diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/genesis/initramfs/opt/confluent/bin/rungenesis b/confluent_osdeploy/genesis/initramfs/opt/confluent/bin/rungenesis
index cd75bcfc..982dd6be 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/genesis/initramfs/opt/confluent/bin/rungenesis
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/genesis/initramfs/opt/confluent/bin/rungenesis
@@ -9,12 +9,13 @@ if ! grep console= /proc/cmdline >& /dev/null; then
     if [ ! -z "$autocons" ]; then
         echo "Using $(cat /tmp/01-autocons.conf)"
         tmux a <> $autocons >&0 2>&1 &
+        TERM=linux tmux a <> /dev/tty1 >&0 2>&1 &
     else
         tmux a <> /dev/console >&0 2>&1 &
     fi
 else
     tmux a <> /dev/console >&0 2>&1 &
-    tmux a <> /dev/tty1 >&0 2>&1 &
+    TERM=linux tmux a <> /dev/tty1 >&0 2>&1 &
 fi
 echo -n "udevd: "
 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-udevd --daemon