diff --git a/terminus-terminal/src/persistenceProviders.ts b/terminus-terminal/src/persistenceProviders.ts
index 55254ae4..141154ae 100644
--- a/terminus-terminal/src/persistenceProviders.ts
+++ b/terminus-terminal/src/persistenceProviders.ts
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ export class ScreenPersistenceProvider extends SessionPersistenceProvider {
         await fs.writeFile(configPath, `
             escape ^^^
             vbell on
-            deflogin off
+            deflogin on
             term xterm-color
             bindkey "^[OH" beginning-of-line
             bindkey "^[OF" end-of-line
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ export class ScreenPersistenceProvider extends SessionPersistenceProvider {
             defhstatus "^Et"
             hardstatus off
             altscreen on
+            defutf8 on
+            defencoding utf8
         `, 'utf-8')
         let recoveryId = `term-tab-${Date.now()}`
         let args = ['-d', '-m', '-c', configPath, '-U', '-S', recoveryId, '-T', 'xterm-256color', '--', '-' + options.command].concat(options.args || [])
diff --git a/terminus-terminal/src/services/sessions.service.ts b/terminus-terminal/src/services/sessions.service.ts
index 740061d8..81dcffe4 100644
--- a/terminus-terminal/src/services/sessions.service.ts
+++ b/terminus-terminal/src/services/sessions.service.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,18 @@ export class Session {
             ...options.env,
             TERM: 'xterm-256color',
         }
+
+        if (process.platform === 'darwin' && !process.env.LC_ALL) {
+            let locale = process.env.LC_CTYPE || 'en_US.UTF-8'
+            Object.assign(env, {
+                LANG: locale,
+                LC_ALL: locale,
+                LC_MESSAGES: locale,
+                LC_NUMERIC: locale,
+                LC_COLLATE: locale,
+                LC_MONETARY: locale,
+            })
+        }
         this.pty = nodePTY.spawn(options.command, options.args || [], {
             name: 'xterm-256color',
             cols: options.width || 80,