diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bd9ee72856..1b2c75723d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 * Fix various shells (eg. nushell) unexpectedly exiting when the user presses ctrl-c (https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/pull/648)
 * Fix line wrapping while scrolling (https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/pull/650)
 * Indicate to the user when text is copied to the clipboard with the mouse (https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/pull/642)
+* Terminal compatibility: fix progress bar line overflow (http://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/pull/656)
 
 ## [0.15.0] - 2021-07-19
 * Kill children properly (https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/pull/601)
diff --git a/zellij-server/src/panes/grid.rs b/zellij-server/src/panes/grid.rs
index f42c1dbc90..07808b03b3 100644
--- a/zellij-server/src/panes/grid.rs
+++ b/zellij-server/src/panes/grid.rs
@@ -1068,26 +1068,18 @@ impl Grid {
         }
         self.output_buffer.update_all_lines();
     }
-    pub fn move_cursor_down(&mut self, count: usize, pad_character: TerminalCharacter) {
+    pub fn move_cursor_down_until_edge_of_screen(
+        &mut self,
+        count: usize,
+        pad_character: TerminalCharacter,
+    ) {
         if let Some((scroll_region_top, scroll_region_bottom)) = self.scroll_region {
             if self.cursor.y >= scroll_region_top && self.cursor.y <= scroll_region_bottom {
                 self.cursor.y = std::cmp::min(self.cursor.y + count, scroll_region_bottom);
                 return;
             }
         }
-        let lines_to_add = if self.cursor.y + count > self.height - 1 {
-            (self.cursor.y + count) - (self.height - 1)
-        } else {
-            0
-        };
-        self.cursor.y = if self.cursor.y + count > self.height - 1 {
-            self.height - 1
-        } else {
-            self.cursor.y + count
-        };
-        for _ in 0..lines_to_add {
-            self.add_canonical_line();
-        }
+        self.cursor.y = std::cmp::min(self.cursor.y + count, self.height - 1);
         self.pad_lines_until(self.cursor.y, pad_character);
     }
     pub fn move_cursor_back(&mut self, count: usize) {
@@ -1626,7 +1618,7 @@ impl Perform for Grid {
             // move cursor down until edge of screen
             let move_down_count = next_param_or(1);
             let pad_character = EMPTY_TERMINAL_CHARACTER;
-            self.move_cursor_down(move_down_count as usize, pad_character);
+            self.move_cursor_down_until_edge_of_screen(move_down_count as usize, pad_character);
         } else if c == 'D' {
             let move_back_count = next_param_or(1);
             self.move_cursor_back(move_back_count);
@@ -1806,7 +1798,7 @@ impl Perform for Grid {
         } else if c == 'E' {
             let count = next_param_or(1);
             let pad_character = EMPTY_TERMINAL_CHARACTER;
-            self.move_cursor_down(count, pad_character);
+            self.move_cursor_down_until_edge_of_screen(count, pad_character);
         } else if c == 'F' {
             let count = next_param_or(1);
             self.move_cursor_up(count);