diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6500eacea5..2604753f71 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -103,9 +103,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "alacritty_terminal"
-version = "0.21.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "35229555d7cc7e83392dfc27c96bec560b1076d756184893296cd60125f4a264"
+version = "0.20.1-dev"
+source = "git+https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty?rev=2d2b894c3b869fadc78fce9d72cb5c8d2b764cac#2d2b894c3b869fadc78fce9d72cb5c8d2b764cac"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.21.4",
  "bitflags 2.4.1",
diff --git a/crates/terminal/Cargo.toml b/crates/terminal/Cargo.toml
index baad46b261..670510356d 100644
--- a/crates/terminal/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/terminal/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ doctest = false
 
 
 [dependencies]
-alacritty_terminal = "0.21"
+# needed for "a few weeks" until alacritty 0.13.2 is out
+alacritty_terminal = { git = "https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty", rev = "2d2b894c3b869fadc78fce9d72cb5c8d2b764cac" }
 anyhow.workspace = true
 db = { path = "../db" }
 dirs = "4.0.0"
diff --git a/crates/terminal/src/terminal.rs b/crates/terminal/src/terminal.rs
index be8dc9ed01..5bc8d00e52 100644
--- a/crates/terminal/src/terminal.rs
+++ b/crates/terminal/src/terminal.rs
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ impl TerminalBuilder {
             pty,
             pty_options.hold,
             false,
-        );
+        )?;
 
         //Kick things off
         let pty_tx = event_loop.channel();