diff --git a/src/picker.rs b/src/picker.rs
index df9057a..05e09c2 100644
--- a/src/picker.rs
+++ b/src/picker.rs
@@ -117,27 +117,28 @@ impl Picker {
             capabilities: Vec::new(),
         };
 
+        let mut options_with_blacklist = options;
+        let is_wezterm = env::var("WEZTERM_EXECUTABLE").is_ok_and(|s| !s.is_empty());
+        let is_konsole = env::var("KONSOLE_VERSION").is_ok_and(|s| !s.is_empty());
+        if is_wezterm || is_konsole {
+            // WezTerm could use Sixel, but iTerm2 (detected later is better).
+            // Konsole's Sixel implementation is buggy: https://github.com/benjajaja/ratatui-image?tab=readme-ov-file#compatibility-matrix
+            // Neither implement the placeholder part of kitty correctly.
+            options_with_blacklist
+                .blacklist_protocols(vec![ProtocolType::Kitty, ProtocolType::Sixel]);
+        }
+
         // Write and read to stdin to query protocol capabilities and font-size.
-        match query_with_timeout(is_tmux, options) {
+        match query_with_timeout(is_tmux, options_with_blacklist) {
             Ok((capability_proto, font_size, caps)) => {
                 let iterm2_proto = iterm2_from_env();
 
-                // Wezterm reports kitty support but its implementation is incomplete.
-                // Suppress kitty and default to iterm2 (which wezterm fully supports).
-                let is_wezterm = env::var("WEZTERM_EXECUTABLE").is_ok_and(|s| !s.is_empty());
-
                 // IO-based detection is authoritative; env-based hints are fallbacks
                 // (env vars like KITTY_WINDOW_ID can be stale in tmux sessions).
-                let protocol_type = if is_wezterm {
-                    capability_proto
-                        .filter(|p| *p != ProtocolType::Kitty)
-                        .unwrap_or(ProtocolType::Iterm2)
-                } else {
-                    capability_proto
-                        .or(tmux_proto)
-                        .or(iterm2_proto)
-                        .unwrap_or(ProtocolType::Halfblocks)
-                };
+                let protocol_type = capability_proto
+                    .or(tmux_proto)
+                    .or(iterm2_proto)
+                    .unwrap_or(ProtocolType::Halfblocks);
 
                 if let Some(font_size) = font_size {
                     Ok(Self {
diff --git a/src/picker/cap_parser.rs b/src/picker/cap_parser.rs
index ea3fa7a..fd51575 100644
--- a/src/picker/cap_parser.rs
+++ b/src/picker/cap_parser.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Terminal stdio query parser module.
 use std::{fmt::Write, time::Duration};
 
-use crate::picker::STDIN_READ_TIMEOUT_MILLIS;
+use crate::picker::{ProtocolType, STDIN_READ_TIMEOUT_MILLIS};
 
 pub struct Parser {
     data: String,
@@ -27,13 +27,22 @@ pub enum Response {
 
 /// Extra query options
 pub struct QueryStdioOptions {
-    // Timeout for the stdio query.
+    /// Timeout for the stdio query.
     pub timeout: Duration,
     /// Query for [Text Sizing Protocol]. The result can be checked by searching for
     /// [crate::picker::Capability::TextSizingProtocol] in [crate::picker::Picker::capabilities].
     ///
     /// [Text Sizing Protocol] <https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/text-sizing-protocol//>
     pub text_sizing_protocol: bool,
+    /// Blacklist protocols from the detection query. Currently only kitty can be detected, so that
+    /// is the only ProtocolType that can have any effect here.
+    /// [`crate::picker::Picker`] currently sets ProtocolType::Kitty for WezTerm and Konsole.
+    blacklist_protocols: Vec<ProtocolType>,
+}
+impl QueryStdioOptions {
+    pub(crate) fn blacklist_protocols(&mut self, protocol_types: Vec<ProtocolType>) {
+        self.blacklist_protocols = protocol_types;
+    }
 }
 
 impl Default for QueryStdioOptions {
@@ -41,6 +50,7 @@ impl Default for QueryStdioOptions {
         Self {
             timeout: Duration::from_millis(STDIN_READ_TIMEOUT_MILLIS),
             text_sizing_protocol: false,
+            blacklist_protocols: Vec::new(),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -74,11 +84,15 @@ impl Parser {
         let mut buf = String::with_capacity(100);
         buf.push_str(start);
 
-        // Kitty graphics
-        write!(buf, "{escape}_Gi=31,s=1,v=1,a=q,t=d,f=24;AAAA{escape}\\").unwrap();
+        if !options.blacklist_protocols.contains(&ProtocolType::Kitty) {
+            // Kitty graphics
+            write!(buf, "{escape}_Gi=31,s=1,v=1,a=q,t=d,f=24;AAAA{escape}\\").unwrap();
+        }
 
-        // Device Attributes Report 1 (sixel support)
-        write!(buf, "{escape}[c").unwrap();
+        if !options.blacklist_protocols.contains(&ProtocolType::Sixel) {
+            // Device Attributes Report 1 (sixel support)
+            write!(buf, "{escape}[c").unwrap();
+        }
 
         // Font size in pixels
         write!(buf, "{escape}[16t").unwrap();