diff --git a/src/terminfo/ghostty.zig b/src/terminfo/ghostty.zig
index 314870d1f..ff187ad3c 100644
--- a/src/terminfo/ghostty.zig
+++ b/src/terminfo/ghostty.zig
@@ -4,14 +4,20 @@ const Source = @import("Source.zig");
 /// Ghostty's terminfo entry.
 pub const ghostty: Source = .{
     .names = &.{
-        // The preferred name
-        "ghostty",
-
         // We support the "xterm-" prefix because some poorly behaved programs
         // use this to detect if the terminal supports 256 colors and other
         // features.
+        // HACK: This is a hack on a hack...we use "xterm-ghostty" to prevent
+        // vim from breaking, and when we do this as the default we break
+        // tcell-based applications (lazygit, aerc, etc). tcell has a bug where
+        // the primary terminfo name must be the value of TERM.
+        // https://github.com/gdamore/tcell/pull/639 fixes the issue but is not
+        // merged yet. Consider switching these in the future.
         "xterm-ghostty",
 
+        // The preferred name
+        "ghostty",
+
         // Our "formal" name
         "Ghostty",
     },