diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c881a78..115f0b5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -158,9 +158,11 @@ The screen on which every other node renders.
 - **keypress** - received on key events.
 - **element [name]** - global events received for all elements.
 - **key [name]** - received on key event for [name].
-- **focus, blur** - when the terminal window focuses/blurs. requires a terminal
-  supporting the focus protocol and focus needs to be passed to
+- **focus, blur** - received when the terminal window focuses/blurs. requires a
+  terminal supporting the focus protocol and focus needs to be passed to
   program.enableMouse().
+- **prerender** - received before render.
+- **render** - received on render.
 
 ##### Methods:
 
diff --git a/lib/widget.js b/lib/widget.js
index 0e1c9a6..69e1699 100644
--- a/lib/widget.js
+++ b/lib/widget.js
@@ -311,11 +311,16 @@ function Screen(options) {
   this.program.alternateBuffer();
   this.program.hideCursor();
   this.program.cup(0, 0);
+  //this.program.csr(0, this.height - 1);
   this.alloc();
 
   function reset() {
     if (reset.done) return;
     reset.done = true;
+    if (self.program.scrollTop !== 0
+        || self.program.scrollBottom !== self.rows - 1) {
+      self.program.csr(0, self.height - 1);
+    }
     self.program.clear();
     self.program.showCursor();
     self.program.normalBuffer();
@@ -554,6 +559,9 @@ Screen.prototype.alloc = function() {
 
 Screen.prototype.render = function() {
   var self = this;
+
+  this.emit('prerender');
+
   // TODO: Could possibly drop .dirty and just clear the `lines` buffer every
   // time before a screen.render. This way clearRegion doesn't have to be
   // called in arbitrary places for the sake of clearing a spot where an
@@ -566,8 +574,10 @@ Screen.prototype.render = function() {
     el.render();
   });
   this._ci = -1;
+
   this.draw(0, this.rows - 1);
-  this.emit('draw');
+
+  this.emit('render');
 };
 
 Screen.prototype.blankLine = function(ch, dirty) {
@@ -585,17 +595,17 @@ Screen.prototype.insertLine = function(n, y, top, bottom) {
       || !this.tput.strings.delete_line
       || !this.tput.strings.insert_line) return;
 
-  if (n < 1) n = 1;
-
-  this.program.saveCursor();
+  this.program.sc();
   this.program.csr(top, bottom);
   this.program.cup(y, 0);
+  //if (y === top && n === 1) {
+  //  this.program.ri(); // su
+  //} else {
   this.program.il(n);
   this.program.csr(0, this.height - 1);
-  this.program.restoreCursor();
+  this.program.rc();
 
-  var j = this.rows - 1 - bottom;
-  j = this.rows - 1 - j + 1;
+  var j = bottom + 1;
 
   while (n--) {
     this.lines.splice(y, 0, this.blankLine());
@@ -611,17 +621,18 @@ Screen.prototype.deleteLine = function(n, y, top, bottom) {
       || !this.tput.strings.delete_line
       || !this.tput.strings.insert_line) return;
 
-  if (n < 1) n = 1;
-
-  this.program.saveCursor();
+  this.program.sc();
   this.program.csr(top, bottom);
+  //if (y === top && n === 1) {
+  //  this.program.cup(bottom, 0);
+  //  this.program.ind(); // sd
+  //} else {
   this.program.cup(y, 0);
   this.program.dl(n);
   this.program.csr(0, this.height - 1);
-  this.program.restoreCursor();
+  this.program.rc();
 
-  var j = this.rows - 1 - bottom;
-  j = this.rows - 1 - j + 1;
+  var j = bottom + 1;
 
   while (n--) {
     this.lines.splice(j, 0, this.blankLine());