diff --git a/basis/io/standard-paths/unix/unix.factor b/basis/io/standard-paths/unix/unix.factor
index bc37783b33..db3e2b9d32 100644
--- a/basis/io/standard-paths/unix/unix.factor
+++ b/basis/io/standard-paths/unix/unix.factor
@@ -1,16 +1,23 @@
 ! Copyright (C) 2011 Doug Coleman.
 ! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
-USING: environment fry io io.encodings.utf8 io.files io.launcher
-io.pathnames io.standard-paths kernel sequences splitting system ;
+USING: environment fry io io.encodings.binary
+io.encodings.string io.encodings.utf8 io.files io.launcher
+io.pathnames io.standard-paths kernel math sequences splitting
+system ;
 IN: io.standard-paths.unix
 
 M: unix find-in-path*
     [ "PATH" os-env ":" split ] dip
     '[ _ append-path exists? ] find nip ;
 
+! iterm2 spews some terminal info on every bash command.
+: parse-login-paths ( seq -- strings )
+    dup [ 7 = ] find-last drop [ 1 + tail-slice ] when*
+    utf8 decode ":" split ;
+
 : standard-login-paths ( -- strings )
     { "bash" "-l" "-c" "echo $PATH" }
-    utf8 <process-reader> stream-contents ":" split ;
+    binary <process-reader> stream-contents parse-login-paths ;
 
 M: unix find-in-standard-login-path*
     [ standard-login-paths ] dip '[ _ append-path exists? ] find nip ;