diff --git a/shmoji b/shmoji
index 47154f5..f6465d0 100755
--- a/shmoji
+++ b/shmoji
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ case "$cmd" in
         command -v bemenu > /dev/null || die 'bemenu not found'
         command -v wtype > /dev/null || die 'wtype not found'
         emoji=$(cat "$emojidb/emojis.txt" | bemenu -c -W 0.2 -l 20)
-        printf "%s" "$emoji" | cut -d " " -f 1 | wtype -
+        printf "%s" "$emoji" | cut -d " " -f 1 | tr -d '\n' | wtype -
         ;;
     *)
         printf "%s\n" "usage: shmoji [bemenu | download]"