diff --git a/api/Terminal.hpp b/api/Terminal.hpp
index e97060f3..d310563a 100644
--- a/api/Terminal.hpp
+++ b/api/Terminal.hpp
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ class Terminal {
 
     // The following fields are available in API version 10.1 and later.
     bool frozen = false; // Whether the terminal should stop rendering
+    bool forcedUpdate = false; // Ignores `frozen` to render the terminal once 
 
     // The following fields are available in API version 10.2 and later.
     std::list<uint8_t> mouseButtonOrder; // An ordered list of mouse buttons that have been pressed
diff --git a/src/apis/term.cpp b/src/apis/term.cpp
index c8d13bcd..34b7e4ba 100644
--- a/src/apis/term.cpp
+++ b/src/apis/term.cpp
@@ -649,6 +649,15 @@ static int term_getFrozen(lua_State *L) {
     return 1;
 }
 
+static int term_forceUpdate(lua_State *L) {
+    lastCFunction = __func__;
+    Terminal * term = get_comp(L)->term;
+    if (term == NULL) return 0;
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(term->locked);
+    term->forcedUpdate = true;
+    return 0;
+}
+
 /* export */ int term_benchmark(lua_State *L) {
     lastCFunction = __func__;
     if (get_comp(L)->term == NULL) return 0;
@@ -695,6 +704,7 @@ static luaL_Reg term_reg[] = {
     {"relativeMouse", term_relativeMouse},
     {"setFrozen", term_setFrozen},
     {"getFrozen", term_getFrozen},
+    {"forceUpdate", term_forceUpdate},
     {NULL, NULL}
 };
 
diff --git a/src/peripheral/monitor.cpp b/src/peripheral/monitor.cpp
index 5ad0f507..e5fba4cf 100644
--- a/src/peripheral/monitor.cpp
+++ b/src/peripheral/monitor.cpp
@@ -569,6 +569,14 @@ int monitor::setBlockSize(lua_State *L) {
     return 0;
 }
 
+int monitor::forceUpdate(lua_State *L) {
+    lastCFunction = __func__;
+    if (term == NULL) return 0;
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(term->locked);
+    term->forcedUpdate = true;
+    return 0;
+}
+
 int monitor::call(lua_State *L, const char * method) {
     std::string m(method);
     if (m == "write") return write(L);
diff --git a/src/peripheral/monitor.hpp b/src/peripheral/monitor.hpp
index 553cc1f0..269d92e3 100644
--- a/src/peripheral/monitor.hpp
+++ b/src/peripheral/monitor.hpp
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ class monitor : public peripheral {
     int getFrozen(lua_State *L);
     int setSize(lua_State *L);
     int setBlockSize(lua_State *L);
+    int forceUpdate(lua_State *L);
 public:
     Terminal * term;
     static library_t methods;
diff --git a/src/termsupport.cpp b/src/termsupport.cpp
index 04e5187a..0aabb9a5 100644
--- a/src/termsupport.cpp
+++ b/src/termsupport.cpp
@@ -582,8 +582,9 @@ static bool renderTerminal(Terminal * term, bool& pushEvent) {
             term->last_blink = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
             term->changed = true;
         }
-        if (term->frozen) return false;
+        if (term->frozen && !term->forcedUpdate) return false;
         changed = term->changed;
+        term->forcedUpdate = false;
     }
     try {
         term->render();