diff --git a/contrib/win32/win32compat/misc.c b/contrib/win32/win32compat/misc.c
index 111ee3845..5b764668d 100644
--- a/contrib/win32/win32compat/misc.c
+++ b/contrib/win32/win32compat/misc.c
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ sanitized_path(const char *path)
 	if (path[0] == '/' && path[1]) {
 		if (path[2] == ':') {
 			if (path[3] == '\0') { /* make "/x:" as "x:\\" */
-				if((r = strncpy_s(newPath, sizeof(PATH_MAX), path + 1, strlen(path) - 1)) != 0 ) {
+				if((r = strncpy_s(newPath, sizeof(newPath), path + 1, strlen(path) - 1)) != 0 ) {
 					debug3("memcpy_s failed with error: %d.", r);
 					return NULL;
 				}
diff --git a/contrib/win32/win32compat/wmain_common.c b/contrib/win32/win32compat/wmain_common.c
index cff7bc67a..73623331d 100644
--- a/contrib/win32/win32compat/wmain_common.c
+++ b/contrib/win32/win32compat/wmain_common.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ wmain(int argc, wchar_t **wargv) {
 		_putenv("SSH_AUTH_SOCK=\\\\.\\pipe\\openssh-ssh-agent");
 
 	if (getenv("TERM") == NULL)
-		_putenv("TERM=xterm");
+		_putenv("TERM=xterm-256color");
 
 	w32posix_initialize();