diff --git a/src/demo/demo.c b/src/demo/demo.c
index 0070c4031..0e693e1b3 100644
--- a/src/demo/demo.c
+++ b/src/demo/demo.c
@@ -522,6 +522,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv){
     if(notcurses_render(nc)){
       goto err;
     }
+    notcurses_reset_stats(nc, NULL);
     if(ext_demos(nc, spec, ignore_failures) == NULL){
       goto err;
     }