diff --git a/tabby-terminal/src/components/terminalSettingsTab.component.pug b/tabby-terminal/src/components/terminalSettingsTab.component.pug
index 85f1311c..2cee3da7 100644
--- a/tabby-terminal/src/components/terminalSettingsTab.component.pug
+++ b/tabby-terminal/src/components/terminalSettingsTab.component.pug
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ div
             [(ngModel)]='config.store.terminal.frontend',
             (ngModelChange)='config.save()',
         )
-            option(value='xterm') xterm
             option(value='xterm-webgl') xterm (WebGL)
+            option(value='xterm') xterm (canvas)
 
     .form-line
         .header
diff --git a/tabby-terminal/src/config.ts b/tabby-terminal/src/config.ts
index 1cd6b082..ef7ccc6c 100644
--- a/tabby-terminal/src/config.ts
+++ b/tabby-terminal/src/config.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ export class TerminalConfigProvider extends ConfigProvider {
             'copy-current-path': [],
         },
         terminal: {
-            frontend: 'xterm',
+            frontend: 'xterm-webgl',
             fontSize: 14,
             fontWeight: 400,
             fontWeightBold: 700,