diff --git a/src/frontend/inpcom.c b/src/frontend/inpcom.c
index 5deb57545..31b5a4f6e 100644
--- a/src/frontend/inpcom.c
+++ b/src/frontend/inpcom.c
@@ -4088,7 +4088,7 @@ static int get_number_terminals(char *c)
                 char *inst = gettok_instance(&c);
                 strncpy(nam_buf, inst, sizeof(nam_buf) - 1);
                 txfree(inst);
-                if (strstr(nam_buf, "off") || strchr(nam_buf, '=') || strstr(nam_buf, "tnodeout"))
+                if (strstr(nam_buf, "off") || strchr(nam_buf, '=') || strstr(nam_buf, "tnodeout") || strstr(nam_buf, "thermal"))
                     break;
                 i++;
             }