diff --git a/profile b/profile
index f2d0b08..f604f6e 100644
--- a/profile
+++ b/profile
@@ -99,5 +99,5 @@ export PATH=$PATH:~/.bin:/Developer/NVIDIA/CUDA-7.0/bin/
 
 export HISTCONTROL=ignorespace
 
-export TERM=xterm-color
+export TERM=xterm-256color
 
diff --git a/screenrc b/screenrc
index 24d2661..749e435 100644
--- a/screenrc
+++ b/screenrc
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ vbell off
 defscrollback 10240
 
 attrcolor b ".I"
-term screen-256color
 termcapinfo xterm 'Co#256:AB=\E[48;5;%dm:AF=\E[38;5;%dm'   # tell screen how to set colors. AB = background, AF=foreground
 defbce on    # use current bg color for erased chars
+term screen-256color
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # SCREEN KEYBINDINGS