diff --git a/notebook_xterm/terminalclient.js b/notebook_xterm/terminalclient.js
index ca13742..26e9061 100644
--- a/notebook_xterm/terminalclient.js
+++ b/notebook_xterm/terminalclient.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ function TerminalClient(elem) {
     });
 
     require(['xterm'], function(Terminal) {
+        this.div_id = elem.attr('id')
         var termArea = this.create_ui(elem);
         this.term = new Terminal({
             rows: 25,
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ TerminalClient.prototype.create_ui = function(elem) {
     })
     this.titleText = $('<div>').html(INITIAL_TITLE).css({float: 'left'}).appendTo(this.titleBar);
     this.comIndicator = $('<div>').html('&middot;').css({float: 'left', marginLeft: 10}).hide().appendTo(this.titleBar);
+    this.close_button = $('<div>').html('<a onclick="window.terminalClient.close()">close</a>').css({float: 'right'}).appendTo(this.titleBar);
     this.termArea = $('<div>').appendTo(this.wrap);
     return this.termArea;
 }
@@ -166,13 +168,14 @@ TerminalClient.prototype.close = function() {
     if (this.closed) {
         return;
     }
+    this.closed = true;
     console.log('Closing notebook_xterm.');
     clearTimeout(this.termPollTimer);
     this.server_exec(PY_XTERM_INSTANCE + '.deleteTerminalServer()');
-    this.closed = true;
+    $("#" + this.div_id).remove()
 }
 // create the TerminalClient instance (only once!)
 if (window.terminalClient) {
+    window.terminalClient.close()
     delete window.terminalClient;
-}
-window.terminalClient = new TerminalClient($('#notebook_xterm'))
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/notebook_xterm/xterm.py b/notebook_xterm/xterm.py
index d7153a7..8080add 100644
--- a/notebook_xterm/xterm.py
+++ b/notebook_xterm/xterm.py
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 from .terminalserver import TerminalServer
 from IPython.core.display import display, HTML
 from IPython.core.magic import (Magics, magics_class, line_magic, cell_magic)
+from base64 import b64encode
+from uuid import uuid4
 
 JS_FILE_NAME = 'terminalclient.js'
 
@@ -17,11 +19,18 @@ def xterm(self, line):
         with open(jsPath) as f:
             terminalClient_js = f.read()
 
-        markup = """
-        <div id="notebook_xterm"></div>
-        <script>{0}</script>
-        """.format(terminalClient_js)
+        unique_id = str(uuid4())
+        markup = f"""
+        <div id="notebook_xterm_{unique_id}"></div>
+        <script id="notebook_script">{terminalClient_js}
+
+        window.terminalClient = new TerminalClient($('#notebook_xterm_{unique_id}'))
+        </script>
+        """
         display(HTML(markup))
+        ts = self.getTerminalServer()
+
+        return self.getTerminalServer()
 
     def getTerminalServer(self):
         try: