diff --git a/src/conio/win32cio.c b/src/conio/win32cio.c
index 5d81bcd52789a35744553f54b993189d51b80b70..e1ac43d80913a81907b7d2667db63f5433cd45fc 100644
--- a/src/conio/win32cio.c
+++ b/src/conio/win32cio.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ static int xpos=1;
 static int ypos=1;
 
 static int currattr=7;
-static int modeidx=1;
+static int modeidx=3;
 
 WORD DOStoWinAttr(int newattr)
 {