diff --git a/terminus-terminal/package.json b/terminus-terminal/package.json
index 3521375c..8902173c 100644
--- a/terminus-terminal/package.json
+++ b/terminus-terminal/package.json
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
     "xterm": "4.3.0",
     "xterm-addon-fit": "^0.4.0-beta2",
     "xterm-addon-ligatures": "^0.2.1",
-    "xterm-addon-search": "^0.4.0-beta5",
-    "xterm-addon-webgl": "^0.4.0-beta.15"
+    "xterm-addon-search": "^0.4.0",
+    "xterm-addon-webgl": "^0.4.0"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@angular/animations": "^7",
diff --git a/terminus-terminal/src/api/baseTerminalTab.component.ts b/terminus-terminal/src/api/baseTerminalTab.component.ts
index b1de2a31..f7e83de8 100644
--- a/terminus-terminal/src/api/baseTerminalTab.component.ts
+++ b/terminus-terminal/src/api/baseTerminalTab.component.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export class BaseTerminalTabComponent extends BaseTabComponent implements OnInit
     private bellPlayer: HTMLAudioElement
     private termContainerSubscriptions: Subscription[] = []
 
-    get input$ (): Observable<string> { return this.frontend.input$ }
+    get input$ (): Observable<Buffer> { return this.frontend.input$ }
     get output$ (): Observable<string> { return this.output }
     get resize$ (): Observable<ResizeEvent> { return this.frontend.resize$ }
     get alternateScreenActive$ (): Observable<boolean> { return this.frontend.alternateScreenActive$ }
@@ -229,7 +229,10 @@ export class BaseTerminalTabComponent extends BaseTabComponent implements OnInit
     /**
      * Feeds input into the active session
      */
-    sendInput (data: string) {
+    sendInput (data: string|Buffer) {
+        if (!(data instanceof Buffer)) {
+            data = Buffer.from(data, 'utf-8')
+        }
         this.session.write(data)
         if (this.config.store.terminal.scrollOnInput) {
             this.frontend.scrollToBottom()
diff --git a/terminus-terminal/src/frontends/frontend.ts b/terminus-terminal/src/frontends/frontend.ts
index f7dea478..f903750b 100644
--- a/terminus-terminal/src/frontends/frontend.ts
+++ b/terminus-terminal/src/frontends/frontend.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export abstract class Frontend {
     protected mouseEvent = new Subject<MouseEvent>()
     protected bell = new Subject<void>()
     protected contentUpdated = new Subject<void>()
-    protected input = new Subject<string>()
+    protected input = new Subject<Buffer>()
     protected resize = new ReplaySubject<ResizeEvent>(1)
     protected dragOver = new Subject<DragEvent>()
     protected drop = new Subject<DragEvent>()
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export abstract class Frontend {
     get mouseEvent$ (): Observable<MouseEvent> { return this.mouseEvent }
     get bell$ (): Observable<void> { return this.bell }
     get contentUpdated$ (): Observable<void> { return this.contentUpdated }
-    get input$ (): Observable<string> { return this.input }
+    get input$ (): Observable<Buffer> { return this.input }
     get resize$ (): Observable<ResizeEvent> { return this.resize }
     get dragOver$ (): Observable<DragEvent> { return this.dragOver }
     get drop$ (): Observable<DragEvent> { return this.drop }
diff --git a/terminus-terminal/src/frontends/htermFrontend.ts b/terminus-terminal/src/frontends/htermFrontend.ts
index a4d8b2dd..eceadfb2 100644
--- a/terminus-terminal/src/frontends/htermFrontend.ts
+++ b/terminus-terminal/src/frontends/htermFrontend.ts
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ export class HTermFrontend extends Frontend {
             this.term.installKeyboard()
             this.term.scrollPort_.setCtrlVPaste(true)
             this.io = this.term.io.push()
-            this.io.onVTKeystroke = this.io.sendString = data => this.input.next(data)
+            this.io.onVTKeystroke = this.io.sendString = data => this.input.next(Buffer.from(data, 'utf-8'))
             this.io.onTerminalResize = (columns, rows) => {
                 this.resize.next({ columns, rows })
             }
diff --git a/terminus-terminal/src/frontends/xtermFrontend.ts b/terminus-terminal/src/frontends/xtermFrontend.ts
index 38fec40a..cf820af8 100644
--- a/terminus-terminal/src/frontends/xtermFrontend.ts
+++ b/terminus-terminal/src/frontends/xtermFrontend.ts
@@ -39,8 +39,11 @@ export class XTermFrontend extends Frontend {
         })
         this.xtermCore = (this.xterm as any)._core
 
+        this.xterm.onBinary(data => {
+            this.input.next(Buffer.from(data, 'binary'))
+        })
         this.xterm.onData(data => {
-            this.input.next(data)
+            this.input.next(Buffer.from(data, 'utf-8'))
         })
         this.xterm.onResize(({ cols, rows }) => {
             this.resize.next({ rows, columns: cols })
@@ -211,7 +214,7 @@ export class XTermFrontend extends Frontend {
 
         const theme: ITheme = {
             foreground: config.terminal.colorScheme.foreground,
-            background: config.terminal.background === 'colorScheme' ? config.terminal.colorScheme.background : config.appearance.vibrancy ? 'transparent' : this.themesService.findCurrentTheme().terminalBackground,
+            background: config.terminal.background === 'colorScheme' ? config.terminal.colorScheme.background : config.appearance.vibrancy ? '#00000000' : this.themesService.findCurrentTheme().terminalBackground,
             cursor: config.terminal.colorScheme.cursor,
         }
 
diff --git a/terminus-terminal/src/services/sessions.service.ts b/terminus-terminal/src/services/sessions.service.ts
index 33dbcb49..781641f1 100644
--- a/terminus-terminal/src/services/sessions.service.ts
+++ b/terminus-terminal/src/services/sessions.service.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export abstract class BaseSession {
 
     abstract start (options: SessionOptions): void
     abstract resize (columns: number, rows: number): void
-    abstract write (data: string): void
+    abstract write (data: Buffer): void
     abstract kill (signal?: string): void
     abstract async getChildProcesses (): Promise<ChildProcess[]>
     abstract async gracefullyKillProcess (): Promise<void>
@@ -201,10 +201,10 @@ export class Session extends BaseSession {
         }
     }
 
-    write (data) {
+    write (data: Buffer) {
         if (this.open) {
             if (this.pty._writable) {
-                this.pty.write(Buffer.from(data, 'utf-8'))
+                this.pty.write(data)
             } else {
                 this.destroy()
             }
diff --git a/terminus-terminal/yarn.lock b/terminus-terminal/yarn.lock
index b0a7bdce..86b2922d 100644
--- a/terminus-terminal/yarn.lock
+++ b/terminus-terminal/yarn.lock
@@ -226,12 +226,12 @@ xterm-addon-ligatures@^0.2.1:
     font-finder "^1.0.4"
     font-ligatures "^1.3.2"
 
-xterm-addon-search@^0.4.0-beta5:
+xterm-addon-search@^0.4.0:
   version "0.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/xterm-addon-search/-/xterm-addon-search-0.4.0.tgz#a7beadb3caa7330eb31fb1f17d92de25537684a1"
   integrity sha512-g07qb/Z4aSfrQ25e6Z6rz6KiExm2DvesQXkx+eA715VABBr5VM/9Jf0INoCiDSYy/nn7rpna+kXiGVJejIffKg==
 
-xterm-addon-webgl@^0.4.0-beta.15:
+xterm-addon-webgl@^0.4.0:
   version "0.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/xterm-addon-webgl/-/xterm-addon-webgl-0.4.0.tgz#7b7cdbdbf9b0d06189af20d468d8ea2798382e0f"
   integrity sha512-2ExOKJQcyv4hUo/d41uMDe7fNZCi42kPtbvG/v+dVj1NwqGD7g1bhuoH2j1iA1vTP5O1fClc6pU9nLBpbwrdZQ==