diff --git a/packages/tui/src/component/dialog-config.tsx b/packages/tui/src/component/dialog-config.tsx
index 94bd68c4f00..ec3ce2b6e14 100644
--- a/packages/tui/src/component/dialog-config.tsx
+++ b/packages/tui/src/component/dialog-config.tsx
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export const settings: Setting[] = [
     title: "Terminal",
     category: "Session",
     path: ["session", "terminal"],
-    default: true,
+    default: process.platform !== "win32",
     values: [false, true],
     labels: ["off", "on"],
     keywords: ["pty", "shell", "terminal pane"],
diff --git a/packages/tui/src/config/index.tsx b/packages/tui/src/config/index.tsx
index ac2b7594fc5..55ecd36d3ba 100644
--- a/packages/tui/src/config/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/tui/src/config/index.tsx
@@ -299,7 +299,8 @@ export function resolve(input: Info, options: { terminalSuspend: boolean }): Res
     session: {
       ...input.session,
       new_location: input.session?.new_location ?? "launch",
-      terminal: input.session?.terminal ?? true,
+      // Persistent terminal panes need the opencode-pty daemon, which does not ship Windows binaries.
+      terminal: input.session?.terminal ?? process.platform !== "win32",
       tps: input.session?.tps ?? true,
     },
     tabs: {