diff --git a/lib/tput.js b/lib/tput.js
index 6855b8c..6b44f0c 100644
--- a/lib/tput.js
+++ b/lib/tput.js
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ function Tput(options) {
   this.terminal = options.term
     || options.terminal
     || process.env.TERM
-    || 'xterm';
+    || (process.platform === 'win32' ? 'windows-ansi' : 'xterm');
 
   this.debug = options.debug;
   this.padding = options.padding;
@@ -63,25 +63,25 @@ function Tput(options) {
 Tput.prototype.setup = function() {
   try {
     if (this.termcap) {
-      this.injectTermcap();
+      try {
+        this.injectTermcap();
+      } catch (e) {
+        if (this.debug) throw e;
+        this._useInternalCap(this.terminal);
+      }
     } else {
-      this.injectTerminfo();
+      try {
+        this.injectTerminfo();
+      } catch (e) {
+        if (this.debug) throw e;
+        this._useInternalInfo(this.terminal);
+      }
     }
   } catch (e) {
     // If there was an error, fallback
     // to an internally stored terminfo/cap.
-    if (this.debug) {
-      throw e;
-    }
-
-    if (process.platform === 'win32') {
-      try {
-        this.injectTerminfo(__dirname + '/../usr/' + this.terminal);
-        return;
-      } catch (e) {}
-    }
-
-    this._useXtermI();
+    if (this.debug) throw e;
+    this._useXtermInfo();
   }
 };
 
@@ -98,18 +98,28 @@ Tput.prototype._debug = function() {
  * Fallback
  */
 
-Tput.prototype._useVt102C = function() {
+Tput.prototype._useVt102Cap = function() {
   return this.injectTermcap('vt102');
 };
 
-Tput.prototype._useXtermC = function() {
+Tput.prototype._useXtermCap = function() {
   return this.injectTermcap(__dirname + '/../usr/xterm.termcap');
 };
 
-Tput.prototype._useXtermI = function() {
+Tput.prototype._useXtermInfo = function() {
   return this.injectTerminfo(__dirname + '/../usr/xterm');
 };
 
+Tput.prototype._useInternalInfo = function(name) {
+  name = path.basename(name);
+  return this.injectTerminfo(__dirname + '/../usr/' + name);
+};
+
+Tput.prototype._useInternalCap = function(name) {
+  name = path.basename(name);
+  return this.injectTermcap(__dirname + '/../usr/' + name + '.termcap');
+};
+
 /**
  * Terminfo
  */
@@ -133,7 +143,7 @@ Tput.prototype.readTerminfo = function(term) {
 
 Tput._prefix =
 Tput.prototype._prefix = function(term) {
-  return (term && (~term.indexOf(path.sep)) && term)
+  return (term && ~term.indexOf(path.sep) && term)
     || (term && this.terminfoFile)
     || this._tprefix(this.terminfoPrefix, term)
     || this._tprefix(process.env.TERMINFO, term)
@@ -1107,7 +1117,7 @@ Tput.prototype.readTermcap = function(term) {
 
   // Termcap has a bunch of terminals usually stored in one file/string,
   // so we need to find the one containing our desired terminal.
-  if (term[0] === '/' && (terms = this._tryCap(term))) {
+  if (~term.indexOf(path.sep) && (terms = this._tryCap(path.resolve(term)))) {
     term_ = path.basename(term).split('.')[0];
     if (terms[process.env.TERM]) {
       term = process.env.TERM;
@@ -1145,7 +1155,8 @@ Tput.prototype.readTermcap = function(term) {
         ? terms[term.strings.tc].names
         : [term.strings.tc];
 
-      self._debug(term.names.join('/') + ' inherits from ' + names.join('/'));
+      self._debug('%s inherits from %s.',
+        term.names.join('/'), names.join('/'));
 
       var inherit = tc(terms[term.strings.tc]);
       if (inherit) {
@@ -1178,7 +1189,12 @@ Tput.prototype._tryCap = function(file, term) {
     return;
   }
 
-  data = file[0] === '/' ? tryRead(file) : file;
+  // If the termcap string starts with `/`,
+  // ncurses considers it a filename.
+  data = file[0] === '/'
+    ? tryRead(file)
+    : file;
+
   if (!data) return;
 
   terms = this.parseTermcap(data, file);
@@ -1246,7 +1262,7 @@ Tput.prototype.parseTermcap = function(data, file) {
           name: names[0],
           names: names,
           desc: names.pop(),
-          file: file[0] === '/'
+          file: ~file[0].indexOf(path.sep)
             ? path.resolve(file)
             : file,
           termcap: true