diff --git a/app/config.js b/app/config.js
index 5594e06..5fe38de 100644
--- a/app/config.js
+++ b/app/config.js
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ const defaultConfig = {
   ssh: {
     host: null,
     port: 22,
-    term: "xterm-color",
+    term: "vt100",
     readyTimeout: 20000,
     keepaliveInterval: 120000,
     keepaliveCountMax: 10
diff --git a/app/connectionHandler.js b/app/connectionHandler.js
index 8fbfca2..4c52493 100644
--- a/app/connectionHandler.js
+++ b/app/connectionHandler.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 const createDebug = require("debug")
 var path = require("path")
 var fs = require("fs")
+const config = require("./config")
 var extend = require("util")._extend
 const debug = createDebug("webssh2:connectionHandler")
 
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ function handleConnection(req, res, urlParams) {
       host: urlParams.host || sshCredentials.host || '',
       port: urlParams.port || sshCredentials.port || 22,
       username: sshCredentials.username || '',
+      term: urlParams.sshTerm || sshCredentials.term || config.ssh.term
     },
     autoConnect: !!req.session.sshCredentials
   }
diff --git a/app/routes.js b/app/routes.js
index 716bfa9..5c39e8f 100644
--- a/app/routes.js
+++ b/app/routes.js
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 // server
 // /app/routes.js
-const createDebug = require('debug')
-const debug = createDebug('webssh2:routes')
-const express = require('express')
+const createDebug = require("debug")
+const debug = createDebug("webssh2:routes")
+const express = require("express")
 const router = express.Router()
-const handleConnection = require('./connectionHandler')
-const basicAuth = require('basic-auth')
-const { sanitizeObject } = require('./utils')
+const handleConnection = require("./connectionHandler")
+const basicAuth = require("basic-auth")
+const { sanitizeObject } = require("./utils")
 
 function auth(req, res, next) {
-  debug('Authenticating user with HTTP Basic Auth')
+  debug("Authenticating user with HTTP Basic Auth")
   var credentials = basicAuth(req)
   if (!credentials) {
-    res.setHeader('WWW-Authenticate', 'Basic realm="WebSSH2"')
-    return res.status(401).send('Authentication required.')
+    res.setHeader("WWW-Authenticate", 'Basic realm="WebSSH2"')
+    return res.status(401).send("Authentication required.")
   }
   // Store credentials in session
   req.session.sshCredentials = {
@@ -24,36 +24,41 @@ function auth(req, res, next) {
 }
 
 // Scenario 1: No auth required, uses websocket authentication instead
-router.get('/', function (req, res) {
-  debug('Accessed / route')
+router.get("/", function (req, res) {
+  debug("Accessed / route")
   handleConnection(req, res)
 })
 
 // Scenario 2: Auth required, uses HTTP Basic Auth
-router.get('/host/:host', auth, function (req, res) {
+router.get("/host/:host", auth, function (req, res) {
   debug(`Accessed /ssh/host/${req.params.host} route`)
-  const { host, port = 22 } = req.params;
+  const { host } = req.params
+  const { port = 22, sshTerm } = req.query
+  req.session.sshCredentials = req.session.sshCredentials || {}
   req.session.sshCredentials.host = host
-  req.session.sshCredentials.port = port
+  req.session.sshCredentials.port = parseInt(port, 10)
+  if (sshTerm) {
+    req.session.sshCredentials.term = sshTerm
+  }
 
   // Sanitize and log the sshCredentials object
   const sanitizedCredentials = sanitizeObject(
     JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(req.session.sshCredentials))
-  );
-  debug('/ssh//host/ Credentials: ', sanitizedCredentials);
+  )
+  debug("/ssh/host/ Credentials: ", sanitizedCredentials)
 
   handleConnection(req, res, { host: req.params.host })
 })
 
 // Clear credentials route
-router.post('/clear-credentials', function (req, res) {
+router.post("/clear-credentials", function (req, res) {
   req.session.sshCredentials = null
-  res.status(200).send('Credentials cleared.')
+  res.status(200).send("Credentials cleared.")
 })
 
 router.post("/force-reconnect", function (req, res) {
-  req.session.sshCredentials = null;
-  res.status(401).send("Authentication required.");
-});
+  req.session.sshCredentials = null
+  res.status(401).send("Authentication required.")
+})
 
 module.exports = router
diff --git a/app/socket.js b/app/socket.js
index fd62196..2d1c209 100644
--- a/app/socket.js
+++ b/app/socket.js
@@ -33,15 +33,16 @@ function handleConnection(socket, config) {
   setupInitialSocketListeners(socket, config)
 
   if (socket.handshake.session.sshCredentials) {
-    const { username, password, host, port } =
-      socket.handshake.session.sshCredentials
+    const creds = socket.handshake.session.sshCredentials
+    const { username, password, host, port } = creds
+    debug(`Credentials from session: ${socket.id}, Host: ${host}`, creds)
 
     if (username && password && host && port) {
-      handleAuthentication(socket, { username, password, host, port }, config)
+      handleAuthentication(socket, creds, config)
       return
     }
   }
-  
+
   // Emit an event to the client to request authentication
   if (!authenticated) {
     debug(
@@ -209,10 +210,10 @@ function handleConnection(socket, config) {
    * @param {import('socket.io').Socket} socket - The Socket.IO socket
    * @param {Credentials} creds - The user credentials
    */
-  function initializeShell(socket, creds) {
+  function initializeShell (socket, creds) {
     conn.shell(
       {
-        term: creds.term,
+        term: creds.term || 'vt69', // config.ssh.term,
         cols: creds.cols,
         rows: creds.rows
       },
@@ -329,11 +330,11 @@ function handleConnection(socket, config) {
    * @param {string} controlData - The control command
    * @param {Object} config - The configuration object
    */
-  function handleControl(socket, stream, credentials, controlData, config) {
+  function handleControl(socket, stream, creds, controlData, config) {
     debug(`Received control data: ${controlData}`)
 
-    if (controlData === "replayCredentials" && stream && credentials) {
-      replayCredentials(socket, stream, credentials, config)
+    if (controlData === "replayCredentials" && stream && creds) {
+      replayCredentials(socket, stream, creds, config)
     } else if (controlData === "reauth" && config.options.allowReauth) {
       handleReauth(socket)
     }
@@ -427,7 +428,7 @@ function handleConnection(socket, config) {
       readyTimeout: credentials.readyTimeout,
       keepaliveInterval: credentials.keepaliveInterval,
       keepaliveCountMax: credentials.keepaliveCountMax,
-      debug: createDebug("webssh2:ssh")
+      debug: createDebug("ssh")
     }
   }
 }