diff --git a/picowatch_d/picowatch.py b/picowatch_d/picowatch.py
index fb76478..4f10a2c 100644
--- a/picowatch_d/picowatch.py
+++ b/picowatch_d/picowatch.py
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ class Pyboard(object):
     def __exit__(self, a, b, c):
         self.send_ctrl_b()
 
-    def __terminal(self, command: str, stream_output: bool = False, show_status: bool = True) -> Optional[str]:
+    def __terminal(self, command: str, stream_output: bool = False) -> Optional[str]:
         command = textwrap.dedent(command)
         # send input
         if not isinstance(command, bytes):
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ class Pyboard(object):
             raise Exception('Terminal: could not execute command')
 
         # catch output
-        data = self.read_until(b'\x04', stream_output=stream_output, show_status=show_status)
+        data = self.read_until(b'\x04', stream_output=stream_output, show_status=not stream_output)
 
         if not data:
             raise Exception('Terminal: timeout waiting for first EOF reception')
@@ -501,10 +501,10 @@ class FileSystem(object):
         except Exception as e:
             print(str(e))
 
-    def terminal(self, command: str, stream_output: bool = False, show_status: bool = True) -> str:
+    def terminal(self, command: str, stream_output: bool = False) -> str:
         with self._pyboard as terminal:
             try:
-                return terminal(command, stream_output=stream_output, show_status=show_status)
+                return terminal(command, stream_output=stream_output)
             except Exception as e:
                 raise e
 
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ class Picowatch(object):
             filename = './' + filename
 
         with open(filename, 'r') as fh:
-            self._fs.terminal(fh.read(), stream_output=True, show_status=False)
+            self._fs.terminal(fh.read(), stream_output=True)