diff --git a/lib/widget.js b/lib/widget.js
index d16ccd3..a2ed4e1 100644
--- a/lib/widget.js
+++ b/lib/widget.js
@@ -1088,9 +1088,8 @@ Screen.prototype.draw = function(start, end) {
         // are it does not support UTF8. This is probably
         // the "safest" way to do this. Should fix things
         // like sun-color.
-        // if (this.tput.numbers.U8 !== 1 && ch > '~') {
-        // if ((!this.unicode || this.tput.numbers.U8 !== 1) && this.tput.utoa[ch]) {
-        if (this.tput.numbers.U8 !== 1 && this.tput.utoa[ch]) {
+        // if ((!this.unicode || this.tput.numbers.U8 !== 1) && ch > '~') {
+        if ((!this.unicode || this.tput.numbers.U8 !== 1) && this.tput.utoa[ch]) {
           ch = this.tput.utoa[ch] || '?';
         }
       }