diff --git a/files/rm-progress b/files/rm-progress
index 4f02a3e..897bae0 100755
--- a/files/rm-progress
+++ b/files/rm-progress
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ function helpexit() {
     exit
 }
 
-tput rmam
 FORCE=0
 FOLDERS=( )
 for ((i=1; i<=${#@}; i++)) {
@@ -56,6 +55,9 @@ function deletefolders() {
     done < <(find "$@" -depth -type d -print0)
     printf "\n"
 }
+# stop line wrapping
+printf '\033[?7l'
+trap "printf '\033[?7h'" 1 9 15 
 echo Listing files in "${FOLDERS[@]}" ...
 files=0
 folders=0
@@ -70,4 +72,5 @@ deletefiles "${FOLDERS[@]}"
 listfolders "${FOLDERS[@]}"
 echo Removing remaining $folders folders
 deletefolders "${FOLDERS[@]}"
-tput smam
+# line wrapping
+printf '\033[?7h'