diff --git a/src/input.rs b/src/input.rs
index d2f8f6b5..dd6233fb 100644
--- a/src/input.rs
+++ b/src/input.rs
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ mod tests {
                     dpr: 1.0,
                 };
 
-                let mut terminal = Term::new(&config, size);
+                let mut terminal = Term::new(&config, size, None);
 
                 let mut mouse = Mouse::default();
                 mouse.click_state = $initial_state;
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 1498c14a..8035deb9 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ fn run(
     // This object contains all of the state about what's being displayed. It's
     // wrapped in a clonable mutex since both the I/O loop and display need to
     // access it.
-    let terminal = Term::new(&config, display.size().to_owned(), logger_proxy);
+    let terminal = Term::new(&config, display.size().to_owned(), Some(logger_proxy));
     let terminal = Arc::new(FairMutex::new(terminal));
 
     // Find the window ID for setting $WINDOWID
diff --git a/src/term/mod.rs b/src/term/mod.rs
index b47e6dcb..8a8ae197 100644
--- a/src/term/mod.rs
+++ b/src/term/mod.rs
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ pub struct Term {
     auto_scroll: bool,
 
     /// Proxy object for clearing displayed errors and warnings
-    logger_proxy: LoggerProxy,
+    logger_proxy: Option<LoggerProxy>,
 }
 
 /// Terminal size info
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ impl Term {
         self.next_mouse_cursor.take()
     }
 
-    pub fn new(config: &Config, size: SizeInfo, logger_proxy: LoggerProxy) -> Term {
+    pub fn new(config: &Config, size: SizeInfo, logger_proxy: Option<LoggerProxy>) -> Term {
         let num_cols = size.cols();
         let num_lines = size.lines();
 
@@ -1828,7 +1828,9 @@ impl ansi::Handler for Term {
             },
             ansi::ClearMode::All => {
                 // Clear displayed errors and warnings
-                self.logger_proxy.clear();
+                if let Some(ref mut logger_proxy) = self.logger_proxy {
+                    logger_proxy.clear();
+                }
 
                 self.grid.region_mut(..).each(|c| c.reset(&template));
             },
@@ -2079,7 +2081,7 @@ mod tests {
             padding_y: 0.0,
             dpr: 1.0,
         };
-        let mut term = Term::new(&Default::default(), size);
+        let mut term = Term::new(&Default::default(), size, None);
         let mut grid: Grid<Cell> = Grid::new(Line(3), Column(5), 0, Cell::default());
         for i in 0..5 {
             for j in 0..2 {
@@ -2123,7 +2125,7 @@ mod tests {
             padding_y: 0.0,
             dpr: 1.0,
         };
-        let mut term = Term::new(&Default::default(), size);
+        let mut term = Term::new(&Default::default(), size, None);
         let mut grid: Grid<Cell> = Grid::new(Line(1), Column(5), 0, Cell::default());
         for i in 0..5 {
             grid[Line(0)][Column(i)].c = 'a';
@@ -2149,7 +2151,7 @@ mod tests {
             padding_y: 0.0,
             dpr: 1.0,
         };
-        let mut term = Term::new(&Default::default(), size);
+        let mut term = Term::new(&Default::default(), size, None);
         let mut grid: Grid<Cell> = Grid::new(Line(3), Column(3), 0, Cell::default());
         for l in 0..3 {
             if l != 1 {
@@ -2194,7 +2196,7 @@ mod tests {
             padding_y: 0.0,
             dpr: 1.0,
         };
-        let mut term = Term::new(&Default::default(), size);
+        let mut term = Term::new(&Default::default(), size, None);
         let cursor = Point::new(Line(0), Column(0));
         term.configure_charset(CharsetIndex::G0,
                                StandardCharset::SpecialCharacterAndLineDrawing);
@@ -2214,7 +2216,7 @@ mod tests {
             dpr: 1.0,
         };
         let config: Config = Default::default();
-        let mut term: Term = Term::new(&config, size);
+        let mut term: Term = Term::new(&config, size, None);
         term.change_font_size(font_size);
 
         let expected_font_size: Size = config.font().size() + Size::new(font_size);
@@ -2243,7 +2245,7 @@ mod tests {
             dpr: 1.0,
         };
         let config: Config = Default::default();
-        let mut term: Term = Term::new(&config, size);
+        let mut term: Term = Term::new(&config, size, None);
 
         term.change_font_size(-100.0);
 
@@ -2263,7 +2265,7 @@ mod tests {
             dpr: 1.0,
         };
         let config: Config = Default::default();
-        let mut term: Term = Term::new(&config, size);
+        let mut term: Term = Term::new(&config, size, None);
 
         term.change_font_size(10.0);
         term.reset_font_size();
@@ -2284,7 +2286,7 @@ mod tests {
             dpr: 1.0
         };
         let config: Config = Default::default();
-        let mut term: Term = Term::new(&config, size);
+        let mut term: Term = Term::new(&config, size, None);
 
         // Add one line of scrollback
         term.grid.scroll_up(&(Line(0)..Line(1)), Line(1), &Cell::default());
@@ -2310,7 +2312,7 @@ mod tests {
             padding_y: 0.0,
             dpr: 1.0,
         };
-        let mut term = Term::new(&Default::default(), size);
+        let mut term = Term::new(&Default::default(), size, None);
         let mut grid: Grid<Cell> = Grid::new(Line(1), Column(15), 0, Cell::default());
         grid[Line(0)][Column(0)].c = '(';
         grid[Line(0)][Column(1)].c = '(';
@@ -2346,7 +2348,7 @@ mod tests {
             padding_y: 0.0,
             dpr: 1.0,
         };
-        let mut term = Term::new(&Default::default(), size);
+        let mut term = Term::new(&Default::default(), size, None);
         let mut grid: Grid<Cell> = Grid::new(Line(1), Column(15), 0, Cell::default());
         grid[Line(0)][Column(0)].c = 'f';
         grid[Line(0)][Column(1)].c = 't';
@@ -2381,7 +2383,7 @@ mod tests {
             padding_y: 0.0,
             dpr: 1.0,
         };
-        let mut term = Term::new(&Default::default(), size);
+        let mut term = Term::new(&Default::default(), size, None);
         let mut grid: Grid<Cell> = Grid::new(Line(1), Column(15), 0, Cell::default());
         grid[Line(0)][Column(0)].c = 'a';
         grid[Line(0)][Column(1)].c = 'z';
diff --git a/tests/ref.rs b/tests/ref.rs
index 74cac6fa..b378cc0c 100644
--- a/tests/ref.rs
+++ b/tests/ref.rs
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ fn ref_test(dir: &Path) {
     let mut config: Config = Default::default();
     config.set_history(ref_config.history_size);
 
-    let mut terminal = Term::new(&config, size);
+    let mut terminal = Term::new(&config, size, None);
     let mut parser = ansi::Processor::new();
 
     for byte in recording {