diff --git a/term.c b/term.c
index cc63c1b..ba44732 100644
--- a/term.c
+++ b/term.c
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #include <pty.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
-#include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
@@ -10,20 +9,25 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         return 1;
     }
     char *rom = argv[1];
-    int fd = -1;
+    int fdm = -1;
+    setenv("TERM", "ansi", 1);
+    pid_t pid = forkpty(&fdm, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 
-    pid_t pid = forkpty(&fd, NULL, NULL, NULL);
-    if (pid == 0) {
+    if (pid < 0) {
+        // failure
+        printf("fork failed");
+        return 1;
+    } else if (pid == 0) {
         // child
-        setenv("TERM", "ansi", 1);
+        setsid();
         execlp("bash", "bash");
     } else {
         // parent
-        char *argp = {0, 40, 0, 79, 0, 8, 0, 8}; // HHHH: height, width, 8, 8
-        ioctl(fd, TIOCSWINSZ, argp);
-
-        dup2(fd, STDIN);
-        dup2(dup(fd), STDOUT);
+        // rows, cols, xpixels, ypixels (little endian)
+        char argp[] = {23, 0, 80, 0, 8, 0, 12, 0};
+        ioctl(fdm, TIOCSWINSZ, argp);
+        dup2(fdm, 0);
+        dup2(fdm, 1);
         execlp("uxnemu", "uxnemu", rom);
     }
 }
diff --git a/term.py b/term.py
index f5b9217..ce657ae 100755
--- a/term.py
+++ b/term.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def main():
         # set the terminal size
         ###cols, rows = 79, 40
         cols, rows = 80, 24
-        size = struct.pack("HHHH", rows, cols, 8, 8)
+        size = struct.pack("HHHH", rows, cols, 8, 12)
         fcntl.ioctl(fd, termios.TIOCSWINSZ, size)
 
         # use fd for the terminals stdin/stdout