diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 3fe16e7..fc9601a 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "standard.enable": false,
   "eslint.enable": true,
-  "eslint.autoFixOnSave": true,
+  "eslint.autoFixOnSave": false,
   "git.ignoreLimitWarning": true
 }
diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index a148e84..d46655b 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 /* global Cypress */
 const sd = require('@wildpeaks/snapshot-dom')
 
+function isJqueryElement (x) {
+  return 'wrap' in x
+}
+
 // converts DOM element to a JSON object
 function serializeDomElement ($el) {
   // console.log('snapshot value!', $el)
@@ -17,23 +21,23 @@ function serializeDomElement ($el) {
   return json
 }
 
-const stripAttribute = (attribute) => (el$) => {
-  el$.removeAttr(attribute)
-  el$.children().each(stripAttribute(attribute))
-  return el$
+const stripReactIdAttributes = html => {
+  const dataReactId = /data\-reactid="[\.\d\$\-abcdfef]+"/g
+  return html.replace(dataReactId, '')
 }
 
-const serializeReactToHTML = (el$) => {
-  const copy$ = Cypress.$(el$.outerHTML)
-  const removedReactId = stripAttribute('data-reactid')(copy$)
-  return removedReactId.html()
+const serializeReactToHTML = el$ => {
+  debugger
+  const html = el$[0].outerHTML
+  const stripped = stripReactIdAttributes(html)
+  return stripped
 }
 
-const identity = (x) => x
+const identity = x => x
 
-const publicProps = (name) => !name.startsWith('__')
+const publicProps = name => !name.startsWith('__')
 
-const countSnapshots = (snapshots) =>
+const countSnapshots = snapshots =>
   Object.keys(snapshots).filter(publicProps).length
 
 module.exports = {
@@ -42,5 +46,5 @@ module.exports = {
   serializeReactToHTML,
   identity,
   countSnapshots,
-  stripAttribute
+  isJqueryElement
 }