diff --git a/doc/fixes36.3 b/doc/fixes36.3
index 71572a441..49c49674c 100644
--- a/doc/fixes36.3
+++ b/doc/fixes36.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.126 $ $NHDT-Date: 1570408209 2019/10/07 00:30:09 $
+$NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.128 $ $NHDT-Date: 1570652307 2019/10/09 20:18:27 $
 
 This fixes36.3 file is here to capture information about updates in the 3.6.x
 lineage following the release of 3.6.2 in May 2019. Please note, however,
@@ -210,8 +210,6 @@ tty: revert the attempt to fix "message line anomaly: if autodecribe feedback
 	wrapped to second line, the wrapped portion wasn't erased when a
 	shorter line was shown or getpos was dismissed" because it disrupted
 	prompts that spanned more than one line, a more significant issue
-unix: sysconf CHECK_PLNAME=1 wouldn't work if attempt to obtain unix username
-	failed even though it didn't need that username
 
 
 Platform- and/or Interface-Specific Fixes or Features
@@ -302,6 +300,10 @@ tty: take two, if/when autodecribe feedback wraps past top line, clear
 	['exposed by git' section has an entry for reversal of 'take one']
 tty: video attributes (bold, inverse, &c) for status highlighting sometimes
 	were scrambled
+unix: sysconf CHECK_PLNAME=1 wouldn't work if attempt to obtain unix username
+	failed even though it didn't need that username
+unix+curses: startup error only reset terminal for tty; one noticeable
+	example was answering 'n' to "Destroy old game?"
 Windows: some startup error messages were not being delivered successfully
 
 
diff --git a/sys/share/unixtty.c b/sys/share/unixtty.c
index dafbc8f44..3196f3b3d 100644
--- a/sys/share/unixtty.c
+++ b/sys/share/unixtty.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* NetHack 3.6	unixtty.c	$NHDT-Date: 1548372343 2019/01/24 23:25:43 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.2-beta01 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.25 $ */
+/* NetHack 3.6	unixtty.c	$NHDT-Date: 1570652308 2019/10/09 20:18:28 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.26 $ */
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /*-Copyright (c) Michael Allison, 2006. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ const char *s;
     iflags.cbreak = (CBRKON(inittyb.cbrkflgs & CBRKMASK)) ? ON : OFF;
     curttyb.inputflags |= STRIPHI;
     setioctls();
+    settty_needed = FALSE;
 }
 
 void
@@ -471,6 +472,9 @@ VA_DECL(const char *, s)
 {
     VA_START(s);
     VA_INIT(s, const char *);
+
+    if (iflags.window_inited)
+        exit_nhwindows((char *) 0); /* for tty, will call settty() */
     if (settty_needed)
         settty((char *) 0);
     Vprintf(s, VA_ARGS);