diff --git a/csc b/csc
index ec16497..de82793 100755
--- a/csc
+++ b/csc
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ fi
 
 # see http://askubuntu.com/questions/506158/unable-to-initialize-frontend-dialog-when-using-ssh
 #FRONTEND="DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive" # then you should use clush instead :)
-FRONTEND="TERM=$TERM DEBIAN_FRONTEND=dialog"
+FRONTEND="TERM=xterm DEBIAN_FRONTEND=dialog"
 #FRONTEND="DEBIAN_FRONTEND=readline"
 
 if [ "$verbose" = true ]