diff --git a/common/include/villas/terminal.hpp b/common/include/villas/terminal.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3cf753a08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/include/villas/terminal.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/** Terminal handling.
+ *
+ * @file
+ * @author Steffen Vogel <stvogel@eonerc.rwth-aachen.de>
+ * @copyright 2018, Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems, EONERC
+ * @license GNU General Public License (version 3)
+ *
+ * VILLAScommon
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *********************************************************************************/
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <cstdio>
+
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+
+namespace villas {
+
+class Terminal {
+
+protected:
+	static struct winsize window;	/**< Size of the terminal window. */
+
+	bool isTty;
+
+public:
+	Terminal();
+
+	/** Signal handler for TIOCGWINSZ */
+	static void resize(int signal, siginfo_t *sinfo, void *ctx);
+
+	static int getCols()
+	{
+		return window.ws_col;
+	}
+
+	static int getRows()
+	{
+		return window.ws_row;
+	}
+};
+
+} // namespace villas
diff --git a/common/lib/table.c b/common/lib/table.c
index 88a55b6f3..ad0bf6cc0 100644
--- a/common/lib/table.c
+++ b/common/lib/table.c
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ static int table_resize(struct table *t, int width)
 
 void table_header(struct table *t)
 {
-	if (t->width != global_log->width)
-		table_resize(t, global_log->width);
+	if (t->width != log_get_width())
+		table_resize(t, log_get_width());
 
 	char *line0 = strf("\b");
 	char *line1 = strf("\b\b" BOX_UD);
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ void table_header(struct table *t)
 
 void table_row(struct table *t, ...)
 {
-	if (t->width != global_log->width) {
-		table_resize(t, global_log->width);
+	if (t->width != log_get_width()) {
+		table_resize(t, log_get_width());
 		table_header(t);
 	}
 
@@ -152,8 +152,8 @@ void table_row(struct table *t, ...)
 
 void table_footer(struct table *t)
 {
-	if (t->width != global_log->width)
-		table_resize(t, global_log->width);
+	if (t->width != log_get_width())
+		table_resize(t, log_get_width());
 
 	char *line = strf("\b");