diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e9851e77..8e097f79 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: build
         run: npm run build -- --skip-nx-cache
       - name: test
-        run: npm run test -- --ci --code-coverage
+        run: npm run test
       - name: Release
         if: github.repository == 'testing-library/angular-testing-library' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
         run: npx semantic-release
diff --git a/angular.json b/angular.json
index a9dbba9f..c4792405 100644
--- a/angular.json
+++ b/angular.json
@@ -94,6 +94,93 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "example-app-karma": {
+      "projectType": "application",
+      "root": "apps/example-app-karma",
+      "sourceRoot": "apps/example-app-karma/src",
+      "prefix": "app",
+      "schematics": {},
+      "architect": {
+        "build": {
+          "builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:browser",
+          "options": {
+            "outputPath": "dist/apps/example-app-karma",
+            "index": "apps/example-app-karma/src/index.html",
+            "main": "apps/example-app-karma/src/main.ts",
+            "polyfills": "apps/example-app-karma/src/polyfills.ts",
+            "tsConfig": "apps/example-app-karma/tsconfig.app.json",
+            "assets": ["apps/example-app-karma/src/favicon.ico", "apps/example-app-karma/src/assets"],
+            "styles": [],
+            "scripts": [],
+            "vendorChunk": true,
+            "extractLicenses": false,
+            "buildOptimizer": false,
+            "sourceMap": true,
+            "optimization": false,
+            "namedChunks": true
+          },
+          "configurations": {
+            "production": {
+              "budgets": [
+                {
+                  "type": "anyComponentStyle",
+                  "maximumWarning": "6kb"
+                }
+              ],
+              "fileReplacements": [
+                {
+                  "replace": "apps/example-app-karma/src/environments/environment.ts",
+                  "with": "apps/example-app-karma/src/environments/environment.prod.ts"
+                }
+              ],
+              "optimization": true,
+              "outputHashing": "all",
+              "sourceMap": false,
+              "namedChunks": false,
+              "extractLicenses": true,
+              "vendorChunk": false,
+              "buildOptimizer": true
+            }
+          },
+          "outputs": ["{options.outputPath}"]
+        },
+        "serve": {
+          "builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:dev-server",
+          "options": {
+            "browserTarget": "example-app-karma:build"
+          },
+          "configurations": {
+            "production": {
+              "browserTarget": "example-app-karma:build:production"
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        "lint": {
+          "builder": "@nrwl/linter:eslint",
+          "options": {
+            "lintFilePatterns": [
+              "apps/example-app-karma/**/*.ts",
+              "apps/example-app-karma/**/*.html",
+              "apps/example-app-karma/src/**/*.html",
+              "apps/example-app-karma/src/**/*.html",
+              "apps/example-app-karma/src/**/*.html"
+            ]
+          }
+        },
+        "test": {
+          "builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:karma",
+          "options": {
+            "main": "apps/example-app-karma/src/test.ts",
+            "tsConfig": "apps/example-app-karma/tsconfig.spec.json",
+            "polyfills": "apps/example-app-karma/src/polyfills.ts",
+            "karmaConfig": "apps/example-app-karma/karma.conf.js",
+            "styles": [],
+            "scripts": [],
+            "assets": []
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "testing-library": {
       "root": "projects/testing-library",
       "sourceRoot": "projects/testing-library/src",
diff --git a/apps/example-app-karma/.browserslistrc b/apps/example-app-karma/.browserslistrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..427441dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/example-app-karma/.browserslistrc
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# This file is used by the build system to adjust CSS and JS output to support the specified browsers below.
+# For additional information regarding the format and rule options, please see:
+# https://github.com/browserslist/browserslist#queries
+
+# For the full list of supported browsers by the Angular framework, please see:
+# https://angular.io/guide/browser-support
+
+# You can see what browsers were selected by your queries by running:
+#   npx browserslist
+
+last 1 Chrome version
+last 1 Firefox version
+last 2 Edge major versions
+last 2 Safari major versions
+last 2 iOS major versions
+Firefox ESR
+not IE 11 # Angular supports IE 11 only as an opt-in. To opt-in, remove the 'not' prefix on this line.
diff --git a/apps/example-app-karma/.eslintrc.json b/apps/example-app-karma/.eslintrc.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..57e6cfc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/example-app-karma/.eslintrc.json
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../.eslintrc.json",
+  "ignorePatterns": ["!**/*"],
+  "overrides": [
+    {
+      "files": ["*.ts"],
+      "extends": ["plugin:@nrwl/nx/angular", "plugin:@angular-eslint/template/process-inline-templates"],
+      "parserOptions": {
+        "project": ["apps/example-app-karma/tsconfig.*?.json"]
+      },
+      "rules": {
+        "@angular-eslint/directive-selector": [
+          "error",
+          {
+            "type": "attribute",
+            "prefix": "app",
+            "style": "camelCase"
+          }
+        ],
+        "@angular-eslint/component-selector": [
+          "error",
+          {
+            "type": "element",
+            "prefix": "app",
+            "style": "kebab-case"
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "files": ["*.html"],
+      "extends": ["plugin:@nrwl/nx/angular-template"],
+      "rules": {}
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/apps/example-app-karma/karma.conf.js b/apps/example-app-karma/karma.conf.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..304517cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/example-app-karma/karma.conf.js
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+// Karma configuration file, see link for more information
+// https://karma-runner.github.io/1.0/config/configuration-file.html
+module.exports = function (config) {
+  try {
+    config.set({
+      basePath: '',
+      frameworks: ['jasmine', '@angular-devkit/build-angular'],
+      plugins: [
+        require('karma-jasmine'),
+        require('karma-chrome-launcher'),
+        require('@angular-devkit/build-angular/plugins/karma'),
+      ],
+      client: {
+        jasmine: {
+          // you can add configuration options for Jasmine here
+          // the possible options are listed at https://jasmine.github.io/api/edge/Configuration.html
+          // for example, you can disable the random execution with `random: false`
+          // or set a specific seed with `seed: 4321`
+        },
+        clearContext: false, // leave Jasmine Spec Runner output visible in browser
+      },
+      jasmineHtmlReporter: {
+        suppressAll: true, // removes the duplicated traces
+      },
+      reporters: ['progress'],
+      port: 9876,
+      colors: true,
+      logLevel: config.LOG_INFO,
+      autoWatch: true,
+      browsers: ['ChromeHeadless'],
+      singleRun: true,
+      restartOnFileChange: true,
+    });
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.log(err);
+    throw err;
+  }
+};
diff --git a/apps/example-app-karma/src/app/app.module.ts b/apps/example-app-karma/src/app/app.module.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e636d9eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/example-app-karma/src/app/app.module.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+import { BrowserAnimationsModule } from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
+import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
+
+@NgModule({
+  declarations: [],
+  imports: [BrowserModule, BrowserAnimationsModule],
+})
+export class AppModule {}
diff --git a/apps/example-app-karma/src/app/issues/issue-222.spec.ts b/apps/example-app-karma/src/app/issues/issue-222.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2d9a2900
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/example-app-karma/src/app/issues/issue-222.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { render, screen } from '@testing-library/angular';
+
+it('https://github.com/testing-library/angular-testing-library/issues/222', async () => {
+  const { rerender } = await render(`<div>Hello {{ name}}</div>`, {
+    componentProperties: {
+      name: 'Sarah',
+    },
+  });
+
+  screen.getByText('Hello Sarah');
+  rerender({ name: 'Mark' });
+  screen.getByText('Hello Mark');
+});
diff --git a/apps/example-app-karma/src/assets/.gitkeep b/apps/example-app-karma/src/assets/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/apps/example-app-karma/src/environments/environment.prod.ts b/apps/example-app-karma/src/environments/environment.prod.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c9669790
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/example-app-karma/src/environments/environment.prod.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export const environment = {
+  production: true,
+};
diff --git a/apps/example-app-karma/src/environments/environment.ts b/apps/example-app-karma/src/environments/environment.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..85db3caf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/example-app-karma/src/environments/environment.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// This file can be replaced during build by using the `fileReplacements` array.
+// `ng build ---prod` replaces `environment.ts` with `environment.prod.ts`.
+// The list of file replacements can be found in `angular.json`.
+
+export const environment = {
+  production: false,
+};
+
+/*
+ * In development mode, to ignore zone related error stack frames such as
+ * `zone.run`, `zoneDelegate.invokeTask` for easier debugging, you can
+ * import the following file, but please comment it out in production mode
+ * because it will have performance impact when throw error
+ */
+// import 'zone.js/plugins/zone-error';  // Included with Angular CLI.
diff --git a/apps/example-app-karma/src/favicon.ico b/apps/example-app-karma/src/favicon.ico
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8081c7ce
Binary files /dev/null and b/apps/example-app-karma/src/favicon.ico differ
diff --git a/apps/example-app-karma/src/index.html b/apps/example-app-karma/src/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..930133fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/example-app-karma/src/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+  <head>
+    <meta charset="utf-8" />
+    <title>AngularTestingLibraryApp</title>
+    <base href="/" />
+
+    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
+    <link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="favicon.ico" />
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    <app-root></app-root>
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/apps/example-app-karma/src/main.ts b/apps/example-app-karma/src/main.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..741c9eb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/example-app-karma/src/main.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { enableProdMode } from '@angular/core';
+import { platformBrowserDynamic } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
+
+import { AppModule } from './app/app.module';
+import { environment } from './environments/environment';
+
+if (environment.production) {
+  enableProdMode();
+}
+
+platformBrowserDynamic()
+  .bootstrapModule(AppModule)
+  .catch((err) => console.log(err));
diff --git a/apps/example-app-karma/src/polyfills.ts b/apps/example-app-karma/src/polyfills.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bb20fec0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/example-app-karma/src/polyfills.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/**
+ * This file includes polyfills needed by Angular and is loaded before the app.
+ * You can add your own extra polyfills to this file.
+ *
+ * This file is divided into 2 sections:
+ *   1. Browser polyfills. These are applied before loading ZoneJS and are sorted by browsers.
+ *   2. Application imports. Files imported after ZoneJS that should be loaded before your main
+ *      file.
+ *
+ * The current setup is for so-called "evergreen" browsers; the last versions of browsers that
+ * automatically update themselves. This includes Safari >= 10, Chrome >= 55 (including Opera),
+ * Edge >= 13 on the desktop, and iOS 10 and Chrome on mobile.
+ *
+ * Learn more in https://angular.io/docs/ts/latest/guide/browser-support.html
+ */
+
+/** *************************************************************************************************
+ * BROWSER POLYFILLS
+ */
+
+/** IE9, IE10 and IE11 requires all of the following polyfills. **/
+// import 'core-js/es6/symbol';
+// import 'core-js/es6/object';
+// import 'core-js/es6/function';
+// import 'core-js/es6/parse-int';
+// import 'core-js/es6/parse-float';
+// import 'core-js/es6/number';
+// import 'core-js/es6/math';
+// import 'core-js/es6/string';
+// import 'core-js/es6/date';
+// import 'core-js/es6/array';
+// import 'core-js/es6/regexp';
+// import 'core-js/es6/map';
+// import 'core-js/es6/weak-map';
+// import 'core-js/es6/set';
+
+/** IE10 and IE11 requires the following for NgClass support on SVG elements */
+// import 'classlist.js';  // Run `npm install --save classlist.js`.
+
+/** IE10 and IE11 requires the following for the Reflect API. */
+// import 'core-js/es6/reflect';
+
+/** Evergreen browsers require these. **/
+// Used for reflect-metadata in JIT. If you use AOT (and only Angular decorators), you can remove.
+
+/**
+ * Web Animations `@angular/platform-browser/animations`
+ * Only required if AnimationBuilder is used within the application and using IE/Edge or Safari.
+ * Standard animation support in Angular DOES NOT require any polyfills (as of Angular 6.0).
+ **/
+// import 'web-animations-js';  // Run `npm install --save web-animations-js`.
+
+/**
+ * By default, zone.js will patch all possible macroTask and DomEvents
+ * user can disable parts of macroTask/DomEvents patch by setting following flags
+ */
+
+// (window as any).__Zone_disable_requestAnimationFrame = true; // disable patch requestAnimationFrame
+// (window as any).__Zone_disable_on_property = true; // disable patch onProperty such as onclick
+// (window as any).__zone_symbol__BLACK_LISTED_EVENTS = ['scroll', 'mousemove']; // disable patch specified eventNames
+
+/*
+ * in IE/Edge developer tools, the addEventListener will also be wrapped by zone.js
+ * with the following flag, it will bypass `zone.js` patch for IE/Edge
+ */
+// (window as any).__Zone_enable_cross_context_check = true;
+
+/** *************************************************************************************************
+ * Zone JS is required by default for Angular itself.
+ */
+import 'zone.js'; // Included with Angular CLI.
+
+/** *************************************************************************************************
+ * APPLICATION IMPORTS
+ */
diff --git a/apps/example-app-karma/src/test.ts b/apps/example-app-karma/src/test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bd5e2db8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/example-app-karma/src/test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// This file is required by karma.conf.js and loads recursively all the .spec and framework files
+import 'zone.js/dist/zone-testing';
+import { getTestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { BrowserDynamicTestingModule, platformBrowserDynamicTesting } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic/testing';
+
+declare const require: any;
+
+// First, initialize the Angular testing environment.
+getTestBed().initTestEnvironment(BrowserDynamicTestingModule, platformBrowserDynamicTesting());
+// Then we find all the tests.
+const context = require.context('./', true, /\.spec\.ts$/);
+// And load the modules.
+context.keys().map(context);
diff --git a/apps/example-app-karma/tsconfig.app.json b/apps/example-app-karma/tsconfig.app.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..629fd434
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/example-app-karma/tsconfig.app.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "outDir": "../../dist/out-tsc",
+    "types": [],
+    "allowJs": true
+  },
+  "files": ["src/main.ts", "src/polyfills.ts"]
+}
diff --git a/apps/example-app-karma/tsconfig.json b/apps/example-app-karma/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e1d5ba47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/example-app-karma/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.json",
+  "files": [],
+  "include": [],
+  "compilerOptions": {},
+  "angularCompilerOptions": {
+    "strictInjectionParameters": true,
+    "strictInputAccessModifiers": true,
+    "strictTemplates": true
+  },
+  "references": [
+    {
+      "path": "./tsconfig.app.json"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "./tsconfig.spec.json"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/apps/example-app-karma/tsconfig.spec.json b/apps/example-app-karma/tsconfig.spec.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..430cf757
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/example-app-karma/tsconfig.spec.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "outDir": "./out-tsc/spec",
+    "types": ["jasmine", "node"]
+  },
+  "files": ["src/test.ts", "src/polyfills.ts"],
+  "include": ["src/**/*.spec.ts", "src/**/*.d.ts"]
+}
diff --git a/lint-staged.config.js b/lint-staged.config.js
index 94ba3cd4..68b831db 100644
--- a/lint-staged.config.js
+++ b/lint-staged.config.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-module.exports = { '*.{ts,json,md,js}': ['eslint --fix', 'git add'] };
+module.exports = { '*.{ts,js}': ['eslint --fix', 'git add'], '*.{json,md}': ['prettier --write', 'git add'] };
diff --git a/nx.json b/nx.json
index 132d0c91..bae85516 100644
--- a/nx.json
+++ b/nx.json
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
     "example-app": {
       "tags": []
     },
+    "example-app-karma": {
+      "tags": []
+    },
     "testing-library": {
       "tags": []
     },
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3d011f51..fd008e45 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
     "@nrwl/nx-plugin": "12.0.3",
     "@nrwl/workspace": "12.3.1",
     "@testing-library/jest-dom": "^5.11.10",
+    "@types/jasmine": "~3.5.0",
     "@types/jest": "~26.0.3",
     "@types/node": "14.14.37",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "4.22.0",
@@ -76,8 +77,14 @@
     "eslint-plugin-jest-dom": "3.8.0",
     "eslint-plugin-testing-library": "^4.0.1",
     "husky": "^6.0.0",
+    "jasmine-core": "~3.6.0",
+    "jasmine-spec-reporter": "~5.0.0",
     "jest": "^26.1.0",
     "jest-preset-angular": "8.4.0",
+    "karma": "~5.0.0",
+    "karma-chrome-launcher": "~3.1.0",
+    "karma-jasmine": "~4.0.0",
+    "karma-jasmine-html-reporter": "^1.5.0",
     "lint-staged": "^10.2.11",
     "ng-packagr": "12.0.0",
     "prettier": "^2.3.0",
diff --git a/projects/testing-library/src/lib/testing-library.ts b/projects/testing-library/src/lib/testing-library.ts
index 199f5200..6c0a3812 100644
--- a/projects/testing-library/src/lib/testing-library.ts
+++ b/projects/testing-library/src/lib/testing-library.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export async function render<SutType, WrapperType = SutType>(
     providers = [],
     schemas = [],
     queries,
-    template,
+    template = undefined,
     wrapper = WrapperComponent,
     componentProperties = {},
     componentProviders = [],