diff --git a/win/curses/cursinit.c b/win/curses/cursinit.c
index 9fcc1d962..1135d0eb8 100644
--- a/win/curses/cursinit.c
+++ b/win/curses/cursinit.c
@@ -744,6 +744,12 @@ curses_character_dialog(const char **choices, const char *prompt)
 void
 curses_init_options(void)
 {
+#ifdef PDCURSES
+    int display_height = 0, display_width = 0;
+#if defined(WIN32) && !defined(WIN32CON)
+    int alt_display_height = 0, alt_display_width = 0;
+#endif
+#endif
     /* change these from set_gameview to set_in_game */
     set_wc_option_mod_status(WC_ALIGN_MESSAGE | WC_ALIGN_STATUS, set_in_game);
 
@@ -761,36 +767,18 @@ curses_init_options(void)
        terminal size programmatically.  If the user does not specify a
        size in the config file, we will set it to a nice big 32x110 to
        take advantage of some of the nice features of this windowport. */
-#if defined(WIN32)
-    if (iflags.wc2_term_cols == 0) {
-        int display_width = get_approx_display_cols();
 
-        if (display_width > 220)
-            display_width = 220;
-
-        if (display_width != 0)
-            iflags.wc2_term_cols = display_width;
-        else
-            iflags.wc2_term_cols = 110;
-    }
-    if (iflags.wc2_term_rows == 0) {
-        int display_height = get_approx_display_rows();
-
-        if (display_height > 64)
-            display_height = 64;
-
-        if (display_height != 0)
-            iflags.wc2_term_rows = display_height;
-        else
-            iflags.wc2_term_rows = 32;
-    }
-#else
-    /* FIXME: should these be higher; is there a way to detect max there? */
-    if (iflags.wc2_term_cols == 0)
-        iflags.wc2_term_cols = 110;
-    if (iflags.wc2_term_rows == 0)
-        iflags.wc2_term_rows = 32;
+    getmaxyx(base_term, display_height, display_width);
+#if defined(WIN32) && !defined(WIN32CON)
+    alt_display_width = get_approx_display_cols();
+    alt_display_height = get_approx_display_rows();
+    display_width = min(230, alt_display_width);
+    display_height = min(66, alt_display_height);
 #endif
+    if (iflags.wc2_term_cols == 0)
+        iflags.wc2_term_cols = display_width;
+    if (iflags.wc2_term_rows == 0)
+        iflags.wc2_term_rows = display_height;
     resize_term(iflags.wc2_term_rows, iflags.wc2_term_cols);
     getmaxyx(base_term, term_rows, term_cols);