diff --git a/app/lib/components/term.js b/app/lib/components/term.js
index 1c5f0b7c..df10b424 100644
--- a/app/lib/components/term.js
+++ b/app/lib/components/term.js
@@ -87,6 +87,13 @@ export default class Term extends Component {
 
   clear () {
     this.term.clearPreserveCursorRow();
+
+    // If cursor is still not at the top, a command is probably
+    // running and we'd like to delete the whole screen.
+    // Move cursor to top
+    if (this.term.getCursorRow() !== 0) {
+      this.term.io.writeUTF8('\x1B[0;0H\x1B[2J');
+    }
   }
 
   getTermDocument () {