diff --git a/test/conf/basic.conf b/test/conf/basic.conf
index 5a92f92..674c3c1 100644
--- a/test/conf/basic.conf
+++ b/test/conf/basic.conf
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 set -g prefix C-a
 set -g @fingers-compact-hints '0'
+set -g default-terminal 'screen-256color'
 run /home/vagrant/shared/tmux-fingers.tmux
diff --git a/tmux-fingers.tmux b/tmux-fingers.tmux
index 598ed1b..85c70d0 100755
--- a/tmux-fingers.tmux
+++ b/tmux-fingers.tmux
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@
 CURRENT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 
 tmux run -b "$CURRENT_DIR/scripts/health-check.sh"
-
-# tmux run-shell does not have color support
-tmux new-session -d "bash --norc --noprofile $CURRENT_DIR/scripts/config.sh"
+tmux run -b "bash --norc --noprofile $CURRENT_DIR/scripts/config.sh"
 
 DEFAULT_FINGERS_KEY="F"
 FINGERS_KEY=$(tmux show-option -gqv @fingers-key)