diff --git a/apps/remixdesktop/src/plugins/xtermPlugin.ts b/apps/remixdesktop/src/plugins/xtermPlugin.ts
index 1c0569ddd3..db50d4bb94 100644
--- a/apps/remixdesktop/src/plugins/xtermPlugin.ts
+++ b/apps/remixdesktop/src/plugins/xtermPlugin.ts
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ import { findExecutable } from '../utils/findExecutable'
 import { spawnSync } from 'child_process'
 import { stripAnsi } from '../lib'
 import { DataBatcher } from '../lib/databatcher'
-import { Worker } from 'worker_threads'
-import { utilityProcess } from 'electron'
 
 export const detectDefaultShell = () => {
   const { env } = process
@@ -66,12 +64,6 @@ const parseEnv = (env: any) => {
   return returnValue
 }
 
-
-
-
-
-
-
 export default defaultShell
 
 const profile: Profile = {
@@ -111,7 +103,7 @@ const clientProfile: Profile = {
 }
 
 class XtermPluginClient extends ElectronBasePluginClient {
-  terminals: Electron.UtilityProcess[] = []
+  terminals: pty.IPty[] = []
   dataBatchers: DataBatcher[] = []
   workingDir: string = ''
   parsedEnv: any = null
@@ -125,18 +117,17 @@ class XtermPluginClient extends ElectronBasePluginClient {
       this.workingDir = await this.call('fs' as any, 'getWorkingDir')
       console.log('workingDir', this.workingDir)
     })
+    
     if (!(process.platform === 'win32')) {
       const { stdout } = spawnSync(defaultShell, getShellEnvArgs, {
         encoding: 'utf8',
       })
       this.parsedEnv = parseEnv(stdout)
     }
-
   }
 
   async keystroke(key: string, pid: number): Promise<void> {
-    //this.terminals[pid].write(key)
-    this.terminals[pid].postMessage({ type: 'write', data: key })
+    this.terminals[pid].write(key)
   }
 
   async getShells(): Promise<string[]> {
@@ -157,57 +148,43 @@ class XtermPluginClient extends ElectronBasePluginClient {
 
   async createTerminal(path?: string, shell?: string): Promise<number> {
     const start_time = Date.now()
-    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      let mypy: Electron.UtilityProcess = utilityProcess.fork(__dirname + '/xtermWorker.js')
-      const end_time_fork = Date.now()
-      console.log(`fork took ${end_time_fork - start_time} ms`)
-      
-      const env = this.parsedEnv || process.env
-
-      mypy.on('message', (message: any) => {
-        //console.log('message', message)
-        if (message.type === 'spawned') {
-          const end_time_spawn = Date.now()
-          console.log(`spawn message took ${end_time_spawn - end_time_fork} ms`)
-          const pid = message.pid
-          const dataBatcher = new DataBatcher(pid)
-          this.dataBatchers[pid] = dataBatcher
-          dataBatcher.on('flush', (data: string, uid: number) => {
-            this.sendData(data, uid)
-          })
-          this.terminals[pid] = mypy
-          const end_time = Date.now()
-          console.log('spawned', pid, end_time - start_time)
-          resolve(pid)
-        }
-        if (message.type === 'data') {
-          this.dataBatchers[message.pid].write(Buffer.from(message.data))
-        }
-        if (message.type === 'exit') {
-          this.closeTerminal(message.pid)
-        }
-      })
-
-      mypy.postMessage({
-        type: 'spawn', shell, args: [], options:
-        {
-          name: 'xterm-color',
-          cols: 40,
-          rows: 10,
-          cwd: path || process.cwd(),
-          env: env,
-          encoding: 'utf8',
-        }
-      })
+    console.log('createTerminal', path, shell || defaultShell)
+   
+
+    const env = this.parsedEnv || process.env
+
+    const ptyProcess = pty.spawn(shell || defaultShell, [], {
+      name: 'xterm-color',
+      cols: 80,
+      rows: 20,
+      cwd: path || process.cwd(),
+      env: env,
+      encoding: 'utf8',
+    });
+    const dataBatcher = new DataBatcher(ptyProcess.pid)
+    this.dataBatchers[ptyProcess.pid] = dataBatcher
+    ptyProcess.onData((data: string) => {
+      //console.log('data', data)
+      dataBatcher.write(Buffer.from(data))
+    })
+    ptyProcess.onExit(() => {
+      const pid = ptyProcess.pid
+      this.closeTerminal(pid)
+    })
+    dataBatcher.on('flush', (data: string, uid: number) => {
+      this.sendData(data, uid)
     })
+    this.terminals[ptyProcess.pid] = ptyProcess
+    const end_time = Date.now()
+    console.log('createTerminal', end_time - start_time)
+    return ptyProcess.pid
   }
 
   async closeTerminal(pid: number): Promise<void> {
     if (this.terminals) {
       if (this.terminals[pid]) {
         try {
-          this.terminals[pid].postMessage({ type: 'close' })
-          //this.terminals[pid].kill()
+          this.terminals[pid].kill()
         } catch (err) {
           // ignore
         }
@@ -222,7 +199,7 @@ class XtermPluginClient extends ElectronBasePluginClient {
   async resize({ cols, rows }: { cols: number; rows: number }, pid: number) {
     if (this.terminals[pid]) {
       try {
-        //this.terminals[pid].postMessage({ type: 'resize', cols, rows })
+        this.terminals[pid].resize(cols, rows)
       } catch (_err) {
         const err = _err as { stack: any }
         console.error(err.stack)
@@ -234,7 +211,7 @@ class XtermPluginClient extends ElectronBasePluginClient {
 
   async closeAll(): Promise<void> {
     for (const pid in this.terminals) {
-      this.terminals[pid].postMessage({ type: 'close' })
+      this.terminals[pid].kill()
       delete this.terminals[pid]
       this.emit('close', pid)
     }