diff --git a/cli/package.json b/cli/package.json
index 2a0014a3..e381f009 100644
--- a/cli/package.json
+++ b/cli/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@openrouter/spawn",
-  "version": "0.6.14",
+  "version": "0.6.15",
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {
     "spawn": "cli.js"
diff --git a/cli/src/aws/aws.ts b/cli/src/aws/aws.ts
index c7f6a243..83277056 100644
--- a/cli/src/aws/aws.ts
+++ b/cli/src/aws/aws.ts
@@ -745,7 +745,8 @@ export async function uploadFile(localPath: string, remotePath: string): Promise
 }
 
 export async function interactiveSession(cmd: string): Promise<number> {
-  const fullCmd = `export PATH="$HOME/.npm-global/bin:$HOME/.claude/local/bin:$HOME/.local/bin:$HOME/.bun/bin:$PATH" && ${cmd}`;
+  const term = process.env.TERM || "xterm-256color";
+  const fullCmd = `export TERM=${term} PATH="$HOME/.npm-global/bin:$HOME/.claude/local/bin:$HOME/.local/bin:$HOME/.bun/bin:$PATH" && exec bash -l -c ${JSON.stringify(cmd)}`;
   const escapedCmd = fullCmd.replace(/'/g, "'\\''");
   const proc = Bun.spawn(
     ["ssh", ...SSH_OPTS, "-t", `${SSH_USER}@${instanceIp}`, `bash -c '${escapedCmd}'`],
diff --git a/cli/src/daytona/daytona.ts b/cli/src/daytona/daytona.ts
index a3dc2f18..edfed4eb 100644
--- a/cli/src/daytona/daytona.ts
+++ b/cli/src/daytona/daytona.ts
@@ -423,7 +423,8 @@ export async function uploadFile(
 }
 
 export async function interactiveSession(cmd: string): Promise<number> {
-  const fullCmd = `export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$HOME/.bun/bin:$PATH" && ${cmd}`;
+  const term = process.env.TERM || "xterm-256color";
+  const fullCmd = `export TERM=${term} PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$HOME/.bun/bin:$PATH" && exec bash -l -c ${JSON.stringify(cmd)}`;
 
   // Interactive mode — drop BatchMode so the PTY works
   const args = [
diff --git a/cli/src/digitalocean/digitalocean.ts b/cli/src/digitalocean/digitalocean.ts
index 034a8ef8..55907c08 100644
--- a/cli/src/digitalocean/digitalocean.ts
+++ b/cli/src/digitalocean/digitalocean.ts
@@ -884,7 +884,8 @@ export async function interactiveSession(
   ip?: string,
 ): Promise<number> {
   const serverIp = ip || doServerIp;
-  const fullCmd = `export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$HOME/.bun/bin:$PATH" && ${cmd}`;
+  const term = process.env.TERM || "xterm-256color";
+  const fullCmd = `export TERM=${term} PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$HOME/.bun/bin:$PATH" && exec bash -l -c ${JSON.stringify(cmd)}`;
 
   const proc = Bun.spawn(
     ["ssh", ...SSH_OPTS, "-t", `root@${serverIp}`, fullCmd],
diff --git a/cli/src/fly/fly.ts b/cli/src/fly/fly.ts
index 82f94610..847d31a3 100644
--- a/cli/src/fly/fly.ts
+++ b/cli/src/fly/fly.ts
@@ -795,7 +795,8 @@ export async function uploadFile(
 }
 
 export async function interactiveSession(cmd: string): Promise<number> {
-  const fullCmd = `export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$HOME/.bun/bin:$PATH" && ${cmd}`;
+  const term = process.env.TERM || "xterm-256color";
+  const fullCmd = `export TERM=${term} PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$HOME/.bun/bin:$PATH" && exec bash -l -c ${JSON.stringify(cmd)}`;
   // Shell-quote the command for -C
   const escapedCmd = fullCmd.replace(/'/g, "'\\''");
   const flyCmd = getCmd()!;
diff --git a/cli/src/gcp/gcp.ts b/cli/src/gcp/gcp.ts
index 5cafe60d..de6170af 100644
--- a/cli/src/gcp/gcp.ts
+++ b/cli/src/gcp/gcp.ts
@@ -651,7 +651,8 @@ export async function uploadFile(localPath: string, remotePath: string): Promise
 
 export async function interactiveSession(cmd: string): Promise<number> {
   const username = resolveUsername();
-  const fullCmd = `export PATH="$HOME/.npm-global/bin:$HOME/.claude/local/bin:$HOME/.local/bin:$HOME/.bun/bin:$PATH" && ${cmd}`;
+  const term = process.env.TERM || "xterm-256color";
+  const fullCmd = `export TERM=${term} PATH="$HOME/.npm-global/bin:$HOME/.claude/local/bin:$HOME/.local/bin:$HOME/.bun/bin:$PATH" && exec bash -l -c ${JSON.stringify(cmd)}`;
 
   const proc = Bun.spawn(
     ["ssh", ...SSH_OPTS.split(" "), "-t", `${username}@${gcpServerIp}`, `bash -c ${shellQuote(fullCmd)}`],
diff --git a/cli/src/hetzner/hetzner.ts b/cli/src/hetzner/hetzner.ts
index 24d5018c..92836e01 100644
--- a/cli/src/hetzner/hetzner.ts
+++ b/cli/src/hetzner/hetzner.ts
@@ -515,7 +515,8 @@ export async function interactiveSession(
   ip?: string,
 ): Promise<number> {
   const serverIp = ip || hetznerServerIp;
-  const fullCmd = `export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$HOME/.bun/bin:$PATH" && ${cmd}`;
+  const term = process.env.TERM || "xterm-256color";
+  const fullCmd = `export TERM=${term} PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$HOME/.bun/bin:$PATH" && exec bash -l -c ${JSON.stringify(cmd)}`;
 
   const proc = Bun.spawn(
     ["ssh", ...SSH_OPTS, "-t", `root@${serverIp}`, fullCmd],