diff --git a/src/bootsupport/modules/punk/console-0.1.1.tm b/src/bootsupport/modules/punk/console-0.1.1.tm
index ff5c2904..69516efe 100644
--- a/src/bootsupport/modules/punk/console-0.1.1.tm
+++ b/src/bootsupport/modules/punk/console-0.1.1.tm
@@ -836,6 +836,9 @@ namespace eval punk::console {
             }
             #write before console enableRaw vs after??
             #There seem to be problems (e.g on WSL) if we write too early - the output ends up on screen but we don't read it
+            if {[info exists $::env(TMUX)]} {
+                set query "\x1bPtmux\;[string map [list \x1b \x1b\x1b] $query]\x1b\\"
+            }
             puts -nonewline $output $query;flush $output
             chan configure $input -blocking 0
 
diff --git a/src/modules/punk/console-999999.0a1.0.tm b/src/modules/punk/console-999999.0a1.0.tm
index c6e3d485..f0765c4b 100644
--- a/src/modules/punk/console-999999.0a1.0.tm
+++ b/src/modules/punk/console-999999.0a1.0.tm
@@ -836,6 +836,11 @@ namespace eval punk::console {
             }
             #write before console enableRaw vs after??
             #There seem to be problems (e.g on WSL) if we write too early - the output ends up on screen but we don't read it
+
+            #zellij? screen?
+            if {[info exists $::env(TMUX)]} {
+                set query "\x1bPtmux\;[string map [list \x1b \x1b\x1b] $query]\x1b\\"
+            }
             puts -nonewline $output $query;flush $output
             chan configure $input -blocking 0