diff --git a/demo/main.js b/demo/main.js
index 1464bcc6..9098c2f0 100644
--- a/demo/main.js
+++ b/demo/main.js
@@ -70,8 +70,7 @@ function createTerminal() {
   term = new Terminal({
     cursorBlink: optionElements.cursorBlink.checked,
     scrollback: parseInt(optionElements.scrollback.value, 10),
-    tabStopWidth: parseInt(optionElements.tabstopwidth.value, 10),
-    bellStyles: [1, 2]
+    tabStopWidth: parseInt(optionElements.tabstopwidth.value, 10)
   });
   term.on('resize', function (size) {
     if (!pid) {
diff --git a/src/Interfaces.ts b/src/Interfaces.ts
index 741ae09b..9ab16c3c 100644
--- a/src/Interfaces.ts
+++ b/src/Interfaces.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  */
 
 import { ILinkMatcherOptions } from './Interfaces';
-import { LinkMatcherHandler, LinkMatcherValidationCallback, Charset, LineData, BellStylesEnum } from './Types';
+import { LinkMatcherHandler, LinkMatcherValidationCallback, Charset, LineData } from './Types';
 
 export interface IBrowser {
   isNode: boolean;
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ export interface IInputHandlingTerminal extends IEventEmitter {
 
 export interface ITerminalOptions {
   bellSound?: string;
-  bellStyles?: BellStylesEnum[];
+  bellStyle?: string[];
   cancelEvents?: boolean;
   colors?: string[];
   cols?: number;
diff --git a/src/Terminal.ts b/src/Terminal.ts
index 69d5c908..fae8e380 100644
--- a/src/Terminal.ts
+++ b/src/Terminal.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ import { getRawByteCoords } from './utils/Mouse';
 import { CustomKeyEventHandler, Charset, LinkMatcherHandler, LinkMatcherValidationCallback, CharData, LineData, Option, StringOption, BooleanOption, StringArrayOption, NumberOption, GeometryOption, HandlerOption } from './Types';
 import { ITerminal, IBrowser, ITerminalOptions, IInputHandlingTerminal, ILinkMatcherOptions, IViewport, ICompositionHelper } from './Interfaces';
 import { BellSound } from './utils/Sounds';
-import { BellStyles } from './utils/BellStyles';
 
 // Declare for RequireJS in loadAddon
 declare var define: any;
@@ -150,7 +149,7 @@ const DEFAULT_OPTIONS: ITerminalOptions = {
   cursorBlink: false,
   cursorStyle: 'block',
   bellSound: BellSound,
-  bellStyles: [BellStyles.Sound, BellStyles.Visual],
+  bellStyle: null,
   scrollback: 1000,
   screenKeys: false,
   debug: false,
@@ -486,6 +485,7 @@ export class Terminal extends EventEmitter implements ITerminal, IInputHandlingT
         this.viewport.syncScrollArea();
         break;
       case 'tabStopWidth': this.setupStops(); break;
+      case 'bellStyle': this.preloadBellSound(); break;
     }
   }
 
@@ -694,12 +694,7 @@ export class Terminal extends EventEmitter implements ITerminal, IInputHandlingT
     this.viewportElement.appendChild(this.viewportScrollArea);
 
     // preload audio
-    if (this.options.bellStyles.indexOf(BellStyles.Sound) > -1) {
-      this.bellAudioElement = document.createElement('audio');
-      this.bellAudioElement.setAttribute('preload', 'auto');
-      this.bellAudioElement.setAttribute('src', this.options.bellSound);
-      this.element.appendChild(this.bellAudioElement);
-    }
+    this.preloadBellSound()
 
     // Create the selection container.
     this.selectionContainer = document.createElement('div');
@@ -1887,10 +1882,10 @@ export class Terminal extends EventEmitter implements ITerminal, IInputHandlingT
    */
   public bell(): void {
     this.emit('bell');
-    if (this.options.bellStyles.indexOf(BellStyles.Sound) > -1) {
+    if (this.soundBell()) {
       this.bellAudioElement.play();
     }
-    if (this.options.bellStyles.indexOf(BellStyles.Visual) > -1) {
+    if (this.visualBell()) {
       this.element.classList.add('visual-bell-active');
       clearTimeout(this.visualBellTimer);
       this.visualBellTimer = window.setTimeout(() => {
@@ -2288,6 +2283,27 @@ export class Terminal extends EventEmitter implements ITerminal, IInputHandlingT
 
     return matchColorCache[hash] = li;
   }
+
+  private visualBell() {
+    var styles = [].concat.apply([], [this.options.bellStyle]);
+
+    return styles.indexOf('visual') > -1 || styles.indexOf('both') > -1
+  }
+
+  private soundBell() {
+    var styles = [].concat.apply([], [this.options.bellStyle]);
+
+    return styles.indexOf('sound') > -1 || styles.indexOf('both') > -1
+  }
+
+  private preloadBellSound() {
+    if (this.soundBell()) {
+      this.bellAudioElement = document.createElement('audio');
+      this.bellAudioElement.setAttribute('preload', 'auto');
+      this.bellAudioElement.setAttribute('src', this.options.bellSound);
+      this.element.appendChild(this.bellAudioElement);
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/Types.ts b/src/Types.ts
index e32f6295..c287030d 100644
--- a/src/Types.ts
+++ b/src/Types.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
  * @license MIT
  */
 
-import { BellStyles } from './utils/BellStyles';
-
 export type LinkMatcher = {
   id: number,
   regex: RegExp,
@@ -32,6 +30,7 @@ export type BooleanOption =
     'useFlowControl';
 export type StringOption =
     'cursorStyle' |
+    'bellStyle' |
     'termName';
 export type StringArrayOption = 'colors';
 export type NumberOption =
@@ -41,5 +40,3 @@ export type NumberOption =
     'scrollback';
 export type GeometryOption = 'geometry';
 export type HandlerOption = 'handler';
-
-export type BellStylesEnum = BellStyles;
diff --git a/src/utils/BellStyles.ts b/src/utils/BellStyles.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 5534ea54..00000000
--- a/src/utils/BellStyles.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-export enum BellStyles {
-  None,
-  Sound,
-  Visual
-}