diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index 69c47f5..812f4e5 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -61,6 +61,14 @@ pub const allocator = std.mem.Allocator{
 };
 
 
+// Custom panic impl to reset the terminal before spewing out an error message.
+pub fn panic(msg: []const u8, error_return_trace: ?*std.builtin.StackTrace, ret_addr: ?usize) noreturn {
+    @setCold(true);
+    ui.deinit();
+    std.debug.panicImpl(error_return_trace, ret_addr orelse @returnAddress(), msg);
+}
+
+
 pub const config = struct {
     pub const SortCol = enum { name, blocks, size, items, mtime };
     pub const SortOrder = enum { asc, desc };