diff --git a/src/syncterm/syncterm.c b/src/syncterm/syncterm.c
index 439c5f75d85597e8c6ff0c30b27f1cb1cb01d35e..f5389e5f629da86717d6624c51a6fb3567f1bed0 100644
--- a/src/syncterm/syncterm.c
+++ b/src/syncterm/syncterm.c
@@ -1566,6 +1566,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	uifc.mode = UIFC_NOCTRL | UIFC_NHM;
 	uifc.size = sizeof(uifc);
 	uifc.esc_delay = 25;
+	uifc.insert_mode = TRUE;
 	url[0] = 0;
 
 	/*