diff --git a/src/tui/tui.zig b/src/tui/tui.zig
index d457819d..54896607 100644
--- a/src/tui/tui.zig
+++ b/src/tui/tui.zig
@@ -2174,7 +2174,12 @@ pub fn get_cursor_shape() renderer.CursorShape {
             default_cursor
     else
         default_cursor;
-    const shape = if (self.rdr_.vx.caps.multi_cursor and shape_ == .default) .beam_blink else shape_;
+    const shape = if (build_options.gui and shape_ == .default)
+        .beam
+    else if (self.rdr_.vx.caps.multi_cursor and shape_ == .default)
+        .beam_blink
+    else
+        shape_;
     return switch (shape) {
         .default => .default,
         .block_blink => .block_blink,