diff --git a/build.zig.zon b/build.zig.zon
index c87e90b..926fd7e 100644
--- a/build.zig.zon
+++ b/build.zig.zon
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
             .hash = "1220affeb3fe37ef09411b5a213b5fdf9bb6568e9913bade204694648983a8b2776d",
         },
         .vaxis = .{
-            .url = "git+https://github.com/rockorager/libvaxis?ref=main#d36ab043caf7cbb24cae1bd0346dd6b654df0653",
-            .hash = "12206c252ee00b9dd0214989dfa35a6eea29ac7d65d4053817f161f4c23b6e09dd89",
+            .url = "git+https://github.com/rockorager/libvaxis?ref=main#707c050a76aaad6ce37314a4b15b77a34a9e2293",
+            .hash = "1220f3260273dd957a4ffb8b453e5b5a2204311ed06b2384e492d01ac06e751ae56b",
         },
         .zeit = .{
             .url = "git+https://github.com/rockorager/zeit?ref=main#9cca8ec620a54c3b07cd249f25e5bcb3153d03d7",
diff --git a/src/app.zig b/src/app.zig
index e5f97a6..be5a006 100644
--- a/src/app.zig
+++ b/src/app.zig
@@ -255,9 +255,9 @@ pub const App = struct {
                                 try input.insertSliceAtCursor(line);
                             }
                         } else if (key.matches(vaxis.Key.enter, .{})) {
-                            if (input.buf.realLength() == 0) continue;
                             const buffer = self.selectedBuffer() orelse @panic("no buffer");
                             const content = try input.toOwnedSlice();
+                            if (content.len == 0) continue;
                             defer self.alloc.free(content);
                             if (content[0] == '/')
                                 self.handleCommand(lua_state, buffer, content) catch |err| {