diff --git a/src/syncterm/syncterm.c b/src/syncterm/syncterm.c
index 48469849f7d9d1f13da831e86dd00bf34d3f05dd..d5c620d438bb91e8312df3e2cfb83a1d4be64a37 100644
--- a/src/syncterm/syncterm.c
+++ b/src/syncterm/syncterm.c
@@ -1117,7 +1117,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	/* UIFC initialization */
     memset(&uifc,0,sizeof(uifc));
-	uifc.mode=UIFC_NOCTRL;
+	uifc.mode=UIFC_NOCTRL|UIFC_NHM;
 	uifc.size=sizeof(uifc);
 	uifc.esc_delay=25;
 	url[0]=0;