diff --git a/core/ansi_escape_parser.js b/core/ansi_escape_parser.js
index c8101267..5417cef5 100644
--- a/core/ansi_escape_parser.js
+++ b/core/ansi_escape_parser.js
@@ -21,16 +21,8 @@ function ANSIEscapeParser(options) {
     events.EventEmitter.call(this);
 
     this.column             = 1;
-    this.scrollBack         = 0;
     this.graphicRendition   = {};
 
-    if(!_.isNil(options?.startRow)) {
-        this.row = options.startRow;
-    }
-    else {
-        this.row = 1;
-    }
-
     this.parseState = {
         re  : /(?:\x1b\x5b)([?=;0-9]*?)([ABCDHJKfhlmnpsu])/g,   //  eslint-disable-line no-control-regex
     };
@@ -42,11 +34,15 @@ function ANSIEscapeParser(options) {
         trailingLF          : 'default',    //  default|omit|no|yes, ...
     });
 
+
     this.mciReplaceChar     = miscUtil.valueWithDefault(options.mciReplaceChar, '');
     this.termHeight         = miscUtil.valueWithDefault(options.termHeight, 25);
     this.termWidth          = miscUtil.valueWithDefault(options.termWidth, 80);
     this.trailingLF         = miscUtil.valueWithDefault(options.trailingLF, 'default');
 
+
+    this.row = Math.min(options?.startRow ?? 1, this.termHeight);
+
     self.moveCursor = function(cols, rows) {
         self.column += cols;
         self.row    += rows;
@@ -75,14 +71,11 @@ function ANSIEscapeParser(options) {
     };
 
     self.clearScreen = function() {
-        //  :TODO: should be doing something with row/column?
+        self.column = 1;
+        self.row    = 1;
         self.emit('clear screen');
     };
 
-    /*
-    self.rowUpdated = function() {
-        self.emit('row update', self.row + self.scrollBack);
-    };*/
 
     self.positionUpdated = function() {
         self.emit('position update', self.row, self.column);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b577acce..2e45f18e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "enigma-bbs",
-  "version": "0.0.14-beta",
+  "version": "0.0.13-beta",
   "description": "ENiGMA½ Bulletin Board System",
   "author": "Bryan Ashby <bryan@l33t.codes>",
   "license": "BSD-2-Clause",