diff --git a/cmd/coder/main.go b/cmd/coder/main.go
index 46e0850574a99..1c22d578d7160 100644
--- a/cmd/coder/main.go
+++ b/cmd/coder/main.go
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	_ "time/tzdata"
 
+	tea "github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea"
+
 	"github.com/coder/coder/v2/agent/agentexec"
 	"github.com/coder/coder/v2/cli"
 )
@@ -15,6 +17,9 @@ func main() {
 		_, _ = fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
+	// This preserves backwards compatibility with an init function that is causing grief for
+	// web terminals using agent-exec + screen. See https://github.com/coder/coder/pull/15817
+	tea.InitTerminal()
 	var rootCmd cli.RootCmd
 	rootCmd.RunWithSubcommands(rootCmd.AGPL())
 }
diff --git a/enterprise/cmd/coder/main.go b/enterprise/cmd/coder/main.go
index c71e479fe0079..803903f390e5a 100644
--- a/enterprise/cmd/coder/main.go
+++ b/enterprise/cmd/coder/main.go
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	_ "time/tzdata"
 
+	tea "github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea"
+
 	"github.com/coder/coder/v2/agent/agentexec"
 	entcli "github.com/coder/coder/v2/enterprise/cli"
 )
@@ -15,7 +17,9 @@ func main() {
 		_, _ = fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
-
+	// This preserves backwards compatibility with an init function that is causing grief for
+	// web terminals using agent-exec + screen. See https://github.com/coder/coder/pull/15817
+	tea.InitTerminal()
 	var rootCmd entcli.RootCmd
 	rootCmd.RunWithSubcommands(rootCmd.EnterpriseSubcommands())
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fc5b6d394b26a..acb6ab5e0b7e5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ replace github.com/pkg/sftp => github.com/mafredri/sftp v1.13.6-0.20231212144145
 // which we use in the awsiamrds package.
 replace github.com/lib/pq => github.com/coder/pq v1.10.5-0.20240813183442-0c420cb5a048
 
+// Removes an init() function that causes terminal sequences to be printed to the web terminal when
+// used in conjunction with agent-exec. See https://github.com/coder/coder/pull/15817
+replace github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea => github.com/coder/bubbletea v1.2.2-0.20241212190825-007a1cdb2c41
+
 require (
 	cdr.dev/slog v1.6.2-0.20241112041820-0ec81e6e67bb
 	cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.5.2
@@ -202,7 +206,7 @@ require go.uber.org/mock v0.5.0
 require (
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash v1.1.0
 	github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles v0.20.0
-	github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea v1.2.1
+	github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea v1.1.0
 	github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss v1.0.0
 	github.com/coder/serpent v0.10.0
 	github.com/emersion/go-sasl v0.0.0-20200509203442-7bfe0ed36a21
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6483c3505565c..bb9c265232652 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -177,8 +177,6 @@ github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 h1:UL815xU9SqsFlibzuggzjXhog7bL6oX9BbNZnL2UF
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=
 github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles v0.20.0 h1:jSZu6qD8cRQ6k9OMfR1WlM+ruM8fkPWkHvQWD9LIutE=
 github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles v0.20.0/go.mod h1:39slydyswPy+uVOHZ5x/GjwVAFkCsV8IIVy+4MhzwwU=
-github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea v1.2.1 h1:J041h57zculJKEKf/O2pS4edXGIz+V0YvojvfGXePIk=
-github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea v1.2.1/go.mod h1:viLoDL7hG4njLJSKU2gw7kB3LSEmWsrM80rO1dBJWBI=
 github.com/charmbracelet/glamour v0.8.0 h1:tPrjL3aRcQbn++7t18wOpgLyl8wrOHUEDS7IZ68QtZs=
 github.com/charmbracelet/glamour v0.8.0/go.mod h1:ViRgmKkf3u5S7uakt2czJ272WSg2ZenlYEZXT2x7Bjw=
 github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss v1.0.0 h1:O7VkGDvqEdGi93X+DeqsQ7PKHDgtQfF8j8/O2qFMQNg=
@@ -209,6 +207,8 @@ github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4/go.mod h1:qj6jICC3Q7zFZvVWo7KLAzC3yx5G7kyvSDk
 github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.3.7 h1:qlCDlTPz2n9fu58M0Nh1J/JzcFpfgkFHHX3O35r5vcU=
 github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.3.7/go.mod h1:sRTcRWXGLrKw6yIGJ+l7amYJFfAXbZG0kBSc8r4zxgA=
 github.com/cncf/udpa/go v0.0.0-20191209042840-269d4d468f6f/go.mod h1:M8M6+tZqaGXZJjfX53e64911xZQV5JYwmTeXPW+k8Sc=
+github.com/coder/bubbletea v1.2.2-0.20241212190825-007a1cdb2c41 h1:SBN/DA63+ZHwuWwPHPYoCZ/KLAjHv5g4h2MS4f2/MTI=
+github.com/coder/bubbletea v1.2.2-0.20241212190825-007a1cdb2c41/go.mod h1:I9ULxr64UaOSUv7hcb3nX4kowodJCVS7vt7VVJk/kW4=
 github.com/coder/flog v1.1.0 h1:kbAes1ai8fIS5OeV+QAnKBQE22ty1jRF/mcAwHpLBa4=
 github.com/coder/flog v1.1.0/go.mod h1:UQlQvrkJBvnRGo69Le8E24Tcl5SJleAAR7gYEHzAmdQ=
 github.com/coder/glog v1.0.1-0.20220322161911-7365fe7f2cd1 h1:UqBrPWSYvRI2s5RtOul20JukUEpu4ip9u7biBL+ntgk=