diff --git a/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml b/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml
index 824d7e0..e31291b 100644
--- a/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml
+++ b/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-env:
-    TERM: 'xterm-256color'
 window:
   gtk_theme_variant: 'dark'
 
diff --git a/.zshrc b/.zshrc
index 1ec31d4..a574c26 100644
--- a/.zshrc
+++ b/.zshrc
@@ -169,7 +169,9 @@ alias ip="ip -color=auto"
 alias cp="cp --reflink=auto"
 alias cal="cal -w3"
 alias gitg="LANG=en_US.UTF-8 gitg"
-
+if [[ "$TERM" == "alacritty" ]]; then
+    alias ssh='TERM=xterm-256color ssh'
+fi
 
 export EDITOR=nvim
 export VISUAL=nvim