diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/terminal.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/terminal.tsx
index 0fea4c0..7673ea1 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/terminal.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/terminal.tsx
@@ -429,10 +429,11 @@ export const TerminalComponent = React.forwardRef<TerminalRef, TerminalProps>(
 			};
 			document.addEventListener("visibilitychange", handleVisibilityChange);
 
-			// Mobile touch scrolling — translate vertical swipe to terminal scroll
-			// Attach to term.element (xterm root) rather than container wrapper,
-			// since xterm internals may intercept events before they bubble up.
-			const touchTarget = term.element || container;
+			// Mobile touch scrolling — translate vertical swipe to terminal scroll.
+			// We attach to the container (wrapper) in CAPTURE phase so we run before
+			// xterm.js internals stop propagation.  We also listen for wheel events
+			// so that mobile browsers that translate touch-pan into synthetic wheel
+			// events will still scroll the buffer.
 			let touchStartY = 0;
 			let touchStartX = 0;
 			let isTouchScrolling = false;
@@ -456,6 +457,7 @@ export const TerminalComponent = React.forwardRef<TerminalRef, TerminalProps>(
 				if (Math.abs(deltaY) > deltaX && Math.abs(deltaY) > 6) {
 					if (!isTouchScrolling) isTouchScrolling = true;
 					e.preventDefault();
+					e.stopPropagation();
 					accumulatedDeltaY += deltaY;
 					touchStartY = touch.clientY;
 					const pxPerLine = 16;
@@ -473,14 +475,38 @@ export const TerminalComponent = React.forwardRef<TerminalRef, TerminalProps>(
 				accumulatedDeltaY = 0;
 			};
 
+			const handleWheel = (e: WheelEvent) => {
+				if (!termRef.current) return;
+				// On mobile some browsers translate vertical pan into wheel events.
+				// xterm.js already handles wheel natively on desktop, but on mobile
+				// the synthetic wheel may not reach xterm because of our layout.
+				// We manually forward vertical wheel deltas to scrollLines.
+				if (Math.abs(e.deltaY) > Math.abs(e.deltaX)) {
+					e.preventDefault();
+					const lines = Math.round(e.deltaY / 16);
+					if (lines !== 0) {
+						termRef.current.scrollLines(lines);
+					}
+				}
+			};
+
 			if (isMobile) {
-				touchTarget.addEventListener("touchstart", handleTouchStart, {
+				// Capture phase runs before xterm.js handlers on the child elements
+				container.addEventListener("touchstart", handleTouchStart, {
 					passive: true,
+					capture: true,
 				});
-				touchTarget.addEventListener("touchmove", handleTouchMove, {
+				container.addEventListener("touchmove", handleTouchMove, {
 					passive: false,
+					capture: true,
+				});
+				container.addEventListener("touchend", handleTouchEnd, {
+					capture: true,
+				});
+				container.addEventListener("wheel", handleWheel, {
+					passive: false,
+					capture: true,
 				});
-				touchTarget.addEventListener("touchend", handleTouchEnd);
 			}
 
 			return () => {
@@ -495,9 +521,18 @@ export const TerminalComponent = React.forwardRef<TerminalRef, TerminalProps>(
 					handleVisibilityChange,
 				);
 				if (isMobile) {
-					touchTarget.removeEventListener("touchstart", handleTouchStart);
-					touchTarget.removeEventListener("touchmove", handleTouchMove);
-					touchTarget.removeEventListener("touchend", handleTouchEnd);
+					container.removeEventListener("touchstart", handleTouchStart, {
+						capture: true,
+					});
+					container.removeEventListener("touchmove", handleTouchMove, {
+						capture: true,
+					});
+					container.removeEventListener("touchend", handleTouchEnd, {
+						capture: true,
+					});
+					container.removeEventListener("wheel", handleWheel, {
+						capture: true,
+					});
 				}
 				if (ws) {
 					ws.close(1000, "Component unmounting");
diff --git a/apps/web/src/styles.css b/apps/web/src/styles.css
index 85448f6..edd203a 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/styles.css
+++ b/apps/web/src/styles.css
@@ -3703,7 +3703,6 @@ a.nav-item,
 	padding: 0;
 	overflow: hidden;
 	position: relative;
-	touch-action: none;
 }
 
 /* xterm.js manages its own sizing */