diff --git a/terminis/terminis.py b/terminis/terminis.py
index 0858cb1..4572a47 100644
--- a/terminis/terminis.py
+++ b/terminis/terminis.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ DATA_PATH = os.path.join(DATA_PATH, DIR_NAME)
 CONFIG_PATH = os.path.join(CONFIG_PATH, DIR_NAME)
     
 
+os.environ["NCURSES_NO_UTF8_ACS"] = "1"
 locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')