diff --git a/src/lib/sixel.c b/src/lib/sixel.c
index aff80c26b..79553774a 100644
--- a/src/lib/sixel.c
+++ b/src/lib/sixel.c
@@ -421,6 +421,7 @@ write_sixel_data(FILE* fp, int lenx, sixeltable* stab){
   // doesn't seem to work with at least xterm; we instead use '\ePq'
   // FIXME i think we can print DESDM on the first one, and never again
   //fprintf(fp, "\e[?80h\ePq");
+  fprintf(fp, "\ePq");
 
   // Set Raster Attributes - pan/pad=1 (pixel aspect ratio), Ph=lenx, Pv=leny
   // using Ph/Pv causes a background to be drawn using color register 0 for all