diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index e8dfca09..a7ee2458 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ build() {
     ninja
 
     tmp_file=$(mktemp)
-    ./foot --config /dev/null --term=xterm -- sh -c "../scripts/generate-alt-random-writes.py --scroll --scroll-region --colors-regular --colors-bright --colors-rgb ${tmp_file} && cat ${tmp_file}"
+    ./foot --config /dev/null --term=xterm -- sh -c "../scripts/generate-alt-random-writes.py --scroll --scroll-region --colors-regular --colors-bright --colors-256 --colors-rgb ${tmp_file} && cat ${tmp_file}"
     rm "${tmp_file}"
 
     meson configure -Db_pgo=use