diff --git a/lib/tput.js b/lib/tput.js
index 40b8367..e5b591b 100644
--- a/lib/tput.js
+++ b/lib/tput.js
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ Tput.prototype._useXtermC = function() {
 Tput.prototype._useXtermI = function() {
   this.term = 'xterm';
   this.termcap = false;
-  this.terminfoFile = __dirname + '/../usr/xterm.terminfo';
+  this.terminfoFile = __dirname + '/../usr/xterm';
   this.compileTerminfo();
 };
 
@@ -225,6 +225,15 @@ Tput.prototype.parseTerminfo = function(data) {
       return;
     }
 
+    // Workaround: fix an odd bug in the screen-256color terminfo where it tries
+    // to set -1, but it appears to have {0xfe, 0xff} instead of {0xff, 0xff}.
+    // TODO: Possibly handle errors gracefully below, as well as in the
+    // extended info. Also possibly do: `if (info.strings[key] >= data.length)`.
+    if (info.strings[key] === 65534) {
+      delete info.strings[key];
+      return;
+    }
+
     var s = i + info.strings[key]
       , j = s;