diff --git a/src/syncterm/uifcinit.c b/src/syncterm/uifcinit.c
index 9fcfe760a2b70d342bd7452840e4ac03c1e576df..2a9c4ab0a3387f0a7a7c95bfa893968ebbd14d87 100644
--- a/src/syncterm/uifcinit.c
+++ b/src/syncterm/uifcinit.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ int	init_uifc(void) {
 	if(uifc_initialized)
 		return(0);
 	uifc.size=sizeof(uifc);
-	uifc.mode=UIFC_IBM|UIFC_COLOR;
+	uifc.mode=UIFC_IBM|UIFC_COLOR|UIFC_NOCTRL;
 	if(uifc.scrn_len)
 		uifc.scrn_len++;
 	if((i=uifcini32(&uifc))!=0) {