diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7753da42..26a15465 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 * Do not auto-resize a sixel image for which the cllent has specified
   a size. This fixes an issue where an image would incorrectly
   overflow into the cell row beneath.
+* Window title always being set to "foot" on reset.
 
 
 ### Security
diff --git a/terminal.c b/terminal.c
index cbd9d51b..dd0c8c81 100644
--- a/terminal.c
+++ b/terminal.c
@@ -1301,8 +1301,7 @@ term_reset(struct terminal *term, bool hard)
     term->charsets.set[3] = CHARSET_ASCII;
     term->saved_charsets = term->charsets;
     tll_free_and_free(term->window_title_stack, free);
-    free(term->window_title);
-    term->window_title = strdup("foot");
+    term_set_window_title(term, term->conf->title);
 
     term->scroll_region.start = 0;
     term->scroll_region.end = term->rows;