diff --git a/jssrc/term_screen.js b/jssrc/term_screen.js
index e761277..feb42d7 100644
--- a/jssrc/term_screen.js
+++ b/jssrc/term_screen.js
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ const frakturExceptions = {
 }
 
 // constants for decoding the update blob
-const SEQ_SET_COLOR_ATTR = 1
 const SEQ_REPEAT = 2
-const SEQ_SET_COLOR = 3
-const SEQ_SET_ATTR = 4
+const SEQ_SET_COLORS = 3
+const SEQ_SET_ATTRS = 4
+const SEQ_SET_FG = 5
+const SEQ_SET_BG = 6
 
 const SELECTION_BG = '#b2d7fe'
 const SELECTION_FG = '#333'
@@ -1021,43 +1022,44 @@ class TermScreen {
       this.screenAttrs[cell] = myAttrs
     }
 
-    let blinkAttr = 0
     while (i < strArray.length && cell < screenLength) {
       let character = strArray[i++]
       let charCode = character.codePointAt(0)
 
       let data
       switch (charCode) {
-        case SEQ_SET_COLOR_ATTR:
+        case SEQ_REPEAT:
+          let count = parse2B(strArray[i] + strArray[i + 1])
+          i += 2
+          for (let j = 0; j < count; j++) {
+            setCellContent(cell)
+            if (++cell > screenLength) break
+          }
+          break
+
+        case SEQ_SET_COLORS:
           data = parse3B(strArray[i] + strArray[i + 1] + strArray[i + 2])
           i += 3
-          fg = data & 0xF
-          bg = data >> 4 & 0xF
-          attrs = data >> 8 & 0xFF
-          blinkAttr = attrs & MASK_BLINK
+          fg = data & 0xFF
+          bg = (data >> 8) & 0xFF
           break
 
-        case SEQ_SET_COLOR:
+        case SEQ_SET_ATTRS:
           data = parse2B(strArray[i] + strArray[i + 1])
           i += 2
-          fg = data & 0xF
-          bg = data >> 4 & 0xF
+          attrs = data & 0xFF
           break
 
-        case SEQ_SET_ATTR:
+        case SEQ_SET_FG:
           data = parse2B(strArray[i] + strArray[i + 1])
           i += 2
-          attrs = data & 0xFF
-          blinkAttr = attrs & MASK_BLINK
+          fg = data & 0xFF
           break
 
-        case SEQ_REPEAT:
-          let count = parse2B(strArray[i] + strArray[i + 1])
+        case SEQ_SET_BG:
+          data = parse2B(strArray[i] + strArray[i + 1])
           i += 2
-          for (let j = 0; j < count; j++) {
-            setCellContent(cell)
-            if (++cell > screenLength) break
-          }
+          bg = data & 0xFF
           break
 
         default: