diff --git a/Makefile.PL b/Makefile.PL
index 9e25cf5..b2bfec1 100644
--- a/Makefile.PL
+++ b/Makefile.PL
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ WriteMakefile(
         'DBI'               => 0,
         'DBD::SQLite'       => 0,
         'Term::ReadLine'    => 0,
+        'Term::ReadLine::Gnu' => 0, 
         'Cwd'               => 0,
         'File::HomeDir'     => 0,
     },
diff --git a/pshell.pl b/pshell.pl
index ec9439a..30c1d0e 100755
--- a/pshell.pl
+++ b/pshell.pl
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ use Environment::SQLite;
 use Term::ReadLine;
 use Cwd;
 use File::HomeDir;
+$ENV{TERM} = 'xterm-256color' unless exists $ENV{TERM};
+
 
 # Initialize command history and environment
 my $history = History::SQLite->new(