diff --git a/src/apps/terminal/TermView.h b/src/apps/terminal/TermView.h
index a6a4d0e89f..698bbd42b8 100644
--- a/src/apps/terminal/TermView.h
+++ b/src/apps/terminal/TermView.h
@@ -30,8 +30,9 @@ class TermBuffer;
 
 class TermView : public BView {
 public:
-	TermView(BRect frame, int32 argc, const char **argv, int32 historySize = 1000);
-	TermView(int rows, int columns, int32 argc, const char **argv, int32 historySize = 1000);
+	TermView(BRect frame, int32 argc, const char **argv, int32 historySize);
+	TermView(int rows, int columns, int32 argc, const char **argv,
+		int32 historySize);
 	TermView(BMessage *archive);	
 	~TermView();
 
diff --git a/src/apps/terminal/TermWindow.cpp b/src/apps/terminal/TermWindow.cpp
index 65de38b6c1..2ba74f2d9f 100644
--- a/src/apps/terminal/TermWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/terminal/TermWindow.cpp
@@ -687,10 +687,11 @@ TermWindow::_AddTab(Arguments *args)
 		// Note: I don't pass the Arguments class directly to the termview,
 		// only to avoid adding it as a dependency: in other words, to keep
 		// the TermView class as agnostic as possible about the surrounding world.
-		CustomTermView *view = 
-			new CustomTermView(PrefHandler::Default()->getInt32(PREF_ROWS),
-							PrefHandler::Default()->getInt32(PREF_COLS),
-							argc, (const char **)argv);
+		CustomTermView *view = new CustomTermView(
+			PrefHandler::Default()->getInt32(PREF_ROWS),
+			PrefHandler::Default()->getInt32(PREF_COLS),
+			argc, (const char **)argv,
+			PrefHandler::Default()->getInt32(PREF_HISTORY_SIZE));
 
 		TermViewContainerView *containerView = new TermViewContainerView(view);
 		BScrollView *scrollView = new TermScrollView("scrollView",