diff --git a/apps/portal-server/src/services/shell.ts b/apps/portal-server/src/services/shell.ts
index 31c6c554701..b0010b160a8 100644
--- a/apps/portal-server/src/services/shell.ts
+++ b/apps/portal-server/src/services/shell.ts
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ export const shellServiceServer = plugin((server) => {
                 }
 
                 if (req.message.$case === "resize") {
-                  channel.setWindow(req.message.resize.rows + "", req.message.resize.cols + "", "", "");
+                  // 480 and 640 are default values in https://github.com/mscdex/ssh2#pseudo-tty-settings
+                  channel.setWindow(req.message.resize.rows, req.message.resize.cols, 480, 640);
                   return;
                 }