diff --git a/cmd/kctl-tui/full.go b/cmd/kctl-tui/full.go
index 2bd99ff..9777411 100644
--- a/cmd/kctl-tui/full.go
+++ b/cmd/kctl-tui/full.go
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ func (m *fullModel) startWtSession() tea.Cmd {
 	kubeexec.VerboseLog("[debug] panelCmd=%s\n", panelCmd)
 	kubeexec.VerboseLog("[debug] k9sCmdA=%s\n", k9sCmdA)
 
-	wtCmd := fmt.Sprintf("wt new-tab %s ; split-pane -H -s 0.75 %s", panelCmd, k9sCmdA)
+	wtCmd := fmt.Sprintf("wt -F new-tab %s ; split-pane -H -s 0.75 %s", panelCmd, k9sCmdA)
 
 	if len(m.cfg.Envs) > 1 {
 		envB := m.cfg.Envs[1]
diff --git a/cmd/kctl-tui/panel.go b/cmd/kctl-tui/panel.go
index ab22e87..55313dc 100644
--- a/cmd/kctl-tui/panel.go
+++ b/cmd/kctl-tui/panel.go
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ func newPanelModel(context, ns, team string) *panelModel {
 	l.SetFilteringEnabled(false)
 
 	m := &panelModel{context: context, ns: ns, team: team, cfg: cfg, step: stepEnvMenu, list: l, input: ti}
+	if m.isWtMode() {
+		l.KeyMap.Quit.SetEnabled(false) // "q" deaktivieren, "ctrl+c" bleibt
+	}
 	if loadErr != nil {
 		m.err = fmt.Errorf("config load failed: %w", loadErr)
 		m.step = stepError