diff --git a/ncurses.spec b/ncurses.spec
index bf28586..d8e1ef5 100644
--- a/ncurses.spec
+++ b/ncurses.spec
@@ -298,7 +298,9 @@ sed -ri '/^iTerm/{s@iterm\|@@}' misc/terminfo.src
     exec 0< /dev/null
     SCREENLOG=${SCREENDIR}/log
     cat > $SCREENRC<<-EOF
+	screen 0
 	deflogin off
+	deflog on
 	logfile $SCREENLOG
 	logfile flush 1
 	logtstamp off