diff --git a/demos/colors/source/colors.d b/demos/colors/source/colors.d
index db0c2e4..094c12e 100644
--- a/demos/colors/source/colors.d
+++ b/demos/colors/source/colors.d
@@ -127,6 +127,11 @@ void main()
 
     auto s = newScreen();
     assert(s !is null);
+    scope (exit)
+    {
+        s.stop();
+    }
+
     ColorBoxes cb = new ColorBoxes();
 
     auto now = MonoTime.currTime();
diff --git a/demos/hello/source/hello.d b/demos/hello/source/hello.d
index d4e3424..a0209f7 100644
--- a/demos/hello/source/hello.d
+++ b/demos/hello/source/hello.d
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ void main()
 
     auto ts = newScreen();
     assert(ts !is null);
+    scope (exit)
+    {
+        ts.stop();
+    }
 
     ts.start();
     displayHelloWorld(ts);
diff --git a/demos/mouse/source/mouse.d b/demos/mouse/source/mouse.d
index dcf6004..3aa2378 100644
--- a/demos/mouse/source/mouse.d
+++ b/demos/mouse/source/mouse.d
@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ void main()
 
     auto s = newScreen();
     assert(s !is null);
+    scope (exit)
+    {
+        s.stop();
+    }
 
     dstring posFmt = "Mouse: %d, %d";
     dstring btnFmt = "Buttons: %s";
@@ -108,6 +112,7 @@ void main()
     s.showCursor(Cursor.hidden);
     s.enableMouse(MouseEnable.all);
     s.enablePaste(true);
+    s.setTitle("Dcell Event Demo");
     Style white;
     white.fg = Color.midnightBlue;
     white.bg = Color.lightCoral;
diff --git a/source/dcell/screen.d b/source/dcell/screen.d
index 5666ae4..333e3ac 100644
--- a/source/dcell/screen.d
+++ b/source/dcell/screen.d
@@ -147,6 +147,15 @@ interface Screen
      */
     void enableAlternateScreen(bool on);
 
+    /**
+     * Set the title of the window. This only works for emulators running
+     * in a windowing environment, and is not universally supported.
+     * Setting an empty string as the title may let the emulator set
+     * a specific default, but it may also leave it empty - it depends
+     * on the specific terminal implementation.
+     */
+    void setTitle(string);
+
     /**
      * If the terminal supports color, this returns the
      * the number of colors.
diff --git a/source/dcell/ttyscreen.d b/source/dcell/ttyscreen.d
index 6280595..f012993 100644
--- a/source/dcell/ttyscreen.d
+++ b/source/dcell/ttyscreen.d
@@ -99,8 +99,12 @@ class TtyScreen : Screen
         string enterURL = "\x1b]8;;%s\x1b\\";
         string exitURL = "\x1b]8;;\x1b\\";
         string setWindowSize = "\x1b[8;%d;%dt";
+        // Some terminals do not support the title stack, but do support
+        // changing the title.  For those we set the title back to the
+        // empty string (which they take to mean unset) as a reasonable
+        // fallback. Shell programs generally change this as needed anyway.
         string saveTitle = "\x1b[22;2t";
-        string restoreTitle = "\x1b[23;2t";
+        string restoreTitle = "\x1b]2;\x1b\\" ~ "\x1b[23;2t";
         string setTitle = "\x1b[>2t\x1b]2;%s\x1b\\";
         // three advanced keyboard protocols:
         // - xterm modifyOtherKeys (uses CSI 27 ~ )
@@ -233,14 +237,14 @@ class TtyScreen : Screen
 
         if (legacy)
         {
-            vt.enterURL = "";
-            vt.exitURL = "";
-            vt.setWindowSize = "";
-            vt.setTitle = "";
-            vt.restoreTitle = "";
-            vt.saveTitle = "";
-            vt.enableCsiU = "";
-            vt.disableCsiU = "";
+            vt.enterURL = null;
+            vt.exitURL = null;
+            vt.setWindowSize = null;
+            vt.setTitle = null;
+            vt.restoreTitle = null;
+            vt.saveTitle = null;
+            vt.enableCsiU = null;
+            vt.disableCsiU = null;
         }
     }
 
@@ -257,18 +261,22 @@ class TtyScreen : Screen
         parser = new Parser(); // if we are restarting, this discards the old one
         ti.save();
         ti.raw();
-        puts(vt.hideCursor);
-        puts(vt.disableAutoMargin);
-        puts(vt.enableCsiU);
         if (altScrEn)
         {
             puts(vt.enterCA);
         }
+        puts(vt.hideCursor);
+        puts(vt.disableAutoMargin);
+        puts(vt.enableCsiU);
         puts(vt.saveTitle);
         puts(vt.enterKeypad);
         puts(vt.enableFocus);
         puts(vt.enableAltChars);
         puts(vt.clear);
+        if (title && !vt.setTitle.empty)
+        {
+            puts(format(vt.setTitle, title));
+        }
 
         resize();
         draw();
@@ -287,6 +295,7 @@ class TtyScreen : Screen
         puts(vt.cursorReset);
         puts(vt.showCursor);
         puts(vt.cursorReset);
+        puts(vt.restoreTitle);
         if (altScrEn)
         {
             puts(vt.clear);
@@ -428,6 +437,16 @@ class TtyScreen : Screen
         }
     }
 
+    void setTitle(string title)
+    {
+        this.title = title;
+        if (started && !vt.setTitle.empty)
+        {
+            puts(format(vt.setTitle, title));
+            flush();
+        }
+    }
+
     Event waitEvent(Duration dur = msecs(100))
     {
         // naive polling loop for now.
@@ -510,6 +529,7 @@ private:
     Vt vt;
     Event[] events;
     Parser parser;
+    string title;
 
     void puts(string s)
     {
@@ -620,7 +640,7 @@ private:
     {
         if (pos != pos_)
         {
-            puts(format!(Vt.setCursorPosition)(pos.y + 1, pos.x + 1));
+            puts(format!(vt.setCursorPosition)(pos.y + 1, pos.x + 1));
             pos_ = pos;
         }
     }
@@ -705,7 +725,7 @@ private:
         }
         if (c.style.url != style_.url)
         {
-            if (c.style.url != "")
+            if (c.style.url != "" && vt.enterURL !is null)
             {
                 puts(format(vt.enterURL, c.style.url));
             }