diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/terminal/common/terminal.ts b/src/vs/workbench/parts/terminal/common/terminal.ts
index 48619cd6b408a7fe7cad80666282bd677bf5c897..afde23ca8f76eecfce58ddc0add03cd477225642 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/terminal/common/terminal.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/terminal/common/terminal.ts
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ export interface ITerminalProcessManager extends IDisposable {
 	initialCwd: string;
 
 	addDisposable(disposable: IDisposable);
-	createProcess(shellLaunchConfig: IShellLaunchConfig);
+	createProcess(shellLaunchConfig: IShellLaunchConfig, cols: number, rows: number);
 	write(data: string): void;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/terminal/electron-browser/terminalInstance.ts b/src/vs/workbench/parts/terminal/electron-browser/terminalInstance.ts
index b5c95e73bdec57aa40382f47c8ab8219f3df46c9..67775328ac067c229ae2d6e4bf99fcf305e20290 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/terminal/electron-browser/terminalInstance.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/terminal/electron-browser/terminalInstance.ts
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ export class TerminalInstance implements ITerminalInstance {
 		}
 	}
 
-	get selection(): string | undefined {
+	public get selection(): string | undefined {
 		return this.hasSelection() ? this._xterm.getSelection() : undefined;
 	}
 
@@ -591,9 +591,9 @@ export class TerminalInstance implements ITerminalInstance {
 
 	protected _createProcess(): void {
 		// TODO: This should be injected in to the terminal instance (from service?)
-		this._processManager = this._instantiationService.createInstance(TerminalProcessManager, this._configHelper, this._cols, this._rows);
+		this._processManager = this._instantiationService.createInstance(TerminalProcessManager, this._configHelper);
 		this._processManager.onShellProcessIdReady(() => this._onProcessIdReady.fire(this));
-		this._processManager.createProcess(this._shellLaunchConfig);
+		this._processManager.createProcess(this._shellLaunchConfig, this._cols, this._rows);
 
 		if (this._shellLaunchConfig.name) {
 			this.setTitle(this._shellLaunchConfig.name, false);
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/terminal/electron-browser/terminalProcessManager.ts b/src/vs/workbench/parts/terminal/electron-browser/terminalProcessManager.ts
index 670789b4de3050f0f199bff610f4f086f7684c65..f721fa85efb03166f303880ee54734accc21a0e8 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/terminal/electron-browser/terminalProcessManager.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/terminal/electron-browser/terminalProcessManager.ts
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ export class TerminalProcessManager implements ITerminalProcessManager {
 
 	constructor(
 		private _configHelper: ITerminalConfigHelper,
-		private _cols: number,
-		private _rows: number,
 		@IWorkspaceContextService private readonly _workspaceContextService: IWorkspaceContextService,
 		@IHistoryService private readonly _historyService: IHistoryService,
 		@IConfigurationResolverService private readonly _configurationResolverService: IConfigurationResolverService,
@@ -63,7 +61,11 @@ export class TerminalProcessManager implements ITerminalProcessManager {
 		this._disposables.push(disposable);
 	}
 
-	public createProcess(shellLaunchConfig: IShellLaunchConfig): void {
+	public createProcess(
+		shellLaunchConfig: IShellLaunchConfig,
+		cols: number,
+		rows: number
+	): void {
 		this.ptyProcessReady = new TPromise<void>(c => {
 			this.onShellProcessIdReady(() => {
 				this._logService.debug(`Terminal process ready (shellProcessId: ${this.shellProcessId})`);
@@ -92,7 +94,7 @@ export class TerminalProcessManager implements ITerminalProcessManager {
 
 		// Continue env initialization, merging in the env from the launch
 		// config and adding keys that are needed to create the process
-		const env = TerminalProcessManager.createTerminalEnv(parentEnv, shellLaunchConfig, this.initialCwd, locale, this._cols, this._rows);
+		const env = TerminalProcessManager.createTerminalEnv(parentEnv, shellLaunchConfig, this.initialCwd, locale, cols, rows);
 		const cwd = Uri.parse(path.dirname(require.toUrl('../node/terminalProcess'))).fsPath;
 		const options = { env, cwd };
 		this._logService.debug(`Terminal process launching`, options);