diff --git a/bashrc b/bashrc
index 6eaa5ed..504f8ca 100644
--- a/bashrc
+++ b/bashrc
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ if [ -z "$debian_chroot" ] && [ -r /etc/debian_chroot ]; then
     debian_chroot=$(cat /etc/debian_chroot)
 fi
 
-if [ "$TERM" == "xterm" ] ; then
+if [ 0 -a "$TERM" == "xterm" ] ; then
   # If it's available, use vscode-direct (which supports 16 million
   # colours via the ';' sequences; required as PuTTY doesn't
   # understand the ':' sequences).
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ if [ "$TERM" == "xterm" ] ; then
   else
       export TERM=xterm-256color
   fi
+else
+  export TERM=xterm-256color
 fi
 
 # If this is an xterm set the title to user@host:dir