diff --git a/lib/tput.js b/lib/tput.js
index 88ed91b..e04f317 100644
--- a/lib/tput.js
+++ b/lib/tput.js
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ function Tput(options) {
   this.term = options.term || process.env.TERM;
   this.data = null;
   this.info = {};
+  this.methods = null;
   this.termcap = null;
 
   this.debug = options.debug;
@@ -57,17 +58,18 @@ function Tput(options) {
 
 Tput.prototype.fallback = function() {
   delete this.term;
-  delete this.info;
   delete this.data;
+  delete this.info;
+  delete this.methods;
   delete this.termcap;
 
   this.term = 'vt102';
-  this.readTermcap(Tput._vt102);
+  this.readTermcap(Tput.vt102);
   this.compileTermcap();
 };
 
 Tput.prototype.readTerminfo = function() {
-  if (this.data) return;
+  // if (this.data) return;
 
   var file = path.resolve(
     '/usr/share/terminfo',
@@ -508,6 +510,16 @@ Tput.prototype._compile = function(val) {
     return cap;
   }
 
+  function read_(regex, buf) {
+    cap = regex.exec(val);
+    if (!cap) return;
+    val = val.substring(cap[0].length);
+    ch = op = i = v = cap[1];
+    if (!buf) clear();
+    else if (typeof buf === 'string') buff += buf;
+    return cap;
+  }
+
   function stmt(c) {
     if (code[code.length-1] === ',') {
       code = code.slice(0, -1);
@@ -539,8 +551,17 @@ Tput.prototype._compile = function(val) {
 
   while (val) {
     // '\e' -> ^[
-    if (read(/^\\e/i)) {
-      print('\\x1b');
+    // if (read(/^\\e/i)) {
+    //   print('\\x1b');
+    //   continue;
+    // }
+    // optimized:
+    // if (read_(/^\\e/i, '\x1b')) {
+    //   continue;
+    // }
+    if (/^\\e/i.test(val)) {
+      val = val.substring(2);
+      buff += '\x1b';
       continue;
     }
 
@@ -959,13 +980,14 @@ Tput.prototype._parsePadding = function(code, print, done) {
  */
 
 Tput.prototype.readTermcap = function(data) {
-  if (this.termcap) return;
+  // if (this.termcap) return;
 
   this.termcap = {};
 
   this.termcap.data = data
     || process.env.TERMCAP
-    || fs.readFileSync('/etc/termcap', 'ascii');
+    || tryRead('/etc/termcap')
+    || Tput.vt102;
 
   this.termcap.terms = this.parseTermcap(this.termcap.data);
   this.termcap.info = this.termcap.terms[this.term];
@@ -1068,6 +1090,10 @@ Tput.prototype.translateTermcap = function() {
     throw new Error('Terminal not found.');
   }
 
+  ['name', 'names', 'desc'].forEach(function(key) {
+    out[key] = info[key];
+  });
+
   // Separate aliases for termcap
   var talias = (function() {
     var alias = Tput.alias
@@ -1099,48 +1125,6 @@ Tput.prototype.compileTermcap = function() {
   this.compile();
 };
 
-/*Tput.prototype.compileTermcap = function() {
-  var self = this
-    , info = this.termcap.info;
-
-  if (!info) {
-    throw new Error('Terminal not found.');
-  }
-
-  info.all = {};
-
-  ['bools', 'numbers', 'strings'].forEach(function(key) {
-    Object.keys(info[key]).forEach(function(cap) {
-      info.all[cap] = self._compile(info[key][cap]);
-    });
-  });
-
-  Object.keys(Tput.alias).forEach(function(ti) {
-    var a = Tput.alias[ti]
-      , tia = a[0]
-      , tc = a.termcap || a[1];
-
-    if (info.all[tc]) {
-      if (!a.termcap) {
-        a = a.slice();
-        a.splice(1, 1);
-      }
-      info.all[ti] = info.all[tc];
-      a.forEach(function(k) {
-        if (!info.all[k]) {
-          info.all[k] = info.all[tc];
-        }
-      });
-    }
-  });
-
-  Object.keys(info.all).forEach(function(key) {
-    self[key] = info.all[key];
-  });
-
-  return info.all;
-};*/
-
 /**
  * Helpers
  */
@@ -1162,6 +1146,15 @@ function write(data) {
   return process.stdout.write(data);
 }
 
+function tryRead() {
+  var file = path.resolve.apply(path, arguments);
+  try {
+    return fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf8');
+  } catch (e) {
+    return '';
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * sprintf
  *  http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/cstdio/printf/
diff --git a/test/tput.js b/test/tput.js
index 119bb46..a2873fe 100644
--- a/test/tput.js
+++ b/test/tput.js
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 var Tput = require('../').Tput;
 
+if (~process.argv.indexOf('--termcap')) {
+  var tput = Tput({
+    term: 'vt102',
+    debug: true,
+    termcap: true
+  });
+  console.log(tput.info);
+  console.log(tput.termcap);
+  process.exit(0);
+}
+
 var tput = Tput({
   term: process.argv[2] || 'xterm',
   extended: true,