diff --git a/canvas.html b/canvas.html
index 3d1716a..50934d7 100644
--- a/canvas.html
+++ b/canvas.html
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@
       console.log('C + a: ', C + a);
       console.log('Ca: ', context.measureText('Ca').width);
 
+      canvas.style.backgroundColor = 'transparent';
+
       var xterm = new AnsiTerminal(120, 80, 0);
 
       xterm.debug = false;
@@ -89,7 +91,7 @@
       write();
 
       var canvasXTerm = new CanvasXTerm();
-      
+
       canvasXTerm.draw(xterm.stylesBuffer);
 
       console.log(canvasXTerm.canvas);
diff --git a/static/js/components/app-main/canvas-xterm.js b/static/js/components/app-main/canvas-xterm.js
index 28efc75..040a093 100644
--- a/static/js/components/app-main/canvas-xterm.js
+++ b/static/js/components/app-main/canvas-xterm.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ function textRepeat(text, n){
 function CanvasXTerm(font){
   this.font = font || { family: 'Consolas', lineHeight: 20, size: 13, color: '#fff' };
   this.canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
-  this.canvas.backgroundAlpha = 0;
+  this.canvas.style.backgroundColor = 'transparent';
   this.brush = this.canvas.getContext('2d');
   this.brush.font = this.font + ' ' + this.fontSize;
   this.brush.fillStyle = this.font.color;
@@ -23,8 +23,11 @@ function CanvasXTerm(font){
 
 CanvasXTerm.prototype = {
   draw: function (screen){
+    var text = '';
+    var i, j, x, y, attrCache;
     var rows = screen.length;
     var cols = rows ? screen[0].length : 0;
+    var baseY = (this.font.lineHeight + this.font.size) / 2;
 
     if (!this.rows || !this.cols || this.rows !== rows || this.cols !== cols) {
       this.rows = rows;
@@ -39,6 +42,15 @@ CanvasXTerm.prototype = {
 
       this.canvas.height = rows * this.font.lineHeight;
     }
+
+    for (i = 0; i < rows; i++) {
+      x = 0;
+      y = i * 20 + baseY;
+
+      for (j = 0; j < rows; j++) {
+
+      }
+    }
   },
   measureWidth: function (text, styles){
     this.brush.save();
diff --git a/static/js/terminal/index.js b/static/js/terminal/index.js
index b8dcff5..f2a70a5 100644
--- a/static/js/terminal/index.js
+++ b/static/js/terminal/index.js
@@ -1032,8 +1032,8 @@ AnsiTerminal.prototype.toString = function (type){
   if (type === 'html') {
     var line = '';
     var style = '';
-    var styleBuffer;
     var attrCache;
+    var styleBuffer;
     var stylesBuffer = this.stylesBuffer || [];
 
     stylesBuffer = stylesBuffer.slice(0, rows);