diff --git a/roles/developer-machine/templates/tmux.conf.j2 b/roles/developer-machine/templates/tmux.conf.j2
index bae17bc..c53e145 100644
--- a/roles/developer-machine/templates/tmux.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/developer-machine/templates/tmux.conf.j2
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
-set-window-option -g utf8 on
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+set-window-option -g utf8 on
+set -g default-terminal "screen-256color"
+set -g terminal-overrides 'xterm:colors=256'
+set -g aggressive-resize
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