diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0b54a1b..d79fab0 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ curl https://syedm.dev/crib | sh
 ```
 
 Currently only for Linux.<br>
-*Tested with arch linux and ubuntu and void*<br>
+*Tested with arch linux, ubuntu and void*<br>
 
 ## Building
 
diff --git a/include/editor/visual.h b/include/editor/visual.h
index 6dd8df8..021b193 100755
--- a/include/editor/visual.h
+++ b/include/editor/visual.h
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ struct VisualIterator {
   std::stack<std::pair<Coord, Coord>> prev_stack;
 
   VisualIterator(Knot *root, Coord pos, uint32_t width)
-      : it(begin_l_iter(root, pos.row)), offset(pos.col),
-        line_index(pos.row - 1), render_width(width) {}
+      : it(begin_l_iter(root, pos.row)), line_index(pos.row - 1),
+        offset(pos.col), render_width(width) {}
 
   std::pair<Coord, Coord> prev() {
     if (!it)
diff --git a/include/lsp/lsp.h b/include/lsp/lsp.h
index ac9bd37..cb6ff4c 100755
--- a/include/lsp/lsp.h
+++ b/include/lsp/lsp.h
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ struct LSPInstance {
     if (pfd.revents & POLLIN) {
       json exit_msg = {{"jsonrpc", "2.0"}, {"method", "exit"}};
       send_raw(exit_msg);
-      int waited = 0;
+      uint32_t waited = 0;
       while (waited < timeout) {
         int status;
         pid_t res = waitpid(pid, &status, WNOHANG);
diff --git a/include/utils/utils.h b/include/utils/utils.h
index bf811cf..58590b9 100755
--- a/include/utils/utils.h
+++ b/include/utils/utils.h
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ std::string percent_encode(const std::string &s);
 std::string percent_decode(const std::string &s);
 uint32_t count_clusters(const char *line, size_t len, size_t from, size_t to);
 std::string trim(const std::string &s);
+std::string strip_newlines(const std::string &s);
 std::string substitute_fence(const std::string &documentation,
                              const std::string &lang);
 
diff --git a/src/ui/bar.cc b/src/ui/bar.cc
index 684baa6..1078adc 100755
--- a/src/ui/bar.cc
+++ b/src/ui/bar.cc
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include "syntax/decl.h"
 #include "windows/decl.h"
 
-void Bar::log(std::string message) { log_line = message; }
+void Bar::log(std::string message) { log_line = strip_newlines(message); }
 
 void Bar::render(std::vector<ScreenCell> &buffer) {
   USING(LSPInstance);
diff --git a/src/utils/system.cc b/src/utils/system.cc
index 97300ea..b8cb37e 100755
--- a/src/utils/system.cc
+++ b/src/utils/system.cc
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ char *load_file(const char *path, uint32_t *out_len, bool *out_eol) {
   bool has_utf8_bom = (bom[0] == 0xEF && bom[1] == 0xBB && bom[2] == 0xBF);
   uint32_t skip = has_utf8_bom ? 3 : 0;
   uint32_t data_len = static_cast<uint32_t>(len) - skip;
+  file.clear();
   file.seekg(skip, std::ios::beg);
   char *buf = (char *)malloc(data_len + 1);
   if (!buf)
diff --git a/src/utils/text.cc b/src/utils/text.cc
index 093c89f..a3a2add 100755
--- a/src/utils/text.cc
+++ b/src/utils/text.cc
@@ -91,6 +91,15 @@ std::string trim(const std::string &s) {
   return s.substr(start, end - start + 1);
 }
 
+std::string strip_newlines(const std::string &s) {
+  std::string out;
+  out.reserve(s.size());
+  for (char c : s)
+    if (c != '\n' && c != '\r')
+      out.push_back(c);
+  return out;
+}
+
 std::string clean_text(const std::string &input) {
   std::string result = input;
   static const std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string> entities = {