diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 Brick changelog
 ---------------
 
+2.1.1
+-----
+
+Bug fixes:
+* `defaultMain` now properly shuts down Vty before it returns, fixing
+  a bug where the terminal would be in an unclean state on return from
+  `defaultMain`.
+
 2.1
 ---
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 [vty](http://hackage.haskell.org/package/vty), so some knowledge of Vty
 will be necessary to use this library. Brick depends on
 `vty-crossplatform`, so Brick should work anywhere Vty works (Unix and
-Windows).
+Windows). Brick releases prior to 2.0 only support Unix-based systems.
 
 Example
 -------
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@
 | [`Giter`](https://gitlab.com/refaelsh/giter) | A UI wrapper around Git CLI inspired by [Magit](https://magit.vc/). |
 | [`Brickudoku`](https://github.com/Thecentury/brickudoku) | A hybrid of Tetris and Sudoku |
 | [`timeloop`](https://github.com/cdupont/timeloop) | A time-travelling demonstrator |
+| [`brick-trading-journal`](https://codeberg.org/amano.kenji/brick-trading-journal) | A TUI program that calculates basic statistics from trades |
 
 These third-party packages also extend `brick`:
 
diff --git a/brick.cabal b/brick.cabal
--- a/brick.cabal
+++ b/brick.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                brick
-version:             2.1
+version:             2.1.1
 synopsis:            A declarative terminal user interface library
 description:
   Write terminal user interfaces (TUIs) painlessly with 'brick'! You
diff --git a/src/Brick/Main.hs b/src/Brick/Main.hs
--- a/src/Brick/Main.hs
+++ b/src/Brick/Main.hs
@@ -131,8 +131,10 @@
             -> s
             -- ^ The initial application state.
             -> IO s
-defaultMain app st =
-    fst <$> customMainWithDefaultVty Nothing app st
+defaultMain app st = do
+    (s, vty) <- customMainWithDefaultVty Nothing app st
+    shutdown vty
+    return s
 
 -- | A simple main entry point which takes a widget and renders it. This
 -- event loop terminates when the user presses any key, but terminal