diff --git a/cmd/micro/messenger.go b/cmd/micro/messenger.go
index c3bfd1cc..5104c8b9 100644
--- a/cmd/micro/messenger.go
+++ b/cmd/micro/messenger.go
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ func (m *Messenger) HandleEvent(event tcell.Event) {
 			if m.cursorx < Count(m.response) {
 				m.cursorx++
 			}
-		case tcell.KeyBackspace2:
+		case tcell.KeyBackspace2, tcell.KeyBackspace:
 			if m.cursorx > 0 {
 				m.response = string([]rune(m.response)[:m.cursorx-1]) + string(m.response[m.cursorx:])
 			}