diff --git a/lib/widget.js b/lib/widget.js
index d3ac64e..aadbc22 100644
--- a/lib/widget.js
+++ b/lib/widget.js
@@ -2428,7 +2428,7 @@ Element.prototype.parseContent = function(noTags) {
       // VTE cannot display double-width chars that are also
       // surrogate pairs: It miscalculates the width of the chars.
       if (this.screen.program.isVTE) {
-        content = content.replace(unicode.chars.swide, '?');
+        content = content.replace(unicode.chars.swide, '??');
       }
     } else {
       // no double-width: replace them with question-marks.