diff --git a/terminator b/terminator
index 50eb5bde..0954862e 100755
--- a/terminator
+++ b/terminator
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ text/plain
     # Set our sloppiness
     self.focus = self.conf.focus
 
-    #self._vte.queue_draw ()
+    self._vte.queue_draw ()
 
   def on_composited_changed (self, widget):
     self.reconfigure_vte ()