diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/player/terminal_view.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/player/terminal_view.js.coffee
index 8d25a7a..c69744a 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/player/terminal_view.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/player/terminal_view.js.coffee
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class AsciiIo.TerminalView extends Backbone.View
 
     html.push '</span>' if prevBrush
 
-    @$el.find(".line:eq(" + n + ")")[0].innerHTML = html.join('')
+    @$el.find(".line:eq(" + n + ")")[0].innerHTML = '<span>' + html.join('') + '</span>'
 
   spanFromBrush: (brush, hasCursor) ->
     key = "#{brush.hash()}_#{hasCursor}"