diff --git a/local/recipes/system/redbear-power/source/src/main.rs b/local/recipes/system/redbear-power/source/src/main.rs
index 991a3e5956..9061b63a3d 100644
--- a/local/recipes/system/redbear-power/source/src/main.rs
+++ b/local/recipes/system/redbear-power/source/src/main.rs
@@ -237,15 +237,13 @@ fn handle_mouse(me: MouseEvent, header: &Rect, table: &Rect, keybar: &Rect, app:
 fn main() -> io::Result<()> {
     let args = parse_args();
 
-    // v1.44: Restore terminal on panic so the user isn't left with
-    // a garbled screen in raw mode.
+    // Let panic unwind so the raw-mode / alternate-screen guards drop
+    // and restore the terminal before the default panic handler prints.
     panic::set_hook(Box::new(|info| {
-        let _ = termion::raw::IntoRawMode::into_raw_mode(std::io::stdout());
         let _ = std::io::Write::write_all(
             &mut std::io::stderr(),
             format!("redbear-power: {info}\n").as_bytes(),
         );
-        std::process::exit(1);
     }));
 
     let cfg = if let Some(p) = args.config_path.as_ref() {