diff --git a/dotfiles/xsession b/dotfiles/xsession
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 4495d33..5e00c72
--- a/dotfiles/xsession
+++ b/dotfiles/xsession
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+unset TERM
+
 # Ensure we use the appropriate gtkrc-2.0 file
 export GTK2_RC_FILES=$HOME/.gtkrc-2.0