diff --git a/cmd/micro/messenger.go b/cmd/micro/messenger.go
index 43dd5785..d6ad3b10 100644
--- a/cmd/micro/messenger.go
+++ b/cmd/micro/messenger.go
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ func (m *Messenger) Prompt(prompt, placeholder, historyType string, completionTy
 					chosen = chosen + CommonSubstring(suggestions...)
 				}
 
-				if len(suggestions) != 0 {
+				if len(suggestions) != 0 && chosen != "" {
 					m.response = shellwords.Join(append(args[:len(args)-1], chosen)...)
 					m.cursorx = Count(m.response)
 				}