diff --git a/core/client.js b/core/client.js
index 6293779a..d31e8d9f 100644
--- a/core/client.js
+++ b/core/client.js
@@ -31,20 +31,18 @@
 	THE SOFTWARE.
 	----/snip/----------------------
 */
-var term		= require('./client_term.js');
-var miscUtil	= require('./misc_util.js');
-var ansi		= require('./ansi_term.js');
-var Log			= require('./logger.js').log;
-var user		= require('./user.js');
-var moduleUtil	= require('./module_util.js');
-var menuUtil	= require('./menu_util.js');
-var Config		= require('./config.js').config;
-var MenuStack	= require('./menu_stack.js');
+//	ENiGMA½
+const term		= require('./client_term.js');
+const ansi		= require('./ansi_term.js');
+const user		= require('./user.js');
+const Config	= require('./config.js').config;
+const MenuStack	= require('./menu_stack.js');
 const ACS		= require('./acs.js');
 
-var stream		= require('stream');
-var assert		= require('assert');
-var _			= require('lodash');
+//	deps
+const stream	= require('stream');
+const assert	= require('assert');
+const _			= require('lodash');
 
 exports.Client	= Client;
 
@@ -54,28 +52,18 @@ exports.Client	= Client;
 //	Resources & Standards:
 //	* http://www.ansi-bbs.org/ansi-bbs-core-server.html
 //
-
-//	:TODO: put this in a common area!!!!...actually, just replace it with more modern code - see ansi_term.js
-function getIntArgArray(array) {
-	var i = array.length;
-	while(i--) {
-		array[i] = parseInt(array[i], 10);
-	}
-	return array;
-}
-
-var RE_DSR_RESPONSE_ANYWHERE		= /(?:\u001b\[)([0-9\;]+)(R)/;
-var RE_DEV_ATTR_RESPONSE_ANYWHERE	= /(?:\u001b\[)[\=\?]([0-9a-zA-Z\;]+)(c)/;
-var RE_META_KEYCODE_ANYWHERE		= /(?:\u001b)([a-zA-Z0-9])/;
-var RE_META_KEYCODE					= new RegExp('^' + RE_META_KEYCODE_ANYWHERE.source + '$');
-var RE_FUNCTION_KEYCODE_ANYWHERE	= new RegExp('(?:\u001b+)(O|N|\\[|\\[\\[)(?:' + [
+const RE_DSR_RESPONSE_ANYWHERE		= /(?:\u001b\[)([0-9\;]+)(R)/;
+const RE_DEV_ATTR_RESPONSE_ANYWHERE	= /(?:\u001b\[)[\=\?]([0-9a-zA-Z\;]+)(c)/;
+const RE_META_KEYCODE_ANYWHERE		= /(?:\u001b)([a-zA-Z0-9])/;
+const RE_META_KEYCODE				= new RegExp('^' + RE_META_KEYCODE_ANYWHERE.source + '$');
+const RE_FUNCTION_KEYCODE_ANYWHERE	= new RegExp('(?:\u001b+)(O|N|\\[|\\[\\[)(?:' + [
 	'(\\d+)(?:;(\\d+))?([~^$])',
 	'(?:M([@ #!a`])(.)(.))',		// mouse stuff
 	'(?:1;)?(\\d+)?([a-zA-Z@])'
 ].join('|') + ')');
 
-var RE_FUNCTION_KEYCODE				= new RegExp('^' + RE_FUNCTION_KEYCODE_ANYWHERE.source);
-var RE_ESC_CODE_ANYWHERE			= new RegExp( [
+const RE_FUNCTION_KEYCODE			= new RegExp('^' + RE_FUNCTION_KEYCODE_ANYWHERE.source);
+const RE_ESC_CODE_ANYWHERE			= new RegExp( [
 	RE_FUNCTION_KEYCODE_ANYWHERE.source, 
 	RE_META_KEYCODE_ANYWHERE.source, 
 	RE_DSR_RESPONSE_ANYWHERE.source,
@@ -87,7 +75,8 @@ var RE_ESC_CODE_ANYWHERE			= new RegExp( [
 function Client(input, output) {
 	stream.call(this);
 
-	var self	= this;
+	const self	= this;
+	
 	this.user				= new user.User();
 	this.currentTheme		= { info : { name : 'N/A', description : 'None' } };
 	this.lastKeyPressMs		= Date.now();
@@ -118,7 +107,7 @@ function Client(input, output) {
 	//	*	Christopher Jeffrey's Blessed library @ https://github.com/chjj/blessed/
 	//
 	this.getTermClient = function(deviceAttr) {
-		var termClient = {
+		let termClient = {
 			//
 			//	See http://www.fbl.cz/arctel/download/techman.pdf
 			//
@@ -289,9 +278,13 @@ function Client(input, output) {
 			var parts;
 
 			if((parts = RE_DSR_RESPONSE_ANYWHERE.exec(s))) {
-				if('R' === parts[2]) {	//	:TODO: this should be a assert -- currently only looking for R, unless we start to handle 'n', or others
-					var cprArgs = getIntArgArray(parts[1].split(';'));
+				if('R' === parts[2]) {
+					const cprArgs = parts[1].split(';').map(v => (parseInt(v, 10) || 0) );
 					if(2 === cprArgs.length) {
+						if(self.cprOffset) {
+							cprArgs[0] = cprArgs[0] + self.cprOffset;
+							cprArgs[1] = cprArgs[1] + self.cprOffset;
+						}				
 						self.emit('cursor position report', cprArgs);
 					}
 				}
diff --git a/core/connect.js b/core/connect.js
index c9142b6a..b7547190 100644
--- a/core/connect.js
+++ b/core/connect.js
@@ -4,8 +4,56 @@
 //	ENiGMA½
 const ansi		= require('./ansi_term.js');
 
+//	deps
+const async		= require('async');
+
 exports.connectEntry	= connectEntry;
 
+function ansiDiscoverHomePosition(client, cb) {
+	//
+	//	We want to find the home position. ANSI-BBS and most terminals
+	//	utilize 1,1 as home. However, some terminals such as ConnectBot
+	//	think of home as 0,0. If this is the case, we need to offset
+	//	our positioning to accomodate for such.
+	//
+	const done = function(err) {
+		client.removeListener('cursor position report', cprListener);
+		clearTimeout(giveUpTimer);
+		return cb(err);
+	};
+
+	const cprListener = function(pos) {
+		const h = pos[0];
+		const w = pos[1];
+
+		//
+		//	We expect either 0,0, or 1,1. Anything else will be filed as bad data
+		//
+		if(h > 1 || w > 1) {
+			client.log.warn( { height : h, width : w }, 'Ignoring ANSI home position CPR due to unexpected values');
+			return done(new Error('Home position CPR expected to be 0,0, or 1,1'));
+		}
+
+		if(0 === h & 0 === w) {
+			//
+			//	Store a CPR offset in the client. All CPR's from this point on will offset by this amount
+			//
+			client.log.info('Setting CPR offset to 1');
+			client.cprOffset = 1;
+		}
+
+		return done(null);
+	};
+
+	client.once('cursor position report', cprListener);
+
+	const giveUpTimer = setTimeout( () => {
+		return done(new Error('Giving up on home position CPR'));
+	}, 3000);	//	3s
+
+	client.term.write(`${ansi.goHome()}${ansi.queryPos()}`);	//	go home, query pos
+}
+
 function ansiQueryTermSizeIfNeeded(client, cb) {
 	if(client.term.termHeight > 0 || client.term.termWidth > 0) {
 		return cb(null);
@@ -25,12 +73,8 @@ function ansiQueryTermSizeIfNeeded(client, cb) {
 			return done(null);
 		}
 
-		if(2 !== pos.length) {
-			client.log.warn( { cprPosition : pos }, 'Unexpected CPR format');
-		}	
-		
-		const h = pos[0] || 0;
-		const w = pos[1] || 0;
+		const h = pos[0];
+		const w = pos[1];
 
 		//
 		//	Netrunner for example gives us 1x1 here. Not really useful. Ignore
@@ -76,59 +120,64 @@ function prepareTerminal(term) {
 }
 
 function displayBanner(term) {
-	term.pipeWrite(
-		'|06Connected to |02EN|10i|02GMA|10½ |06BBS version |12|VN\n'	+
-		'|06Copyright (c) 2014-2016 Bryan Ashby |14- |12http://l33t.codes/\n'	+ 
-		'|06Updates & source |14- |12https://github.com/NuSkooler/enigma-bbs/\n'			+
-		'|00');
+	//	note: intentional formatting:
+	term.pipeWrite(`
+  |06Connected to |02EN|10i|02GMA|10½ |06BBS version |12|VN
+  |06Copyright (c) 2014-2016 Bryan Ashby |14- |12http://l33t.codes/ 
+  |06Updates & source |14- |12https://github.com/NuSkooler/enigma-bbs/
+  |00`
+	);
 }
 
 function connectEntry(client, nextMenu) {
 	const term = client.term;
 
-	//	:TODO: Enthral for example queries cursor position & checks if it worked. This might be good
-	//	:TODO: How to detect e.g. if show/hide cursor can work? Probably can if CPR is avail
+	async.series(
+		[
+			function basicPrepWork(callback) {
+				term.rawWrite(ansi.queryDeviceAttributes(0));
+				return callback(null);
+			},
+			function discoverHomePosition(callback) {
+				ansiDiscoverHomePosition(client, () => {
+					//	:TODO: If CPR for home fully fails, we should bail out on the connection with an error, e.g. ANSI support required
+					return callback(null);	//	we try to continue anyway
+				});
+			},
+			function queryTermSizeByNonStandardAnsi(callback) {
+				ansiQueryTermSizeIfNeeded(client, err => {
+					if(err) {
+						//
+						//	Check again; We may have got via NAWS/similar before CPR completed.
+						//
+						if(0 === term.termHeight || 0 === term.termWidth) {
+							//
+							//	We still don't have something good for term height/width.
+							//	Default to DOS size 80x25. 
+							//
+							//	:TODO: Netrunner is currenting hitting this and it feels wrong. Why is NAWS/ENV/CPR all failing??? 
+							client.log.warn( { reason : err.message }, 'Failed to negotiate term size; Defaulting to 80x25!');
+							
+							term.termHeight	= 25;
+							term.termWidth	= 80;
+						}
+					}
 
-	//
-	//	Some terminal clients can be detected using a nonstandard ANSI DSR
-	//
-	term.rawWrite(ansi.queryDeviceAttributes(0));
+					return callback(null);
+				});
+			},			
+		], 
+		() => {
+			prepareTerminal(term);
 
-	//	:TODO: PuTTY will apparently respond with "PuTTY" if a CTRL-E is sent to it. Add in detection.
-
-	//	
-	//	If we don't yet know the client term width/height,
-	//	try with a nonstandard ANSI DSR type request.
-	//
-	ansiQueryTermSizeIfNeeded(client, err => {
-
-		if(err) {
 			//
-			//	Check again; We may have got via NAWS/similar before CPR completed.
+			//	Always show an ENiGMA½ banner
 			//
-			if(0 === term.termHeight || 0 === term.termWidth) {
-				//
-				//	We still don't have something good for term height/width.
-				//	Default to DOS size 80x25. 
-				//
-				//	:TODO: Netrunner is currenting hitting this and it feels wrong. Why is NAWS/ENV/CPR all failing??? 
-				client.log.warn( { reason : err.message }, 'Failed to negotiate term size; Defaulting to 80x25!');
-				
-				term.termHeight	= 25;
-				term.termWidth	= 80;
-			}
+			displayBanner(term);
+
+			setTimeout( () => {
+				return client.menuStack.goto(nextMenu);
+			}, 500);
 		}
-
-		prepareTerminal(term);
-
-		//
-		//	Always show an ENiGMA½ banner
-		//
-		displayBanner(term);
-
-		setTimeout( () => {
-			return client.menuStack.goto(nextMenu);
-		}, 500);
-	});	
+	);
 }
-
diff --git a/core/servers/telnet.js b/core/servers/telnet.js
index a211d471..c50aa00c 100644
--- a/core/servers/telnet.js
+++ b/core/servers/telnet.js
@@ -510,7 +510,6 @@ util.inherits(TelnetClient, baseClient.Client);
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 TelnetClient.prototype.handleTelnetEvent = function(evt) {
 	//	handler name e.g. 'handleWontCommand'
-	//const handlerName = 'handle' + evt.command.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + evt.command.substr(1) + 'Command';
 	const handlerName = `handle${evt.command.charAt(0).toUpperCase()}${evt.command.substr(1)}Command`;
 
 	if(this[handlerName]) {
@@ -567,7 +566,7 @@ TelnetClient.prototype.handleDoCommand = function(evt) {
 };
 
 TelnetClient.prototype.handleDontCommand = function(evt) {
-	this.connectionDebug(evt, 'dont');
+	this.connectionDebug(evt, 'DONT');
 };
 
 TelnetClient.prototype.handleSbCommand = function(evt) {
diff --git a/core/view.js b/core/view.js
index 5bf0605a..c8916bf7 100644
--- a/core/view.js
+++ b/core/view.js
@@ -123,24 +123,19 @@ View.prototype.setPosition = function(pos) {
 	if(util.isArray(pos)) {
 		this.position.row = pos[0];
 		this.position.col = pos[1];
-	} else if(pos.row && pos.col) {
+	} else if(_.isNumber(pos.row) && _.isNumber(pos.col)) {
 		this.position.row = pos.row;
 		this.position.col = pos.col;
 	} else if(2 === arguments.length) {
 		this.position.row = parseInt(arguments[0], 10);
 		this.position.col = parseInt(arguments[1], 10);
 	}
-	
-	assert(!(isNaN(this.position.row)));
-	assert(!(isNaN(this.position.col)));
 
-	assert(
-		this.position.row > 0 && this.position.row <= this.client.term.termHeight, 
-		'X position ' + this.position.row + ' out of terminal range ' + this.client.term.termHeight);
-
-	assert(
-		this.position.col > 0 && this.position.col <= this.client.term.termWidth, 
-		'Y position ' + this.position.col + ' out of terminal range ' + this.client.term.termWidth);
+	//	santaize
+	this.position.row	= Math.max(this.position.row, 1);
+	this.position.col	= Math.max(this.position.col, 1);
+	this.position.row	= Math.min(this.position.row, this.client.term.termHeight);
+	this.position.col	= Math.min(this.position.col, this.client.term.termWidth);
 };
 
 View.prototype.setDimension = function(dimens) {