diff --git a/states/tmux/defaults.yaml b/states/tmux/defaults.yaml
index cb23ec3..af7f45f 100644
--- a/states/tmux/defaults.yaml
+++ b/states/tmux/defaults.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ tmux:
       - "status-bg": "colour50"
       - "pane-active-border-style": "fg=colour50"
       - "pane-border-style": "fg=colour50"
-      - "default-terminal": "screen-256color"
+      - "default-terminal": "xterm-256color"
       - "history-limit": "1000000"
       - "status-right": "\"%H:%M:%S %d-%b-%y\""
       - "status-interval": "5"