diff --git a/confluent_client/bin/confetty b/confluent_client/bin/confetty
index cccaa45c..ef392d35 100755
--- a/confluent_client/bin/confetty
+++ b/confluent_client/bin/confetty
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ def updatestatus(stateinfo={}):
             info.append(time.strftime('%H:%M', time.localtime(showtime)))
     if info:
         status += ' [' + ','.join(info) + ']'
-    if os.environ['TERM'] not in ('linux'):
+    if os.environ.get('TERM', '') not in ('linux'):
         sys.stdout.write('\x1b]0;console: %s\x07' % status)
     sys.stdout.flush()
 
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ def recurse_format(datum, levels=0):
 
 
 def prompt():
-    if os.environ['TERM'] not in ('linux'):
+    if os.environ.get('TERM', '') not in ('linux'):
         sys.stdout.write('\x1b]0;confetty: %s\x07' % target)
     try:
         return raw_input(target + ' -> ')
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ def do_command(command, server):
         return
     argv[0] = argv[0].lower()
     if argv[0] == 'exit':
-        if os.environ['TERM'] not in ('linux'):
+        if os.environ.get('TERM', '') not in ('linux'):
             sys.stdout.write('\x1b]0;\x07')
         sys.exit(0)
     elif argv[0] in ('help', '?'):
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ def quitconfetty(code=0, fullexit=False, fixterm=True):
     # Request default color scheme, to undo potential weirdness of terminal
     sys.stdout.write('\x1b[m')
     if fullexit:
-        if os.environ['TERM'] not in ('linux'):
+        if os.environ.get('TERM', '') not in ('linux'):
             sys.stdout.write('\x1b]0;\x07')
         sys.exit(code)
     else: