diff --git a/lib/program.js b/lib/program.js
index 5144c5b..a987602 100644
--- a/lib/program.js
+++ b/lib/program.js
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@ function Program(options) {
     };
   }
 
-  if (options.tput !== false) {
-    options.tput = true;
-  }
-
   this.options = options;
   this.input = options.input || process.stdin;
   this.output = options.output || process.stdout;
@@ -49,6 +45,7 @@ function Program(options) {
   }
 
   this.zero = options.zero !== false;
+  this.useBuffer = options.buffer;
 
   this.x = 0;
   this.y = 0;
@@ -82,7 +79,7 @@ function Program(options) {
     Program.global = this;
   }
 
-  if (options.tput) {
+  if (options.tput !== false) {
     this.setupTput();
   }
 
@@ -179,6 +176,9 @@ Program.prototype.setupDump = function() {
 };
 
 Program.prototype.setupTput = function() {
+  if (this._tputSetup) return;
+  this._tputSetup = true;
+
   var self = this
     , options = this.options
     , write = this.write.bind(this);
@@ -1270,7 +1270,7 @@ Program.prototype.flush = function(text) {
 
 Program.prototype._write = function(text) {
   if (this.ret) return text;
-  if (this.options.buffer) {
+  if (this.useBuffer) {
     return this._buffer(text);
   }
   return this.output.write(text);
diff --git a/lib/widget.js b/lib/widget.js
index e931ac9..8abb7db 100644
--- a/lib/widget.js
+++ b/lib/widget.js
@@ -266,11 +266,28 @@ function Screen(options) {
     options = { program: options };
   }
 
-  options.tput = true;
-  options.buffer = true;
-  options.program = options.program
-    || require('./program').global
-    || new (require('./program'))(options);
+  var program = require('./program');
+
+  this.program = options.program || program.global;
+
+  if (!this.program) {
+    this.program = program({
+      input: options.input,
+      output: options.output,
+      log: options.log,
+      debug: options.debug,
+      dump: options.dump,
+      tput: true,
+      buffer: true,
+      zero: true
+    });
+  } else {
+    this.program.setupTput();
+    this.program.useBuffer = true;
+    this.program.zero = true;
+  }
+
+  this.tput = this.program.tput;
 
   if (!Screen.global) {
     Screen.global = this;
@@ -278,13 +295,9 @@ function Screen(options) {
 
   Node.call(this, options);
 
-  this.program = options.program;
-  this.program.zero = true;
-  this.tput = this.program.tput;
-
   this.autoPadding = options.autoPadding;
-
   this.tabc = Array((options.tabSize || 4) + 1).join(' ');
+
   this.dattr = ((0 << 18) | (0x1ff << 9)) | 0x1ff;
 
   this.position = {
@@ -844,7 +857,9 @@ Screen.prototype.draw = function(start, end) {
     , bg
     , flags;
 
-  var main = '';
+  var main = ''
+    , pre
+    , post;
 
   var clr
     , neq
@@ -1127,8 +1142,8 @@ Screen.prototype.draw = function(start, end) {
   }
 
   if (main) {
-    var pre = ''
-      , post = '';
+    pre = '';
+    post = '';
 
     pre += this.tput
       ? this.tput.sc()