diff --git a/src/viewer/text/textarea.c b/src/viewer/text/textarea.c
index be4b8cead..cc29272a5 100644
--- a/src/viewer/text/textarea.c
+++ b/src/viewer/text/textarea.c
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ textarea_edit(int op, struct terminal *term_, struct form_state *fs_,
 		if (term_) td->term = term_;
 		add_to_list(textarea_list, td);
 
-		exec_on_terminal(td->term, ex, "", 1);
+		exec_on_terminal(td->term, ex, "", TERM_EXEC_FG);
 		mem_free(ex);
 
 		textarea_editor++;