diff --git a/src/terminal/main.zig b/src/terminal/main.zig
index 3de1835d9..23b032daf 100644
--- a/src/terminal/main.zig
+++ b/src/terminal/main.zig
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const ansi = @import("ansi.zig");
 const csi = @import("csi.zig");
 const sgr = @import("sgr.zig");
 pub const apc = @import("apc.zig");
+pub const osc = @import("osc.zig");
 pub const point = @import("point.zig");
 pub const color = @import("color.zig");
 pub const kitty = @import("kitty.zig");
diff --git a/src/terminal/osc.zig b/src/terminal/osc.zig
index c49ef38a0..03d3baf99 100644
--- a/src/terminal/osc.zig
+++ b/src/terminal/osc.zig
@@ -95,17 +95,53 @@ pub const Command = union(enum) {
     /// OSC 10 and OSC 11 default color report.
     report_default_color: struct {
         /// OSC 10 requests the foreground color, OSC 11 the background color.
-        kind: enum { foreground, background },
+        kind: DefaultColorKind,
 
         /// We must reply with the same string terminator (ST) as used in the
         /// request.
-        string_terminator: ?enum {
-            /// The preferred string terminator is ESC followed by \
-            st,
-            /// Some applications and terminals use BELL (0x07) as the string terminator.
-            bel,
-        } = null,
+        terminator: Terminator = .st,
     },
+
+    pub const DefaultColorKind = enum {
+        foreground,
+        background,
+
+        pub fn code(self: DefaultColorKind) []const u8 {
+            return switch (self) {
+                .foreground => "10",
+                .background => "11",
+            };
+        }
+    };
+};
+
+/// The terminator used to end an OSC command. For OSC commands that demand
+/// a response, we try to match the terminator used in the request since that
+/// is most likely to be accepted by the calling program.
+pub const Terminator = enum {
+    /// The preferred string terminator is ESC followed by \
+    st,
+
+    /// Some applications and terminals use BELL (0x07) as the string terminator.
+    bel,
+
+    /// Initialize the terminator based on the last byte seen. If the
+    /// last byte is a BEL then we use BEL, otherwise we just assume ST.
+    pub fn init(ch: ?u8) Terminator {
+        return switch (ch orelse return .st) {
+            0x07 => .bel,
+            else => .st,
+        };
+    }
+
+    /// The terminator as a string. This is static memory so it doesn't
+    /// need to be freed.
+    pub fn string(self: Terminator) []const u8 {
+        return switch (self) {
+            .st => "\x1b\\",
+            .bel => "\x07",
+        };
+    }
 };
 
 pub const Parser = struct {
@@ -496,8 +532,10 @@ pub const Parser = struct {
     }
 
     /// End the sequence and return the command, if any. If the return value
-    /// is null, then no valid command was found.
-    pub fn end(self: *Parser, string_separator: ?u8) ?Command {
+    /// is null, then no valid command was found. The optional terminator_ch
+    /// is the final character in the OSC sequence. This is used to determine
+    /// the response terminator.
+    pub fn end(self: *Parser, terminator_ch: ?u8) ?Command {
         if (!self.complete) {
             log.warn("invalid OSC command: {s}", .{self.buf[0..self.buf_idx]});
             return null;
@@ -512,11 +550,10 @@ pub const Parser = struct {
         }
 
         switch (self.command) {
-            .report_default_color => |*c| {
-                c.string_terminator = if (string_separator == 0x07) .bel else .st;
-            },
+            .report_default_color => |*c| c.terminator = Terminator.init(terminator_ch),
             else => {},
         }
+
         return self.command;
     }
 };
@@ -763,7 +800,7 @@ test "OSC: report default foreground color" {
     const cmd = p.end('\x1b').?;
     try testing.expect(cmd == .report_default_color);
     try testing.expectEqual(cmd.report_default_color.kind, .foreground);
-    try testing.expectEqual(cmd.report_default_color.string_terminator, .st);
+    try testing.expectEqual(cmd.report_default_color.terminator, .st);
 }
 
 test "OSC: report default background color" {
@@ -778,5 +815,5 @@ test "OSC: report default background color" {
     const cmd = p.end('\x07').?;
     try testing.expect(cmd == .report_default_color);
     try testing.expectEqual(cmd.report_default_color.kind, .background);
-    try testing.expectEqual(cmd.report_default_color.string_terminator.?, .bel);
+    try testing.expectEqual(cmd.report_default_color.terminator, .bel);
 }
diff --git a/src/terminal/stream.zig b/src/terminal/stream.zig
index 79d02a8e8..824d08ffa 100644
--- a/src/terminal/stream.zig
+++ b/src/terminal/stream.zig
@@ -863,10 +863,7 @@ pub fn Stream(comptime Handler: type) type {
 
                 .report_default_color => |v| {
                     if (@hasDecl(T, "reportDefaultColor")) {
-                        try self.handler.reportDefaultColor(
-                            if (v.kind == .foreground) "10" else "11",
-                            if (v.string_terminator == .st) "\x1b\\" else "\x07",
-                        );
+                        try self.handler.reportDefaultColor(v.kind, v.terminator);
                     } else log.warn("unimplemented OSC callback: {}", .{cmd});
                 },
 
diff --git a/src/termio/Exec.zig b/src/termio/Exec.zig
index 453673761..8dec213d2 100644
--- a/src/termio/Exec.zig
+++ b/src/termio/Exec.zig
@@ -1804,29 +1804,45 @@ const StreamHandler = struct {
         }
     }
 
-    /// Implements OSC 10 and OSC 11, which reports default foreground and background color respectively.
-    pub fn reportDefaultColor(self: *StreamHandler, osc_code: []const u8, string_terminator: ?[]const u8) !void {
+    /// Implements OSC 10 and OSC 11, which reports default foreground and
+    /// background color respectively.
+    pub fn reportDefaultColor(
+        self: *StreamHandler,
+        kind: terminal.osc.Command.DefaultColorKind,
+        terminator: terminal.osc.Terminator,
+    ) !void {
         if (self.osc_color_report_format == .none) return;
+
+        const color = switch (kind) {
+            .foreground => self.default_foreground_color,
+            .background => self.default_background_color,
+        };
+
         var msg: termio.Message = .{ .write_small = .{} };
-        const color = if (std.mem.eql(u8, osc_code, "10")) self.default_foreground_color else self.default_background_color;
-        const resp = resp: {
-            if (self.osc_color_report_format == .bits16) {
-                break :resp try std.fmt.bufPrint(&msg.write_small.data, "\x1B]{s};rgb:{x:0>4}/{x:0>4}/{x:0>4}{s}", .{
-                    osc_code,
+        const resp = switch (self.osc_color_report_format) {
+            .bits16 => try std.fmt.bufPrint(
+                &msg.write_small.data,
+                "\x1B]{s};rgb:{x:0>4}/{x:0>4}/{x:0>4}{s}",
+                .{
+                    kind.code(),
                     @as(u16, color.r) * 257,
                     @as(u16, color.g) * 257,
                     @as(u16, color.b) * 257,
-                    if (string_terminator) |st| st else "\x1b\\",
-                });
-            } else {
-                break :resp try std.fmt.bufPrint(&msg.write_small.data, "\x1B]{s};rgb:{x:0>2}/{x:0>2}/{x:0>2}{s}", .{
-                    osc_code,
+                    terminator.string(),
+                },
+            ),
+
+            else => try std.fmt.bufPrint(
+                &msg.write_small.data,
+                "\x1B]{s};rgb:{x:0>2}/{x:0>2}/{x:0>2}{s}",
+                .{
+                    kind.code(),
                     @as(u16, color.r),
                     @as(u16, color.g),
                     @as(u16, color.b),
-                    if (string_terminator) |st| st else "\x1b\\",
-                });
-            }
+                    terminator.string(),
+                },
+            ),
         };
         msg.write_small.len = @intCast(resp.len);
         self.messageWriter(msg);