diff --git a/src/common/mod.rs b/src/common/mod.rs
index 19f8e4bc..8f1c0812 100644
--- a/src/common/mod.rs
+++ b/src/common/mod.rs
@@ -641,7 +641,11 @@ pub fn start(mut os_input: Box<dyn OsApi>, opts: CliArgs) {
                 let _ = wasm_thread.join();
                 os_input.unset_raw_mode(0);
                 let goto_start_of_last_line = format!("\u{1b}[{};{}H", full_screen_ws.rows, 1);
-                let error = format!("{}\n{}", goto_start_of_last_line, backtrace);
+                let restore_snapshot = "\u{1b}[?1049l";
+                let error = format!(
+                    "{}\n{}{}",
+                    goto_start_of_last_line, restore_snapshot, backtrace
+                );
                 let _ = os_input
                     .get_stdout_writer()
                     .write(error.as_bytes())