diff --git a/src/tui/terminal_view.zig b/src/tui/terminal_view.zig
index a6fc412..d62daf5 100644
--- a/src/tui/terminal_view.zig
+++ b/src/tui/terminal_view.zig
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ pub fn shutdown(allocator: Allocator) void {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn render(self: *Self, _: *const Widget.Theme) bool {
+pub fn render(self: *Self, theme: *const Widget.Theme) bool {
     // Drain the vt event queue.
     while (self.vt.vt.tryEvent()) |event| {
         switch (event) {
@@ -209,6 +209,17 @@ pub fn render(self: *Self, _: *const Widget.Theme) bool {
         }
     }
 
+    // Update the terminal's fg/bg color cache from the current theme so that
+    // OSC 10/11 colour queries return accurate values.
+    if (theme.editor.fg) |fg| {
+        const c = fg.color;
+        self.vt.vt.fg_color = .{ @truncate(c >> 16), @truncate(c >> 8), @truncate(c) };
+    }
+    if (theme.editor.bg) |bg| {
+        const c = bg.color;
+        self.vt.vt.bg_color = .{ @truncate(c >> 16), @truncate(c >> 8), @truncate(c) };
+    }
+
     // Blit the terminal's front screen into our vaxis.Window.
     self.vt.vt.draw(self.allocator, self.plane.window, self.focused) catch |e| {
         std.log.err("terminal_view: draw failed: {}", .{e});