diff --git a/src/messenger.go b/src/messenger.go
index e7984bf3..aeafea0d 100644
--- a/src/messenger.go
+++ b/src/messenger.go
@@ -153,14 +153,14 @@ func (m *Messenger) HandleEvent(event tcell.Event) {
 			}
 		case tcell.KeyBackspace2:
 			if m.cursorx > 0 {
-				m.response = string([]rune(m.response)[:Count(m.response)-1])
+				m.response = string([]rune(m.response)[:m.cursorx-1]) + string(m.response[m.cursorx:])
 			}
 			m.cursorx--
 		case tcell.KeySpace:
 			m.response += " "
 			m.cursorx++
 		case tcell.KeyRune:
-			m.response += string(e.Rune())
+			m.response = Insert(m.response, m.cursorx, string(e.Rune()))
 			m.cursorx++
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/util.go b/src/util.go
index 2ad55387..069aff6f 100644
--- a/src/util.go
+++ b/src/util.go
@@ -70,3 +70,8 @@ func Contains(list []string, a string) bool {
 	}
 	return false
 }
+
+// Insert makes a simple insert into a string at the given position
+func Insert(str string, pos int, value string) string {
+	return string([]rune(str)[:pos]) + value + string([]rune(str)[pos:])
+}