diff --git a/forgeConfig.proto b/forgeConfig.proto
index 81e2f2c..ad1f32c 100644
--- a/forgeConfig.proto
+++ b/forgeConfig.proto
@@ -39,4 +39,6 @@ message ForgeConfigs {			// `autogenpb:marshal` `autogenpb:nomutex`
 	string   version        = 2;    // could be used for protobuf schema change violations?
 	repeated ForgeConfig 	ForgeConfigs = 3;
 	string   username       = 4;    // what to use for the user branch (default ENV{USER})
+        string xterm			= 14; // what xterm the user wants as the default
+        repeated string xtermArgv	= 15; // the argv line for xterm
 }
diff --git a/init.go b/init.go
index a32a305..7b29c32 100644
--- a/init.go
+++ b/init.go
@@ -28,6 +28,16 @@ func Init() *Forge {
 		f.Config.Username = usr.Username
 		f.SetConfigSave(true)
 	}
+
+	if f.Config.Xterm == "" {
+		f.Config.Xterm = "xterm"
+		f.Config.XtermArgv = append(f.Config.XtermArgv, "-bg")
+		f.Config.XtermArgv = append(f.Config.XtermArgv, "black")
+		f.Config.XtermArgv = append(f.Config.XtermArgv, "-fg")
+		f.Config.XtermArgv = append(f.Config.XtermArgv, "white")
+		f.SetConfigSave(true)
+	}
+
 	f.Machine.InitWit()
 
 	now := time.Now()