diff --git a/dotfiles/Xresources b/dotfiles/Xresources
index ce3e131..2f169b0 100644
--- a/dotfiles/Xresources
+++ b/dotfiles/Xresources
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ URxvt*font: xft:Inconsolata:size=8:antialias=true:hinting=true
 URxvt*boldFont: xft:Inconsolata:bold
 URxvt.letterSpace: -1
 
-URxvt*termName: rxvt
+URxvt*termName: rxvt-256color
 URxvt.iso14755: False
 URxvt.iso14755_52: False
 URxvt.urgentOnBell: true