diff --git a/src/libvterm/src/screen.c b/src/libvterm/src/screen.c
index 069306a..fb1d26e 100644
--- a/src/libvterm/src/screen.c
+++ b/src/libvterm/src/screen.c
@@ -661,9 +661,15 @@
   }
 
   /* We really expect the cursor position to be set by now */
+  /* Unfortunately we do get here when "new_rows" is one.  We don't want
+   * to crash, so until the above code is fixed let's just set the cursor. */
   if(active && (new_cursor.row == -1 || new_cursor.col == -1)) {
-    fprintf(stderr, "screen_resize failed to update cursor position\n");
-    abort();
+    /* fprintf(stderr, "screen_resize failed to update cursor position\n");
+     * abort(); */
+    if (new_cursor.row < 0)
+      new_cursor.row = 0;
+    if (new_cursor.col < 0)
+      new_cursor.col = 0;
   }
 
   if(old_row >= 0 && bufidx == BUFIDX_PRIMARY) {
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index ad9e52b..48d9250 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -696,6 +696,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    1049,
+/**/
     1048,
 /**/
     1047,