diff --git a/frontend/app/app.tsx b/frontend/app/app.tsx
index f2bb79b09..3859a2168 100644
--- a/frontend/app/app.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app/app.tsx
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ import { ContextMenuModel } from "@/store/contextmenu";
 import {
     atoms,
     createBlock,
+    getSettingsPrefixAtom,
     globalStore,
     isDev,
     PLATFORM,
     removeFlashError,
-    useSettingsPrefixAtom,
 } from "@/store/global";
 import { appHandleKeyDown } from "@/store/keymodel";
 import { getElemAsStr } from "@/util/focusutil";
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ async function handleContextMenu(e: React.MouseEvent<HTMLDivElement>) {
 }
 
 function AppSettingsUpdater() {
-    const windowSettingsAtom = useSettingsPrefixAtom("window");
+    const windowSettingsAtom = getSettingsPrefixAtom("window");
     const windowSettings = useAtomValue(windowSettingsAtom);
     useEffect(() => {
         const isTransparentOrBlur =
diff --git a/frontend/app/element/termelem/termelem.tsx b/frontend/app/element/termelem/termelem.tsx
index 3ee0a8cb6..041e4f6ad 100644
--- a/frontend/app/element/termelem/termelem.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app/element/termelem/termelem.tsx
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ export type TermWrapOptions = {
     useWebGl?: boolean;
     useWebLinksAddon?: boolean;
     useSerializeAddon?: boolean;
-    termTheme: Atom<TermTypes.ITheme>;
+    termThemeAtom: Atom<TermTypes.ITheme>;
+    termFontSize: Atom<number>;
+    termFontFamily: Atom<string>;
+    termScrollback: Atom<number>;
     onOpenLink?: (uri: string) => void;
     onCwdChange?: (newCwd: string) => void;
     handleInputData?: (data: string) => void;
@@ -212,18 +215,27 @@ export class TermWrap {
 export const TermElem = (props: { termOpts: TermWrapOptions }) => {
     const connectElemRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
     const termWrapRef = useRef<TermWrap>(null);
-    const termTheme = useAtomValueSafe(props.termOpts.termTheme);
+    const termTheme = useAtomValueSafe(props.termOpts.termThemeAtom);
+    const termFontSize = useAtomValueSafe(props.termOpts.termFontSize) ?? 12;
+    const termFontFamily = useAtomValueSafe(props.termOpts.termFontFamily) ?? "Hack";
+    const termScrollback = useAtomValueSafe(props.termOpts.termScrollback) ?? 1000;
     useEffect(() => {
         if (termWrapRef.current == null || termTheme == null) {
             return;
         }
         termWrapRef.current.terminal.options.theme = termTheme;
-    }, [termTheme]);
+        termWrapRef.current.terminal.options.fontSize = termFontSize;
+        termWrapRef.current.terminal.options.fontFamily = termFontFamily;
+        termWrapRef.current.terminal.options.scrollback = termScrollback;
+    }, [termTheme, termFontSize, termFontFamily, termScrollback]);
     useEffect(() => {
         termWrapRef.current = new TermWrap(props.termOpts);
         if (termTheme != null) {
             termWrapRef.current.terminal.options.theme = termTheme;
         }
+        termWrapRef.current.terminal.options.fontSize = termFontSize;
+        termWrapRef.current.terminal.options.fontFamily = termFontFamily;
+        termWrapRef.current.terminal.options.scrollback = termScrollback;
         termWrapRef.current.initTerminal(connectElemRef.current);
         return () => {
             termWrapRef.current.dispose();
diff --git a/frontend/app/store/global.ts b/frontend/app/store/global.ts
index 53fe90da3..f5a43b773 100644
--- a/frontend/app/store/global.ts
+++ b/frontend/app/store/global.ts
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ function useSettingsKeyAtom<T extends keyof SettingsType>(key: T): SettingsType[
     return useAtomValue(getSettingsKeyAtom(key));
 }
 
-function useSettingsPrefixAtom(prefix: string): Atom<SettingsType> {
+function getSettingsPrefixAtom(prefix: string): Atom<SettingsType> {
     // TODO: use a shallow equal here to make this more efficient
     let settingsPrefixAtom = settingsAtomCache.get(prefix + ":") as Atom<SettingsType>;
     if (settingsPrefixAtom == null) {
@@ -638,6 +638,7 @@ export {
     getObjectId,
     getOverrideConfigAtom,
     getSettingsKeyAtom,
+    getSettingsPrefixAtom,
     getUserName,
     globalStore,
     initGlobal,
@@ -663,6 +664,5 @@ export {
     useBlockMetaKeyAtom,
     useOverrideConfigAtom,
     useSettingsKeyAtom,
-    useSettingsPrefixAtom,
     WOS,
 };
diff --git a/frontend/app/view/term/term.tsx b/frontend/app/view/term/term.tsx
index 66474b5fb..41954112b 100644
--- a/frontend/app/view/term/term.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app/view/term/term.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 import { Block, SubBlock } from "@/app/block/block";
 import { BlockNodeModel } from "@/app/block/blocktypes";
+import { TermWrapOptions } from "@/app/element/termelem/termelem";
 import { getAllGlobalKeyBindings } from "@/app/store/keymodel";
 import { waveEventSubscribe } from "@/app/store/wps";
 import { RpcApi } from "@/app/store/wshclientapi";
@@ -17,13 +18,14 @@ import {
     getConnStatusAtom,
     getOverrideConfigAtom,
     getSettingsKeyAtom,
+    getSettingsPrefixAtom,
     globalStore,
     useBlockAtom,
-    useSettingsPrefixAtom,
     WOS,
 } from "@/store/global";
 import * as services from "@/store/services";
 import * as keyutil from "@/util/keyutil";
+import * as TermTypes from "@xterm/xterm";
 import clsx from "clsx";
 import debug from "debug";
 import * as jotai from "jotai";
@@ -64,6 +66,7 @@ class TermViewModel {
     termThemeNameAtom: jotai.Atom<string>;
     noPadding: jotai.PrimitiveAtom<boolean>;
     endIconButtons: jotai.Atom<IconButtonDecl[]>;
+    termThemeAtom: jotai.Atom<TermTypes.ITheme>;
 
     constructor(blockId: string, nodeModel: BlockNodeModel) {
         this.viewType = "term";
@@ -187,6 +190,32 @@ class TermViewModel {
                 },
             ];
         });
+        this.termThemeAtom = jotai.atom((get) => {
+            const fullConfig = get(atoms.fullConfigAtom);
+            const termThemeName = get(this.termThemeNameAtom);
+            const [theme, _] = computeTheme(fullConfig, termThemeName);
+            return theme;
+        });
+    }
+
+    getTermScrollback(): number {
+        const settingsPrefixAtom = getSettingsPrefixAtom("term");
+        const termSettings = globalStore.get(settingsPrefixAtom);
+        const blockData = globalStore.get(this.blockAtom);
+        let termScrollback = 1000;
+        if (termSettings?.["term:scrollback"]) {
+            termScrollback = Math.floor(termSettings["term:scrollback"]);
+        }
+        if (blockData?.meta?.["term:scrollback"]) {
+            termScrollback = Math.floor(blockData.meta["term:scrollback"]);
+        }
+        if (termScrollback < 0) {
+            termScrollback = 0;
+        }
+        if (termScrollback > 10000) {
+            termScrollback = 10000;
+        }
+        return termScrollback;
     }
 
     setTermMode(mode: "term" | "vdom") {
@@ -541,7 +570,7 @@ const TerminalView = ({ blockId, model }: TerminalViewProps) => {
     const spstatusRef = React.useRef<string>(null);
     model.shellProcStatusRef = spstatusRef;
     const [blockData] = WOS.useWaveObjectValue<Block>(WOS.makeORef("block", blockId));
-    const termSettingsAtom = useSettingsPrefixAtom("term");
+    const termSettingsAtom = getSettingsPrefixAtom("term");
     const termSettings = jotai.useAtomValue(termSettingsAtom);
     let termMode = blockData?.meta?.["term:mode"] ?? "term";
     if (termMode != "term" && termMode != "vdom") {
@@ -549,7 +578,6 @@ const TerminalView = ({ blockId, model }: TerminalViewProps) => {
     }
     const termModeRef = React.useRef(termMode);
 
-    const termFontSize = jotai.useAtomValue(model.fontSizeAtom);
 
     React.useEffect(() => {
         const fullConfig = globalStore.get(atoms.fullConfigAtom);
@@ -648,6 +676,7 @@ const TerminalView = ({ blockId, model }: TerminalViewProps) => {
         cols: termRef.current?.terminal.cols ?? 80,
         blockId: blockId,
     };
+    
     return (
         <div className={clsx("view-term", "term-mode-" + termMode)} ref={viewRef}>
             <TermResyncHandler blockId={blockId} model={model} />
diff --git a/frontend/app/view/term/termelemwrap.tsx b/frontend/app/view/term/termelemwrap.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5384fc484
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/app/view/term/termelemwrap.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// Copyright 2024, Command Line Inc.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+import { getOverrideConfigAtom, getSettingsPrefixAtom, openLink } from "@/app/store/global";
+import { TermViewModel } from "@/app/view/term/term";
+import { TermElem, TermWrapOptions } from "@/element/termelem/termelem";
+import { useAtomValue } from "jotai";
+
+export function TermWrapElem({ blockId, model }: { blockId: string; model: TermViewModel }) {
+    const termFontSize = useAtomValue(model.fontSizeAtom);
+    const termSettingsAtom = getSettingsPrefixAtom("term");
+    const termSettings = useAtomValue(termSettingsAtom);
+    const termFontSizeAtom = getOverrideConfigAtom(blockId, "term:fontsize");
+    const termFontFamilyAtom = getOverrideConfigAtom(blockId, "term:fontfamily");
+
+    let termOpts: TermWrapOptions = {
+        xtermOpts: {
+            drawBoldTextInBrightColors: false,
+            fontWeight: "normal",
+            fontWeightBold: "bold",
+            allowTransparency: true,
+        },
+        useWebGl: !termSettings?.["term:disablewebgl"],
+        useWebLinksAddon: true,
+        useSerializeAddon: true,
+        onOpenLink: openLink,
+        keydownHandler: model.handleTerminalKeydown.bind(model),
+        termThemeAtom: model.termThemeAtom,
+        termFontFamily: termFontFamilyAtom,
+        termFontSize: termFontSizeAtom,
+    };
+    return <TermElem termOpts={termOpts} />;
+}