diff --git a/src/terminal/Parser.zig b/src/terminal/Parser.zig
index 500306201..154dfee22 100644
--- a/src/terminal/Parser.zig
+++ b/src/terminal/Parser.zig
@@ -218,6 +218,10 @@ pub fn init() Parser {
     return .{};
 }
 
+pub fn deinit(self: *Parser) void {
+    self.osc_parser.deinit();
+}
+
 /// Next consumes the next character c and returns the actions to execute.
 /// Up to 3 actions may need to be executed -- in order -- representing
 /// the state exit, transition, and entry actions.
diff --git a/src/terminal/stream.zig b/src/terminal/stream.zig
index d3bc372a1..d3ab59e37 100644
--- a/src/terminal/stream.zig
+++ b/src/terminal/stream.zig
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ pub fn Stream(comptime Handler: type) type {
         handler: Handler,
         parser: Parser = .{},
 
+        pub fn deinit(self: *Self) void {
+            self.parser.deinit();
+        }
+
         /// Process a string of characters.
         pub fn nextSlice(self: *Self, c: []const u8) !void {
             const tracy = trace(@src());
diff --git a/src/termio/Exec.zig b/src/termio/Exec.zig
index c25b70031..69bbb65eb 100644
--- a/src/termio/Exec.zig
+++ b/src/termio/Exec.zig
@@ -229,6 +229,14 @@ pub fn threadEnter(self: *Exec, thread: *termio.Thread) !ThreadData {
                 .default_background_color = self.default_background_color,
                 .osc_color_report_format = self.osc_color_report_format,
             },
+
+            .parser = .{
+                .osc_parser = .{
+                    // Populate the OSC parser allocator (optional) because
+                    // we want to support large OSC payloads such as OSC 52.
+                    .alloc = self.alloc,
+                },
+            },
         },
     };
     errdefer ev_data_ptr.deinit(self.alloc);
@@ -565,6 +573,7 @@ const EventData = struct {
 
         // Clear any StreamHandler state
         self.terminal_stream.handler.deinit();
+        self.terminal_stream.deinit();
     }
 
     /// This queues a render operation with the renderer thread. The render