diff --git a/src/geadline.🗿 b/src/geadline.🗿
index c691337..aa5b214 100644
--- a/src/geadline.🗿
+++ b/src/geadline.🗿
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ geadline2(prompt, text)
 					esccode('D');
 				}
 			}
+		} else if (c == '\n') {
+			return buf;
 		} else {
 			size = size + 1;
 			if (size >= capacity) {
@@ -115,16 +117,11 @@ geadline2(prompt, text)
 				esccode('D');
 			}
 			i = i + 1;
-			if (c == '\n')
-				return buf;
 		}
 	}
 }
 
-geadline(prompt)
-{
-	geadline2(prompt, NULL);
-}
+geadline(prompt) => geadline2(prompt, NULL);
 
 esccode(c)
 {
diff --git a/tests/geadline.input b/tests/geadline.input
index 625fff9..6e15734 100644
--- a/tests/geadline.input
+++ b/tests/geadline.input
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 yo
 bozo
-z^[[Dbo^[[C^[[C^[[Co
+zboo
diff --git a/tests/geadline.🗿 b/tests/geadline.🗿
index c21636d..e9975ae 100644
--- a/tests/geadline.🗿
+++ b/tests/geadline.🗿
@@ -6,17 +6,13 @@ main()
 
 	ptr = geadline("");
 	test_str(ptr, "yo", "");
-	free(ptr);
 	
 	ptr = geadline("");
 	test_str(ptr, "bozo", "");
-	free(ptr);
 	
 	ptr = geadline("");
 	test_str(ptr, "bozo", "arrow");
-	free(ptr);
 	
 	ptr = geadline("");
 	test_num(ptr, 0, "");
-	free(ptr);
 }