diff --git a/src/terminal/color-scheme.c b/src/terminal/color-scheme.c
index f430019..7c8673a 100644
--- a/src/terminal/color-scheme.c
+++ b/src/terminal/color-scheme.c
@@ -196,6 +196,23 @@
         guac_terminal_color* background,
         guac_terminal_color (*palette)[256]) {
 
+    /* Special cases. */
+    if (color_scheme == NULL || color_scheme[0] == '\0') {
+        /* guac_terminal_parse_color_scheme defaults to gray-black */
+    }
+    else if (strcmp(color_scheme, GUAC_TERMINAL_SCHEME_GRAY_BLACK) == 0) {
+        color_scheme = "foreground:color7;background:color0";
+    }
+    else if (strcmp(color_scheme, GUAC_TERMINAL_SCHEME_BLACK_WHITE) == 0) {
+        color_scheme = "foreground:color0;background:color15";
+    }
+    else if (strcmp(color_scheme, GUAC_TERMINAL_SCHEME_GREEN_BLACK) == 0) {
+        color_scheme = "foreground:color2;background:color0";
+    }
+    else if (strcmp(color_scheme, GUAC_TERMINAL_SCHEME_WHITE_BLACK) == 0) {
+        color_scheme = "foreground:color15;background:color0";
+    }
+
     /* Set default gray-black color scheme and initial palette. */
     *foreground = GUAC_TERMINAL_INITIAL_PALETTE[GUAC_TERMINAL_COLOR_GRAY];
     *background = GUAC_TERMINAL_INITIAL_PALETTE[GUAC_TERMINAL_COLOR_BLACK];
diff --git a/src/terminal/terminal.c b/src/terminal/terminal.c
index cf70f92..e502586 100644
--- a/src/terminal/terminal.c
+++ b/src/terminal/terminal.c
@@ -327,23 +327,6 @@
     guac_terminal_color (*default_palette)[256] = (guac_terminal_color(*)[256])
             malloc(sizeof(guac_terminal_color[256]));
 
-    /* Special cases. */
-    if (color_scheme == NULL || color_scheme[0] == '\0') {
-        /* guac_terminal_parse_color_scheme defaults to gray-black */
-    }
-    else if (strcmp(color_scheme, GUAC_TERMINAL_SCHEME_GRAY_BLACK) == 0) {
-        color_scheme = "foreground:color7;background:color0";
-    }
-    else if (strcmp(color_scheme, GUAC_TERMINAL_SCHEME_BLACK_WHITE) == 0) {
-        color_scheme = "foreground:color0;background:color15";
-    }
-    else if (strcmp(color_scheme, GUAC_TERMINAL_SCHEME_GREEN_BLACK) == 0) {
-        color_scheme = "foreground:color2;background:color0";
-    }
-    else if (strcmp(color_scheme, GUAC_TERMINAL_SCHEME_WHITE_BLACK) == 0) {
-        color_scheme = "foreground:color15;background:color0";
-    }
-
     guac_terminal_parse_color_scheme(client, color_scheme,
                                      &default_char.attributes.foreground,
                                      &default_char.attributes.background,