diff --git a/terminus-terminal/src/components/shellSettingsTab.component.pug b/terminus-terminal/src/components/shellSettingsTab.component.pug
index ab526fab..b1ebc8b4 100644
--- a/terminus-terminal/src/components/shellSettingsTab.component.pug
+++ b/terminus-terminal/src/components/shellSettingsTab.component.pug
@@ -14,8 +14,19 @@ h3.mb-3 Shell
             [ngValue]='shell.id'
         ) {{shell.name}}
 
-.alert.alert-info.d-flex.align-items-center(*ngIf='config.store.terminal.shell.startsWith("wsl") && config.store.terminal.frontend != "xterm"')
-    .mr-auto WSL terminal only supports TrueColor with the xterm frontend
+        
+.form-line(*ngIf='hostApp.platform === Platform.Windows')
+    .header
+        .title Use ConPTY
+        .description Enables the experimental Windows ConPTY API
+        
+    toggle(
+        [(ngModel)]='config.store.terminal.useConPTY',
+        (ngModelChange)='config.save()'
+    )
+    
+.alert.alert-info.d-flex.align-items-center(*ngIf='config.store.terminal.shell.startsWith("wsl") && (config.store.terminal.frontend != "hterm" || !config.store.terminal.useConPTY)')
+    .mr-auto WSL terminal only supports TrueColor with ConPTY and the xterm frontend
 
 .form-line(*ngIf='config.store.terminal.shell == "custom"')
     .header
diff --git a/terminus-terminal/src/components/shellSettingsTab.component.ts b/terminus-terminal/src/components/shellSettingsTab.component.ts
index 234c0e52..f3c7a0cd 100644
--- a/terminus-terminal/src/components/shellSettingsTab.component.ts
+++ b/terminus-terminal/src/components/shellSettingsTab.component.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Component } from '@angular/core'
 import { NgbModal } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap'
-import { ConfigService, ElectronService } from 'terminus-core'
+import { ConfigService, ElectronService, HostAppService, Platform } from 'terminus-core'
 import { EditProfileModalComponent } from './editProfileModal.component'
 import { IShell, Profile } from '../api'
 import { TerminalService } from '../services/terminal.service'
@@ -11,9 +11,11 @@ import { TerminalService } from '../services/terminal.service'
 export class ShellSettingsTabComponent {
     shells: IShell[] = []
     profiles: Profile[] = []
+    Platform = Platform
 
     constructor (
         public config: ConfigService,
+        public hostApp: HostAppService,
         private electron: ElectronService,
         private terminalService: TerminalService,
         private ngbModal: NgbModal,
diff --git a/terminus-terminal/src/config.ts b/terminus-terminal/src/config.ts
index 3bbc1251..adb66049 100644
--- a/terminus-terminal/src/config.ts
+++ b/terminus-terminal/src/config.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ export class TerminalConfigProvider extends ConfigProvider {
             customColorSchemes: [],
             environment: {},
             profiles: [],
+            useConPTY: true,
         },
     }
 
diff --git a/terminus-terminal/src/services/sessions.service.ts b/terminus-terminal/src/services/sessions.service.ts
index 4c522e89..0709f96a 100644
--- a/terminus-terminal/src/services/sessions.service.ts
+++ b/terminus-terminal/src/services/sessions.service.ts
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ export class Session extends BaseSession {
             rows: options.height || 30,
             cwd: options.cwd || process.env.HOME,
             env: env,
+            experimentalUseConpty: this.config.store.terminal.useConPTY,
         })
 
         this.truePID = (this.pty as any).pid