diff --git a/src/helpers.c b/src/helpers.c
index 52ab145c..2b5fc14d 100644
--- a/src/helpers.c
+++ b/src/helpers.c
@@ -110,6 +110,13 @@ void print(int action, const char *fmt, ...)
 	if (log_is_silent())
 		return;
 
+	/*
+	 * In debug mode we must reinitialize often, user may be
+	 * resizing their terminal to cope with debug output.
+	 */
+	if (log_is_debug())
+		screen_init();
+
 	if (fmt) {
 		va_start(ap, fmt);
 		printv(fmt, ap);
diff --git a/src/log.c b/src/log.c
index d0f8e8f2..6402dd62 100644
--- a/src/log.c
+++ b/src/log.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
 #include "finit.h"
 #include "log.h"
+#include "util.h"
 
 static int up       = 0;
 static int debug    = 0;
@@ -65,6 +66,9 @@ void log_exit(void)
 		sched_yield();
 		fputs("\n", stderr);
 	}
+
+	/* Reinitialize screen, terminal may have been resized at runtime */
+	screen_init();
 }
 
 void log_open(void)