diff --git a/src/terminal/Parser.zig b/src/terminal/Parser.zig
index e8592dd23..2b3d72e6f 100644
--- a/src/terminal/Parser.zig
+++ b/src/terminal/Parser.zig
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ const log = std.log.scoped(.parser);
 
 /// States for the state machine
 pub const State = enum {
-    anywhere,
     ground,
     escape,
     escape_intermediate,
@@ -225,14 +224,7 @@ pub fn next(self: *Parser, c: u8) [3]?Action {
         return .{ self.next_utf8(c), null, null };
     }
 
-    const effect = effect: {
-        // First look up the transition in the anywhere table.
-        const anywhere = table[c][@enumToInt(State.anywhere)];
-        if (anywhere.state != .anywhere) break :effect anywhere;
-
-        // If we don't have any transition from anywhere, use our state.
-        break :effect table[c][@enumToInt(self.state)];
-    };
+    const effect = table[c][@enumToInt(self.state)];
 
     // log.info("next: {x}", .{c});
 
@@ -242,16 +234,6 @@ pub fn next(self: *Parser, c: u8) [3]?Action {
     // After generating the actions, we set our next state.
     defer self.state = next_state;
 
-    // In debug mode, we log bad state transitions.
-    if (builtin.mode == .Debug) {
-        if (next_state == .anywhere) {
-            log.debug(
-                "state transition to 'anywhere' from '{}', likely binary input: {x}",
-                .{ self.state, c },
-            );
-        }
-    }
-
     // When going from one state to another, the actions take place in this order:
     //
     // 1. exit action from old state
diff --git a/src/terminal/parse_table.zig b/src/terminal/parse_table.zig
index 49e17332f..1219bc276 100644
--- a/src/terminal/parse_table.zig
+++ b/src/terminal/parse_table.zig
@@ -51,19 +51,46 @@ fn genTable() Table {
     while (i < result.len) : (i += 1) {
         var j: usize = 0;
         while (j < result[0].len) : (j += 1) {
-            result[i][j] = transition(.anywhere, .none);
+            result[i][j] = transition(@intToEnum(State, j), .none);
         }
     }
 
+    // anywhere transitions
+    const stateInfo = @typeInfo(State);
+    inline for (stateInfo.Enum.fields) |field| {
+        const source = @intToEnum(State, field.value);
+
+        // anywhere => ground
+        single(&result, 0x18, source, .ground, .execute);
+        single(&result, 0x1A, source, .ground, .execute);
+        range(&result, 0x80, 0x8F, source, .ground, .execute);
+        range(&result, 0x91, 0x97, source, .ground, .execute);
+        single(&result, 0x99, source, .ground, .execute);
+        single(&result, 0x9A, source, .ground, .execute);
+        single(&result, 0x9C, source, .ground, .none);
+
+        // anywhere => escape
+        single(&result, 0x1B, source, .escape, .none);
+
+        // anywhere => sos_pm_apc_string
+        single(&result, 0x98, source, .sos_pm_apc_string, .none);
+        single(&result, 0x9E, source, .sos_pm_apc_string, .none);
+        single(&result, 0x9F, source, .sos_pm_apc_string, .none);
+
+        // anywhere => csi_entry
+        single(&result, 0x9B, source, .csi_entry, .none);
+
+        // anywhere => dcs_entry
+        single(&result, 0x90, source, .dcs_entry, .none);
+
+        // anywhere => osc_string
+        single(&result, 0x9D, source, .osc_string, .none);
+    }
+
     // ground
     {
         const source = State.ground;
 
-        // anywhere =>
-        single(&result, 0x18, .anywhere, .ground, .execute);
-        single(&result, 0x1A, .anywhere, .ground, .execute);
-        single(&result, 0x9C, .anywhere, .ground, .none);
-
         // events
         single(&result, 0x19, .ground, .ground, .execute);
         range(&result, 0, 0x17, .ground, .ground, .execute);
@@ -94,11 +121,6 @@ fn genTable() Table {
     {
         const source = State.sos_pm_apc_string;
 
-        // anywhere =>
-        single(&result, 0x98, .anywhere, source, .none);
-        single(&result, 0x9E, .anywhere, source, .none);
-        single(&result, 0x9F, .anywhere, source, .none);
-
         // events
         single(&result, 0x19, source, source, .ignore);
         range(&result, 0, 0x17, source, source, .ignore);
@@ -113,9 +135,6 @@ fn genTable() Table {
     {
         const source = State.escape;
 
-        // anywhere =>
-        single(&result, 0x1B, .anywhere, source, .none);
-
         // events
         single(&result, 0x19, source, source, .execute);
         range(&result, 0, 0x17, source, source, .execute);
@@ -152,9 +171,6 @@ fn genTable() Table {
     {
         const source = State.dcs_entry;
 
-        // anywhere =>
-        single(&result, 0x90, .anywhere, source, .ignore);
-
         // events
         single(&result, 0x19, source, source, .ignore);
         range(&result, 0, 0x17, source, source, .ignore);
@@ -305,9 +321,6 @@ fn genTable() Table {
     {
         const source = State.csi_entry;
 
-        // anywhere =>
-        single(&result, 0x9B, .anywhere, source, .none);
-
         // events
         single(&result, 0x19, source, source, .execute);
         range(&result, 0, 0x17, source, source, .execute);
@@ -333,9 +346,6 @@ fn genTable() Table {
     {
         const source = State.osc_string;
 
-        // anywhere =>
-        single(&result, 0x9D, .anywhere, source, .none);
-
         // events
         single(&result, 0x19, source, source, .ignore);
         range(&result, 0, 0x06, source, source, .ignore);
@@ -352,18 +362,6 @@ fn genTable() Table {
 }
 
 fn single(t: *Table, c: u8, s0: State, s1: State, a: Action) void {
-    // In debug mode, we want to verify that every state is marked
-    // exactly once.
-    if (builtin.mode == .Debug) {
-        const existing = t[c][@enumToInt(s0)];
-        if (existing.state != .anywhere) {
-            std.debug.print("transition set multiple times c={} s0={} existing={}", .{
-                c, s0, existing,
-            });
-            unreachable;
-        }
-    }
-
     t[c][@enumToInt(s0)] = transition(s1, a);
 }