diff --git a/rtv/objects.py b/rtv/objects.py
index bfa18bb..eb030b5 100644
--- a/rtv/objects.py
+++ b/rtv/objects.py
@@ -57,10 +57,14 @@ def curses_session():
         try:
             curses.start_color()
         except:
+            _logger.warning('Curses failed to initialize color support')
             pass
 
         # Hide the blinking cursor
-        curses.curs_set(0)
+        try:
+            curses.curs_set(0)
+        except:
+            _logger.warning('Curses failed to initialize the cursor mode')
 
         # Assign the terminal's default (background) color to code -1
         curses.use_default_colors()
diff --git a/rtv/page.py b/rtv/page.py
index d0cef8d..f3dd17a 100644
--- a/rtv/page.py
+++ b/rtv/page.py
@@ -341,7 +341,14 @@ class Page(object):
         self._draw_content()
         self._draw_footer()
         self._add_cursor()
-        self.term.stdscr.touchwin()
+        # Note: There used to be a call to stdscr.touchwin() here. However, a
+        # bug was discovered in tmux when $TERM was set to `xterm-256color`,
+        # where only part of the screen got redrawn when scrolling. The correct
+        # solution is to use `screen-256color` (which gets set automatically by
+        # tmux) but many people override ther $TERM in their tmux.conf or
+        # .bashrc file. Using clearok() instead seems to fix the problem, at
+        # the expense of slightly more expensive screen refreshes.
+        self.term.stdscr.clearok(True)
         self.term.stdscr.refresh()
 
     def _draw_header(self):
diff --git a/rtv/terminal.py b/rtv/terminal.py
index 28668d2..e6cfc48 100644
--- a/rtv/terminal.py
+++ b/rtv/terminal.py
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ from . import exceptions
 from . import mime_parsers
 from .objects import LoadScreen, Color
 
-
 try:
     # Added in python 3.4+
     from html import unescape
@@ -122,6 +121,17 @@ class Terminal(object):
         """
         return curses.flash()
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def curs_set(val):
+        """
+        Change the cursor visibility, may fail for some terminals with limited
+        cursor support.
+        """
+        try:
+            curses.curs_set(val)
+        except:
+            pass
+
     @staticmethod
     def addch(window, y, x, ch, attr):
         """
@@ -628,7 +638,7 @@ class Terminal(object):
         window.clear()
 
         # Set cursor mode to 1 because 2 doesn't display on some terminals
-        curses.curs_set(1)
+        self.curs_set(1)
 
         # Keep insert_mode off to avoid the recursion error described here
         # http://bugs.python.org/issue13051
@@ -656,7 +666,7 @@ class Terminal(object):
         except exceptions.EscapeInterrupt:
             out = None
 
-        curses.curs_set(0)
+        self.curs_set(0)
         return self.strip_textpad(out)
 
     def prompt_input(self, prompt, key=False):
@@ -687,13 +697,13 @@ class Terminal(object):
         input_win.refresh()
 
         if key:
-            curses.curs_set(1)
+            self.curs_set(1)
             ch = self.getch()
             # We can't convert the character to unicode, because it may return
             # Invalid values for keys that don't map to unicode characters,
             # e.g. F1
             text = ch if ch != self.ESCAPE else None
-            curses.curs_set(0)
+            self.curs_set(0)
         else:
             text = self.text_input(input_win)