diff --git a/src/geadline.🗿 b/src/geadline.🗿
index 974650a..9aaa69e 100644
--- a/src/geadline.🗿
+++ b/src/geadline.🗿
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ geadline(prompt) {
 	[buf] = 0;
 
 	loop {
-		red &c;
+		c = getchar();
 		if ((c == 0xffff) | (c == 0x04)) {
 			if ((size == 0) | (c == 0xffff)) {
 				free(buf);
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ geadline(prompt) {
 			}
 		} else if (c == 0x1b) {
 			// ESC code
-			red &c; // skip [
-			red &c; // value
+			getchar(); // skip [
+			c = getchar(); // value
 
 			if ((c == 'A') & (size > 0)) {
 				loop {