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):