diff --git a/src/browser/Types.d.ts b/src/browser/Types.d.ts
index c91673164..3f3a76376 100644
--- a/src/browser/Types.d.ts
+++ b/src/browser/Types.d.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,15 @@ export interface IColorSet {
   ansi: IColor[];
 }
 
+export interface IPartialColorSet {
+  foreground: IColor;
+  background: IColor;
+  cursor?: IColor;
+  cursorAccent?: IColor;
+  selection?: IColor;
+  ansi: IColor[];
+}
+
 export interface IViewport extends IDisposable {
   scrollBarWidth: number;
   syncScrollArea(): void;
diff --git a/src/renderer/atlas/CharAtlasUtils.ts b/src/browser/renderer/atlas/CharAtlasUtils.ts
similarity index 73%
rename from src/renderer/atlas/CharAtlasUtils.ts
rename to src/browser/renderer/atlas/CharAtlasUtils.ts
index da067f520..346b35f8e 100644
--- a/src/renderer/atlas/CharAtlasUtils.ts
+++ b/src/browser/renderer/atlas/CharAtlasUtils.ts
@@ -3,19 +3,19 @@
  * @license MIT
  */
 
-import { ITerminal } from '../../Types';
 import { ICharAtlasConfig } from 'browser/renderer/atlas/Types';
 import { DEFAULT_COLOR } from 'common/buffer/Constants';
-import { IColorSet } from 'browser/Types';
+import { IColorSet, IPartialColorSet } from 'browser/Types';
+import { ITerminalOptions } from 'common/services/Services';
 
-export function generateConfig(scaledCharWidth: number, scaledCharHeight: number, terminal: ITerminal, colors: IColorSet): ICharAtlasConfig {
+export function generateConfig(scaledCharWidth: number, scaledCharHeight: number, options: ITerminalOptions, colors: IColorSet): ICharAtlasConfig {
   // null out some fields that don't matter
-  const clonedColors = <IColorSet>{
+  const clonedColors = <IPartialColorSet>{
     foreground: colors.foreground,
     background: colors.background,
-    cursor: null,
-    cursorAccent: null,
-    selection: null,
+    cursor: undefined,
+    cursorAccent: undefined,
+    selection: undefined,
     // For the static char atlas, we only use the first 16 colors, but we need all 256 for the
     // dynamic character atlas.
     ansi: colors.ansi.slice(0, 16)
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ export function generateConfig(scaledCharWidth: number, scaledCharHeight: number
     devicePixelRatio: window.devicePixelRatio,
     scaledCharWidth,
     scaledCharHeight,
-    fontFamily: terminal.options.fontFamily,
-    fontSize: terminal.options.fontSize,
-    fontWeight: terminal.options.fontWeight,
-    fontWeightBold: terminal.options.fontWeightBold,
-    allowTransparency: terminal.options.allowTransparency,
+    fontFamily: options.fontFamily,
+    fontSize: options.fontSize,
+    fontWeight: options.fontWeight,
+    fontWeightBold: options.fontWeightBold,
+    allowTransparency: options.allowTransparency,
     colors: clonedColors
   };
 }
diff --git a/src/browser/renderer/atlas/Types.d.ts b/src/browser/renderer/atlas/Types.d.ts
index 0724b163f..d8bc54c19 100644
--- a/src/browser/renderer/atlas/Types.d.ts
+++ b/src/browser/renderer/atlas/Types.d.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 import { FontWeight } from 'common/services/Services';
-import { IColorSet } from 'browser/Types';
+import { IPartialColorSet } from 'browser/Types';
 
 export interface IGlyphIdentifier {
   chars: string;
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ export interface ICharAtlasConfig {
   scaledCharWidth: number;
   scaledCharHeight: number;
   allowTransparency: boolean;
-  colors: IColorSet;
+  colors: IPartialColorSet;
 }
diff --git a/src/renderer/LinkRenderLayer.ts b/src/renderer/LinkRenderLayer.ts
index 6e6ba2e4f..f4fb966aa 100644
--- a/src/renderer/LinkRenderLayer.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/LinkRenderLayer.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { ITerminal, ILinkifierAccessor } from '../Types';
 import { IRenderDimensions } from 'browser/renderer/Types';
 import { BaseRenderLayer } from './BaseRenderLayer';
 import { INVERTED_DEFAULT_COLOR } from 'browser/renderer/atlas/Constants';
-import { is256Color } from './atlas/CharAtlasUtils';
+import { is256Color } from 'browser/renderer/atlas/CharAtlasUtils';
 import { IColorSet, ILinkifierEvent } from 'browser/Types';
 
 export class LinkRenderLayer extends BaseRenderLayer {
diff --git a/src/renderer/atlas/CharAtlasCache.ts b/src/renderer/atlas/CharAtlasCache.ts
index ec66b67a7..ccc4437c2 100644
--- a/src/renderer/atlas/CharAtlasCache.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/atlas/CharAtlasCache.ts
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
  */
 
 import { ITerminal } from '../../Types';
-import { generateConfig, configEquals } from './CharAtlasUtils';
+import { generateConfig, configEquals } from 'browser/renderer/atlas/CharAtlasUtils';
 import { BaseCharAtlas } from 'browser/renderer/atlas/BaseCharAtlas';
-import { DynamicCharAtlas } from '../../browser/renderer/atlas/DynamicCharAtlas';
+import { DynamicCharAtlas } from 'browser/renderer/atlas/DynamicCharAtlas';
 import { ICharAtlasConfig } from 'browser/renderer/atlas/Types';
 import { IColorSet } from 'browser/Types';
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export function acquireCharAtlas(
   scaledCharWidth: number,
   scaledCharHeight: number
 ): BaseCharAtlas {
-  const newConfig = generateConfig(scaledCharWidth, scaledCharHeight, terminal, colors);
+  const newConfig = generateConfig(scaledCharWidth, scaledCharHeight, terminal.optionsService.options, colors);
 
   // Check to see if the terminal already owns this config
   for (let i = 0; i < charAtlasCache.length; i++) {