diff --git a/dgamelaunch.c b/dgamelaunch.c
index 174b5df..f551f92 100644
--- a/dgamelaunch.c
+++ b/dgamelaunch.c
@@ -2277,7 +2277,6 @@ runmenuloop(struct dg_menu *menu)
     ban.lines = NULL;
     ban.len = 0;
 
-    idle_alarm_set_enabled(1);
     loadbanner(menu->banner_fn, &ban);
     while (1) {
 	if (doclear) {
@@ -2545,11 +2544,15 @@ main (int argc, char** argv)
   initcurses ();
   term_resize_check();
 
+  idle_alarm_set_enabled(1);
+
   while (1) {
       if (runmenuloop(dgl_find_menu(loggedin ? "mainmenu_user" : "mainmenu_anon")))
 	  break;
   }
 
+  idle_alarm_set_enabled(0);
+
   /* NOW we can safely kill this */
   freefile ();
 
diff --git a/dgl-common.c b/dgl-common.c
index 4e3bd3f..d004f4a 100644
--- a/dgl-common.c
+++ b/dgl-common.c
@@ -273,14 +273,13 @@ dgl_exec_cmdqueue(struct dg_cmdpart *queue, int game, struct dg_user *me)
 		    debug_write("exec-command fork failed");
 		    graceful_exit(114);
 		} else if (child == 0) {
-		    signals_block();
 		    execvp(p1, myargv);
-		    signals_release();
 		    exit(0);
 		} else
 		    waitpid(child, NULL, 0);
 		idle_alarm_set_enabled(1);
 		initcurses();
+		clear();
 		refresh();
 		check_retard(1);
 	    }
@@ -380,6 +379,8 @@ dgl_exec_cmdqueue(struct dg_cmdpart *queue, int game, struct dg_user *me)
 
 			    setproctitle ("%s", me->username);
 			    initcurses ();
+			    clear();
+			    refresh();
 			    check_retard(1); /* reset retard counter */
 			}
 			break;
diff --git a/ttyrec.c b/ttyrec.c
index 225b4f6..2056c85 100644
--- a/ttyrec.c
+++ b/ttyrec.c
@@ -239,16 +239,16 @@ finish (int sig)
 
   if (die)
   {
-      if (wait_for_menu && input_child)
+      if (input_child)
       {
 	  // Need to kill the child that's writing input to pty.
 	  kill(input_child, SIGTERM);
 	  while ((pid = wait3(&status, WNOHANG, 0)) > 0);
-	  wait_for_menu = 0;
       }
       else
 	  done ();
   }
+  wait_for_menu = 0;
 }
 
 void
@@ -408,4 +408,5 @@ remove_ipfile (void)
 	free(ipfile);
 	ipfile = NULL;
     }
+    signal(SIGALRM, SIG_IGN);
 }