diff --git a/lib/program.js b/lib/program.js
index aa61aa9..f5ce7f4 100644
--- a/lib/program.js
+++ b/lib/program.js
@@ -52,7 +52,10 @@ function Program(options) {
   this.scrollTop = 0;
   this.scrollBottom = this.rows - 1;
 
-  this.terminal = options.terminal || process.env.TERM || 'xterm';
+  this.terminal = options.term
+    || options.terminal
+    || process.env.TERM
+    || 'xterm';
 
   // if (!Program.global) {
   //   Program._write = process.stdout.write;
diff --git a/lib/tput.js b/lib/tput.js
index 2c3f16c..0419c07 100644
--- a/lib/tput.js
+++ b/lib/tput.js
@@ -39,7 +39,10 @@ function Tput(options) {
   }
 
   this.options = options;
-  this.term = options.term || process.env.TERM;
+  this.terminal = options.term
+    || options.terminal
+    || process.env.TERM
+    || 'xterm';
 
   this.debug = options.debug;
   this.padding = options.padding;
@@ -74,20 +77,20 @@ function Tput(options) {
  */
 
 Tput.prototype._useVt102C = function() {
-  this.term = 'vt102';
+  this.terminal = 'vt102';
   this.termcap = true;
   this.compileTermcap();
 };
 
 Tput.prototype._useXtermC = function() {
-  this.term = 'xterm';
+  this.terminal = 'xterm';
   this.termcap = true;
   this.termcapFile = __dirname + '/../usr/xterm.termcap';
   this.compileTermcap();
 };
 
 Tput.prototype._useXtermI = function() {
-  this.term = 'xterm';
+  this.terminal = 'xterm';
   this.termcap = false;
   this.terminfoFile = __dirname + '/../usr/xterm';
   this.compileTerminfo();
@@ -120,8 +123,8 @@ Tput.prototype._terminfoPrefix = function(prefix) {
 
   var file = path.resolve(
     prefix,
-    path.basename(this.term[0]),
-    path.basename(this.term)
+    path.basename(this.terminal[0]),
+    path.basename(this.terminal)
   );
 
   try {
@@ -1089,7 +1092,7 @@ Tput.prototype.readTermcap = function(data) {
     || Tput.termcap;
 
   var terms = this.parseTermcap(data)
-    , root = terms[this.term];
+    , root = terms[this.terminal];
 
   if (this.debug) {
     this._termcap = terms;
@@ -1318,12 +1321,12 @@ Tput.prototype.detectBrokenACS = function() {
   }
 
   // The linux console is just broken for some reason.
-  if (this.term === 'linux') {
+  if (this.terminal === 'linux') {
     return true;
   }
 
   // screen termcap is bugged?
-  if (this.term.indexOf('screen') == 0
+  if (this.terminal.indexOf('screen') == 0
       && process.env.TERMCAP
       && ~process.env.TERMCAP.indexOf('screen')
       && ~process.env.TERMCAP.indexOf('hhII00')) {