diff --git a/src/keybind/keybind.zig b/src/keybind/keybind.zig
index c76cdde..2dea15d 100644
--- a/src/keybind/keybind.zig
+++ b/src/keybind/keybind.zig
@@ -369,7 +369,6 @@ const BindingSet = struct {
         var keypress: input.Key = 0;
         var egc: input.Key = 0;
         var modifiers: input.Mods = 0;
-        var text: []const u8 = "";
 
         if (try m.match(.{
             "I",
@@ -388,10 +387,6 @@ const BindingSet = struct {
             }
         } else if (try m.match(.{"F"})) {
             self.flush() catch |e| return tp.exit_error(e, @errorReturnTrace());
-        } else if (try m.match(.{ "system_clipboard", tp.extract(&text) })) {
-            self.flush() catch |e| return tp.exit_error(e, @errorReturnTrace());
-            self.insert_bytes(text) catch |e| return tp.exit_error(e, @errorReturnTrace());
-            self.flush() catch |e| return tp.exit_error(e, @errorReturnTrace());
         }
         return false;
     }
diff --git a/src/tui/tui.zig b/src/tui/tui.zig
index 486b265..c7b53dc 100644
--- a/src/tui/tui.zig
+++ b/src/tui/tui.zig
@@ -283,9 +283,9 @@ fn receive_safe(self: *Self, from: tp.pid_ref, m: tp.message) !void {
         return;
     }
 
-    if (try m.match(.{ "system_clipboard", tp.string })) {
-        if (self.active_event_handler()) |eh|
-            eh.send(tp.self_pid(), m) catch |e| self.logger.err("clipboard handler", e);
+    if (try m.match(.{ "system_clipboard", tp.extract(&text) })) {
+        try self.dispatch_flush_input_event();
+        try command.executeName("paste", command.fmt(.{text}));
         return;
     }