diff --git a/colorfit.go b/colorfit.go
index b7740b8a..f690097f 100644
--- a/colorfit.go
+++ b/colorfit.go
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@
 package tcell
 
 import (
-	"github.com/lucasb-eyer/go-colorful"
 	"math"
+
+	"github.com/lucasb-eyer/go-colorful"
 )
 
 // FindColor attempts to find a given color, or the best match possible for it,
diff --git a/terminfo/dynamic/dynamic.go b/terminfo/dynamic/dynamic.go
index 0ee6ba0c..5668e5cd 100644
--- a/terminfo/dynamic/dynamic.go
+++ b/terminfo/dynamic/dynamic.go
@@ -25,10 +25,11 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"errors"
 	"os"
+	"os/exec"
 	"regexp"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
-	xoterminfo "github.com/xo/terminfo"
 	"github.com/zyedidia/tcell/v2/terminfo"
 )
 
@@ -117,23 +118,65 @@ func unescape(s string) string {
 }
 
 func (tc *termcap) setupterm(name string) error {
-	ti, err := xoterminfo.Load(name)
-	if err != nil {
+	cmd := exec.Command("infocmp", "-1", name)
+	output := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	cmd.Stdout = output
+
+	tc.strs = make(map[string]string)
+	tc.bools = make(map[string]bool)
+	tc.nums = make(map[string]int)
+
+	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	tc.name = name
-	tc.desc = ""
-	tc.aliases = []string{}
-	tc.bools = ti.BoolCapsShort()
-	tc.nums = ti.NumCapsShort()
+	// Now parse the output.
+	// We get comment lines (starting with "#"), followed by
+	// a header line that looks like "<name>|<alias>|...|<desc>"
+	// then capabilities, one per line, starting with a tab and ending
+	// with a comma and newline.
+	lines := strings.Split(output.String(), "\n")
+	for len(lines) > 0 && strings.HasPrefix(lines[0], "#") {
+		lines = lines[1:]
+	}
 
-	tc.strs = make(map[string]string)
-	strcaps := ti.StringCapsShort()
-	for k, v := range strcaps {
-		tc.strs[k] = string(v)
+	// Ditch trailing empty last line
+	if lines[len(lines)-1] == "" {
+		lines = lines[:len(lines)-1]
+	}
+	header := lines[0]
+	if strings.HasSuffix(header, ",") {
+		header = header[:len(header)-1]
 	}
+	names := strings.Split(header, "|")
+	tc.name = names[0]
+	names = names[1:]
+	if len(names) > 0 {
+		tc.desc = names[len(names)-1]
+		names = names[:len(names)-1]
+	}
+	tc.aliases = names
+	for _, val := range lines[1:] {
+		if (!strings.HasPrefix(val, "\t")) ||
+			(!strings.HasSuffix(val, ",")) {
+			return (errors.New("malformed infocmp: " + val))
+		}
+
+		val = val[1:]
+		val = val[:len(val)-1]
 
+		if k := strings.SplitN(val, "=", 2); len(k) == 2 {
+			tc.strs[k[0]] = unescape(k[1])
+		} else if k := strings.SplitN(val, "#", 2); len(k) == 2 {
+			u, err := strconv.ParseUint(k[1], 0, 0)
+			if err != nil {
+				return (err)
+			}
+			tc.nums[k[0]] = int(u)
+		} else {
+			tc.bools[val] = true
+		}
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/tscreen.go b/tscreen.go
index a8379545..7e9c410a 100644
--- a/tscreen.go
+++ b/tscreen.go
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ const (
 // $COLUMNS environment variables can be set to the actual window size,
 // otherwise defaults taken from the terminal database are used.
 func NewTerminfoScreen() (Screen, error) {
-	ti, e := loadDynamicTerminfo(os.Getenv("TERM"))
+	ti, e := terminfo.LookupTerminfo(os.Getenv("TERM"))
 	if e != nil {
-		ti, e = terminfo.LookupTerminfo(os.Getenv("TERM"))
+		ti, e = loadDynamicTerminfo(os.Getenv("TERM"))
 		if e != nil {
 			return nil, e
 		}
@@ -182,9 +182,13 @@ func (t *tScreen) Init() error {
 	if os.Getenv("TCELL_TRUECOLOR") == "disable" {
 		t.truecolor = false
 	}
-	t.colors = make(map[Color]Color)
-	t.palette = make([]Color, t.nColors())
-	for i := 0; i < t.nColors(); i++ {
+	nColors := t.nColors()
+	if nColors > 256 {
+		nColors = 256 // clip to reasonable limits
+	}
+	t.colors = make(map[Color]Color, nColors)
+	t.palette = make([]Color, nColors)
+	for i := 0; i < nColors; i++ {
 		t.palette[i] = Color(i) | ColorValid
 		// identity map for our builtin colors
 		t.colors[Color(i)|ColorValid] = Color(i) | ColorValid