diff --git a/modules/markup/console/console.go b/modules/markup/console/console.go
index 7c4050a721..f544ab218d 100644
--- a/modules/markup/console/console.go
+++ b/modules/markup/console/console.go
@@ -58,13 +58,16 @@ func (Renderer) CanRender(filename string, input io.Reader) bool {
 
 // Render renders terminal colors to HTML with all specific handling stuff.
 func (Renderer) Render(ctx *markup.RenderContext, input io.Reader, output io.Writer) error {
-	screen := &trend.Screen{}
+	screen, err := trend.NewScreen()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	if _, err := io.Copy(screen, input); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	buf := screen.AsHTML()
 	buf = strings.ReplaceAll(buf, "\n", `<br>`)
-	_, err := output.Write([]byte(buf))
+	_, err = output.Write([]byte(buf))
 	return err
 }