1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/elogv b/elogv
index 0ee01bc..2cdc086 100755
--- a/elogv
+++ b/elogv
@@ -104,12 +104,15 @@ class ElogViewer:
         self.screen = screen
 
         # Our color pairs
-        curses.use_default_colors()
-        curses.init_pair(selected, curses.COLOR_BLACK, curses.COLOR_WHITE)
-        curses.init_pair(einfo, curses.COLOR_GREEN, curses.COLOR_BLACK)
-        curses.init_pair(ewarn, curses.COLOR_YELLOW, curses.COLOR_BLACK)
-        curses.init_pair(eerror, curses.COLOR_RED, curses.COLOR_BLACK)
-        curses.init_pair(elog, curses.COLOR_MAGENTA, curses.COLOR_BLACK)
+        try:
+            curses.use_default_colors()
+            curses.init_pair(selected, curses.COLOR_BLACK, curses.COLOR_WHITE)
+            curses.init_pair(einfo, curses.COLOR_GREEN, curses.COLOR_BLACK)
+            curses.init_pair(ewarn, curses.COLOR_YELLOW, curses.COLOR_BLACK)
+            curses.init_pair(eerror, curses.COLOR_RED, curses.COLOR_BLACK)
+            curses.init_pair(elog, curses.COLOR_MAGENTA, curses.COLOR_BLACK)
+        except curses.error:  # e.g. with "TERM=vt100 elogv" invokation
+            pass
 
         # This attributes are used to manage the scrolling of the list
         # of files