diff --git a/bash/bashrc.aliases b/bash/bashrc.aliases
index b3a0af6..020aa62 100644
--- a/bash/bashrc.aliases
+++ b/bash/bashrc.aliases
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ alias gf='git fetch'
 
 # Tmux aliases
 # Use this to launch in 16-color mode
-alias tmux='TERM=xterm-16color tmux -2 -u'
+alias tmux='TERM=screen-256color-bce tmux -2 -u'
 # Attach to an existing tmux session
-alias work='TERM=xterm-16color tmux -2 -u attach -d'
+alias work='TERM=screen-256color-bce tmux -2 -u attach -d'
 # Trigger tmux to reopen the socket if it cannot attach
 alias kick='pkill -USR1 -u $USER tmux'
diff --git a/tmux.conf b/tmux.conf
index f9261c9..5fefe12 100644
--- a/tmux.conf
+++ b/tmux.conf
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set-option -g prefix C-s
 bind-key C-q send-prefix
 
 # Use 16 color mode
-set-option -g default-terminal "xterm-16color"
+set-option -g default-terminal "screen-256color-bce"
 
 # Set the Esc/Alt disambiguation timeout to 50ms
 # The default is 500ms, which makes vim kind of painful