diff --git a/update-motd b/update-motd
index b57579c..515dcda 100755
--- a/update-motd
+++ b/update-motd
@@ -72,4 +72,4 @@ zpool list >> $motd
 echo -e "$R===============================================================" >> $motd
 script -c "systemctl --failed" /dev/null | grep -E '●|  UNIT' >> $motd
 echo -en "$X" >> $motd
-tput sgr0 >> $motd
+TERM=screen-256color tput sgr0 >> $motd