From 2f3374b8c02f7dd090ef2a9154e642fd79d9f422 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gaurav <120177561+gmpaliwal07@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 21:40:08 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix(cli): preserve terminal scrollback buffer during run
 command

---
 .changeset/bright-lions-suffer.md | 5 +++++
 packages/cli/src/cli/utils/ui.ts  | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/bright-lions-suffer.md

diff --git a/.changeset/bright-lions-suffer.md b/.changeset/bright-lions-suffer.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ffbb69bc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/bright-lions-suffer.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"lingo.dev": patch
+---
+
+fix(cli): preserve terminal scrollback buffer during run command
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/cli/utils/ui.ts b/packages/cli/src/cli/utils/ui.ts
index fdab3c0c0..772844bee 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/cli/utils/ui.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/cli/utils/ui.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import readline from "readline";
 import { colors } from "../constants";
 
 export async function renderClear() {
-  console.log("\x1Bc");
+  process.stdout.write("\x1b[2J\x1b[H");
 }
 
 export async function renderSpacer() {