diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d9e295e7079a896b79d07fc9c2ca36957c8193eb..356aa1509445f0fcb14771adeb03d3a2f94f54a5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     "core-js": "2.4.1",
     "cross-env": "4.0.0",
     "css-loader": "0.28.0",
-    "electron": "3.0.0",
+    "electron": "3.0.5",
     "electron-builder": "^20.27.1",
     "electron-builder-squirrel-windows": "^20.28.3",
     "electron-installer-snap": "^3.0.0",
diff --git a/terminus-terminal/src/frontends/htermFrontend.ts b/terminus-terminal/src/frontends/htermFrontend.ts
index 8bf371f77c66476097fabcace006da6886b28b05..85658ffae8422981bc01f6921362a990f1c8842d 100644
--- a/terminus-terminal/src/frontends/htermFrontend.ts
+++ b/terminus-terminal/src/frontends/htermFrontend.ts
@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@ export class HTermFrontend extends Frontend {
     }
 
     configure (config: any): void {
-        if (!this.term) {
-            return
-        }
         this.configuredFontSize = config.terminal.fontSize
         this.configuredLinePadding = config.terminal.linePadding
         this.setFontSize()
@@ -91,14 +88,8 @@ export class HTermFrontend extends Frontend {
 
         this.configuredBackgroundColor = preferenceManager.get('background-color')
 
-        if (config.terminal.colorScheme.colors) {
-            preferenceManager.set(
-                'color-palette-overrides',
-                Object.assign([], config.terminal.colorScheme.colors, this.term.colorPaletteOverrides)
-            )
-        }
-        if (config.terminal.colorScheme.cursor) {
-            preferenceManager.set('cursor-color', config.terminal.colorScheme.cursor)
+        if (!this.term) {
+            return
         }
 
         let css = require('../hterm.userCSS.scss')
@@ -119,6 +110,17 @@ export class HTermFrontend extends Frontend {
         }
         css += config.appearance.css
         this.term.setCSS(css)
+
+        if (config.terminal.colorScheme.colors) {
+            preferenceManager.set(
+                'color-palette-overrides',
+                Object.assign([], config.terminal.colorScheme.colors, this.term.colorPaletteOverrides)
+            )
+        }
+        if (config.terminal.colorScheme.cursor) {
+            preferenceManager.set('cursor-color', config.terminal.colorScheme.cursor)
+        }
+
         this.term.setBracketedPaste(config.terminal.bracketedPaste)
         this.term.defaultCursorShape = {
             block: hterm.hterm.Terminal.cursorShape.BLOCK,
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 0162959622363902fded393ae40abbe403b3453d..72e6d972061c2eb30aaa95e34a284f27956c7d53 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2166,10 +2166,10 @@ electron-to-chromium@^1.2.7:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/electron-to-chromium/-/electron-to-chromium-1.3.58.tgz#8267a4000014e93986d9d18c65a8b4022ca75188"
   integrity sha512-AGJxlBEn2wOohxqWZkISVsOjZueKTQljfEODTDSEiMqSpH0S+xzV+/5oEM9AGaqhu7DzrpKOgU7ocQRjj0nJmg==
 
-electron@3.0.0:
-  version "3.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/electron/-/electron-3.0.0.tgz#d41e671b1057aee12021c63a5db242075d6dc685"
-  integrity sha512-QN9X5vYa4kzJKniwhXlJwioX9qw2fDehdqxN/00KCLz/qnOz/IHLAHGikFjRwfEF2xnkmHxf61F8wn2LePPXXQ==
+electron@3.0.5:
+  version "3.0.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/electron/-/electron-3.0.5.tgz#5a6f105af3b6314636c7c27a25312602dd36eae6"
+  integrity sha512-rcHNbhSGfj80Av5p06LgIUxN8wQbrdx8yblikJamDezqxe0B11CJSEJuidz6TJoCRDZuWHt+P5xMAEhp92ZUcA==
   dependencies:
     "@types/node" "^8.0.24"
     electron-download "^4.1.0"