diff -Naur a/main.c b/main.c
--- a/main.c	2016-09-06 13:37:32.259895631 +0200
+++ b/main.c	2016-09-07 01:41:51.014309863 +0200
@@ -693,6 +693,11 @@
     }
 
     /* set up terminal */
+    if (!strncmp(getenv("TERM"), "screen", 6)) {
+      char term[256];
+      snprintf(term, sizeof(term), "xterm%s", getenv("TERM") + 6);
+      setenv("TERM", term, 1);
+    }
     atexit(min_panel_remove);
     panel_init(pcm, test_files, test_mode, start, end>0 ? end : len, len,
                beep_mode, restart_mode, tests, running_score);
@@ -1170,4 +1175,3 @@
     fprintf(stderr,"Done.\n");
   return 0;
 }
-