diff --git a/projects/common/src/main/java/dan200/computercraft/shared/peripheral/monitor/MonitorBlockEntity.java b/projects/common/src/main/java/dan200/computercraft/shared/peripheral/monitor/MonitorBlockEntity.java
index 3f89c17cd..fbd451bf5 100644
--- a/projects/common/src/main/java/dan200/computercraft/shared/peripheral/monitor/MonitorBlockEntity.java
+++ b/projects/common/src/main/java/dan200/computercraft/shared/peripheral/monitor/MonitorBlockEntity.java
@@ -349,13 +349,15 @@ public class MonitorBlockEntity extends BlockEntity {
         // Either delete the current monitor or sync a new one.
         if (needsTerminal) {
             if (serverMonitor == null) serverMonitor = new ServerMonitor(advanced, this);
-        } else {
-            serverMonitor = null;
-        }
 
-        // Update the terminal's width and height and rebuild it. This ensures the monitor
-        // is consistent when syncing it to other monitors.
-        if (serverMonitor != null) serverMonitor.rebuild();
+            // Update the terminal's width and height and rebuild it. This ensures the monitor
+            // is consistent when syncing it to other monitors.
+            serverMonitor.rebuild();
+        } else {
+            // Remove the terminal from the serverMonitor, but keep it around - this ensures that we sync
+            // the (now blank) monitor to the client.
+            if (serverMonitor != null) serverMonitor.reset();
+        }
 
         // Update the other monitors, setting coordinates, dimensions and the server terminal
         var pos = getBlockPos();
diff --git a/projects/common/src/main/java/dan200/computercraft/shared/peripheral/monitor/ServerMonitor.java b/projects/common/src/main/java/dan200/computercraft/shared/peripheral/monitor/ServerMonitor.java
index 7de81be87..b7d43b8db 100644
--- a/projects/common/src/main/java/dan200/computercraft/shared/peripheral/monitor/ServerMonitor.java
+++ b/projects/common/src/main/java/dan200/computercraft/shared/peripheral/monitor/ServerMonitor.java
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ public class ServerMonitor {
         }
     }
 
+    synchronized void reset() {
+        if (terminal == null) return;
+        terminal = null;
+        markChanged();
+    }
+
     private void markChanged() {
         if (!changed.getAndSet(true)) TickScheduler.schedule(origin.tickToken);
     }