diff --git a/src/musikcube/cursespp/App.cpp b/src/musikcube/cursespp/App.cpp
index acde685b8..278eac496 100755
--- a/src/musikcube/cursespp/App.cpp
+++ b/src/musikcube/cursespp/App.cpp
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ using namespace std::chrono;
 
 static OverlayStack overlays;
 static bool disconnected = false;
+static bool resized = false;
 
 static App* instance = nullptr;
 
@@ -71,6 +72,11 @@ static void hangupHandler(int signal) {
     disconnected = true;
 }
 
+static void resizedHandler(int signal) {
+    endwin(); /* required in *nix because? */
+    resized = true;
+}
+
 static std::string getEnvironmentVariable(const std::string& name) {
     std::string result;
     const char* value = std::getenv(name.c_str());
@@ -249,6 +255,7 @@ App::App(const std::string& title) {
 #else
     setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
     std::signal(SIGHUP, hangupHandler);
+    std::signal(SIGWINCH, resizedHandler);
     std::signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
     this->colorMode = Colors::Palette;
 #endif
@@ -501,7 +508,6 @@ void App::Run(ILayoutPtr layout) {
     this->state.keyHandler = nullptr;
     int lastWidth = Screen::GetWidth();
     int lastHeight = Screen::GetHeight();
-    bool resized = false;
 
     this->ChangeLayout(layout);