diff --git a/src/tui/mode/overlay/clipboard_palette.zig b/src/tui/mode/overlay/clipboard_palette.zig
index 1bd2da3..c4b770e 100644
--- a/src/tui/mode/overlay/clipboard_palette.zig
+++ b/src/tui/mode/overlay/clipboard_palette.zig
@@ -24,8 +24,13 @@ pub fn load_entries(palette: *Type) !usize {
     if (history.len > 0) {
         var idx = history.len - 1;
         while (true) : (idx -= 1) {
+            var label_ = history[idx];
+            while (label_.len > 0) switch (label_[0]) {
+                ' ', '\t', '\n' => label_ = label_[1..],
+                else => break,
+            };
             (try palette.entries.addOne(palette.allocator)).* = .{
-                .label = history[idx],
+                .label = label_,
                 .idx = idx,
             };
             if (idx == 0) break;
@@ -46,14 +51,15 @@ pub fn add_menu_entry(palette: *Type, entry: *Entry, matches: ?[]const usize) !v
 
     var hint: std.Io.Writer.Allocating = .init(palette.allocator);
     defer hint.deinit();
+    const item = if (tui.clipboard_get_history()) |clipboard| clipboard[entry.idx] else &.{};
     var line_count: usize = 1;
-    for (0..entry.label.len) |i| if (entry.label[i] == '\n') {
+    for (0..item.len) |i| if (item[i] == '\n') {
         line_count += 1;
     };
     if (line_count > 1)
         try hint.writer.print(" {d} lines", .{line_count})
     else
-        try hint.writer.print(" {d} {s}", .{ entry.label.len, if (entry.label.len == 1) "byte" else "bytes" });
+        try hint.writer.print(" {d} {s}", .{ item.len, if (item.len == 1) "byte " else "bytes" });
     try cbor.writeValue(writer, hint.written());
 
     try cbor.writeValue(writer, matches orelse &[_]usize{});