diff --git a/terminus-terminal/src/frontends/xtermFrontend.ts b/terminus-terminal/src/frontends/xtermFrontend.ts
index 0feeab6d..42d7e984 100644
--- a/terminus-terminal/src/frontends/xtermFrontend.ts
+++ b/terminus-terminal/src/frontends/xtermFrontend.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ export class XTermFrontend extends Frontend {
         super()
         this.xterm = new Terminal({
             allowTransparency: true,
+            windowsMode: process.platform === 'win32',
         })
         this.xtermCore = (this.xterm as any)._core