diff --git a/lib/config.js b/lib/config.js
index 7d9f0e9..04df193 100644
--- a/lib/config.js
+++ b/lib/config.js
@@ -217,6 +217,13 @@ export default class Config {
           "Changes the terminal font size.",
         order: 14,
       },
+      scrollback: {
+        type: "number",
+        default: 5000,
+        title: "Scrollback",
+        description: "The max number of lines to preserve in the terminal.",
+        order: 15
+      },
     };
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/views/terminal.js b/lib/views/terminal.js
index 5f82a10..89a06ca 100644
--- a/lib/views/terminal.js
+++ b/lib/views/terminal.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export default class Term {
       rows: this.term_rows.default,
       cols: 120,
       rendererType: 'dom',
-      scrollback: 5000,
+      scrollback: this.api.config('scrollback')
     });
     this.xterm.loadAddon(this.fit);
     // for copy-paste with cmd key
diff --git a/lib/wrappers/settings-wrapper.js b/lib/wrappers/settings-wrapper.js
index be67e87..74e9b9e 100644
--- a/lib/wrappers/settings-wrapper.js
+++ b/lib/wrappers/settings-wrapper.js
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ export default class SettingsWrapper extends EventEmitter {
     this.auto_connect = this.api.config('auto_connect');
     this.py_ignore = this.api.config('py_ignore');
     this.fast_upload = this.api.config('fast_upload');
+    this.scrollback = this.api.config('scrollback');
     this.autoconnect_comport_manufacturers = this.api.config(
       'autoconnect_comport_manufacturers',
     );
@@ -242,6 +243,9 @@ export default class SettingsWrapper extends EventEmitter {
     if ('font_size' in this.project_config) {
       this.font_size = this.project_config.font_size;
     }
+    if('scrollback' in this.project_config) {
+      this.scrollback = this.project_config.scrollback
+    }
   }
 
   getDefaultProjectConfig() {
@@ -258,6 +262,7 @@ export default class SettingsWrapper extends EventEmitter {
       py_ignore: this.api.config('py_ignore'),
       fast_upload: this.api.config('fast_upload'),
       font_size: this.api.config('font_size'),
+      scrollback: this.api.config('scrollback'),      
     };
     return config;
   }