/bootstrap/bootstrap.go
+++ b/internal/bootstrap/bootstrap.go
@@ -110,13 +110,10 @@ func listTerraformStateResources(terraformDir string, environment []string) ([]s
 	return strings.Fields(string(state)), nil
 }
 
+var ansiEscapeSequence = regexp.MustCompile(`\x1b\[[0-?]*[ -/]*[@-~]`)
+
 func terraformNoStateFile(stderr []byte) bool {
-	for _, line := range strings.Split(string(stderr), "\n") {
-		if strings.TrimSpace(line) == "No state file was found!" {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
+	return strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(ansiEscapeSequence.ReplaceAllString(string(stderr), "")), "no state file")
 }
 
 var destroyTalosVMs = func(terraformDir string, environment []string) error {
diff --git a/internal/bootstrap/bootstrap_test.go b/internal/bootstrap/bootstrap_test.go
index 1c8b72e..e6df307 100644
--- a/internal/bootstrap/bootstrap_test.go
+++ b/internal/bootstrap/bootstrap_test.go
@@ -911,11 +911,11 @@ func TestTerraformPlanPathIsAbsolute(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestTerraformStateResourcesAllowsNoStateFile(t *testing.T) {
+func TestTerraformStateResourcesAllowsANSINoStateFile(t *testing.T) {
 	original := runTerraformStateList
 	t.Cleanup(func() { runTerraformStateList = original })
 	runTerraformStateList = func(string, []string) ([]byte, []byte, error) {
-		return nil, []byte("No state file was found!\n"), errors.New("exit status 1")
+		return nil, []byte("\x1b[31mError:\x1b[0m \x1b[31mNO STATE\x1b[0m FILE was found!\n"), errors.New("exit status 1")
 	}
 
 	resources, err := listTerraformStateResources("terraform", nil)