diff --git a/src/nyancat.c b/src/nyancat.c
index 2137849..cef7034 100644
--- a/src/nyancat.c
+++ b/src/nyancat.c
@@ -443,6 +443,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
 							if (sb[0] == TTYPE) {
 								/* This was a response to the TTYPE command, meaning
 								 * that this should be a terminal type */
+								alarm(0);
 								alarm(2);
 								strcpy(term, &sb[2]);
 								done++;
@@ -450,6 +451,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
 							else if (sb[0] == NAWS) {
 								/* This was a response to the NAWS command, meaning
 								 * that this should be a window size */
+								alarm(0);
 								alarm(2);
 								terminal_width = sb[2];
 								done++;