diff --git a/build.zig.zon b/build.zig.zon
index 25ebca8..bb542c5 100644
--- a/build.zig.zon
+++ b/build.zig.zon
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
             .hash = "fuzzig-0.1.1-Ji0xivxIAQBD0g8O_NV_0foqoPf3elsg9Sc3pNfdVH4D",
         },
         .vaxis = .{
-            .url = "git+https://github.com/neurocyte/libvaxis?ref=main#164dfadbad9a5df529ade8e3f0e5c52939d27e81",
-            .hash = "vaxis-0.5.1-BWNV_M4yCQBLJYI9ooJL-8dstYnId58coiBeHhF4m9wz",
+            .url = "git+https://github.com/neurocyte/libvaxis?ref=main#035457cdb54f4c12caae6638b837c447447ae70d",
+            .hash = "vaxis-0.5.1-BWNV_NAyCQBgEcQ3hBKEqyWOJh4uDSm4mPvffsI10J5i",
         },
         .zeit = .{
             .url = "git+https://github.com/rockorager/zeit?ref=zig-0.15#ed2ca60db118414bda2b12df2039e33bad3b0b88",
diff --git a/src/renderer/vaxis/GraphemeCache.zig b/src/renderer/vaxis/GraphemeCache.zig
deleted file mode 100644
index b47e9b6..0000000
--- a/src/renderer/vaxis/GraphemeCache.zig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-storage: *Storage,
-
-pub const GraphemeCache = @This();
-
-pub inline fn put(self: *@This(), bytes: []const u8) []u8 {
-    return self.storage.put(bytes);
-}
-
-pub const Storage = struct {
-    buf: [1024 * 512]u8 = undefined,
-    idx: usize = 0,
-
-    pub fn put(self: *@This(), bytes: []const u8) []u8 {
-        if (self.idx + bytes.len > self.buf.len) self.idx = 0;
-        defer self.idx += bytes.len;
-        @memcpy(self.buf[self.idx .. self.idx + bytes.len], bytes);
-        return self.buf[self.idx .. self.idx + bytes.len];
-    }
-
-    pub fn cache(self: *@This()) GraphemeCache {
-        return .{ .storage = self };
-    }
-};
diff --git a/src/renderer/vaxis/Layer.zig b/src/renderer/vaxis/Layer.zig
index 7dd4e95..50831c8 100644
--- a/src/renderer/vaxis/Layer.zig
+++ b/src/renderer/vaxis/Layer.zig
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ const std = @import("std");
 const vaxis = @import("vaxis");
 
 pub const Plane = @import("Plane.zig");
-const GraphemeCache = @import("GraphemeCache.zig");
 
 const Layer = @This();
 
@@ -14,7 +13,6 @@ plane_: Plane,
 const View = struct {
     allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
     screen: vaxis.Screen,
-    cache_storage: GraphemeCache.Storage = .{},
 
     pub const Config = struct {
         h: u16,
@@ -59,7 +57,6 @@ pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, opts: Options) std.mem.Allocator.Error
     const name = "layer";
     self.plane_ = .{
         .window = self.window(),
-        .cache = self.view.cache_storage.cache(),
         .name_buf = undefined,
         .name_len = name.len,
     };
diff --git a/src/renderer/vaxis/Plane.zig b/src/renderer/vaxis/Plane.zig
index 8ff6943..b59b1f6 100644
--- a/src/renderer/vaxis/Plane.zig
+++ b/src/renderer/vaxis/Plane.zig
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ const vaxis = @import("vaxis");
 const Buffer = @import("Buffer");
 const color = @import("color");
 const RGB = @import("color").RGB;
-const GraphemeCache = @import("GraphemeCache.zig");
 
 const Plane = @This();
 
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ row: i32 = 0,
 col: i32 = 0,
 name_buf: [name_buf_len]u8,
 name_len: usize,
-cache: GraphemeCache,
+cache: GraphemeCache = .{},
 style: vaxis.Cell.Style = .{},
 style_base: vaxis.Cell.Style = .{},
 scrolling: bool = false,
@@ -50,7 +49,6 @@ pub fn init(nopts: *const Options, parent_: Plane) !Plane {
     const len = @min(nopts.name.len, name_buf_len);
     var plane: Plane = .{
         .window = parent_.window.child(opts),
-        .cache = parent_.cache,
         .name_buf = undefined,
         .name_len = len,
         .scrolling = nopts.flags == .VSCROLL,
@@ -502,6 +500,18 @@ pub fn metrics(self: *const Plane, tab_width: usize) Buffer.Metrics {
     };
 }
 
+const GraphemeCache = struct {
+    buf: [1024 * 16]u8 = undefined,
+    idx: usize = 0,
+
+    pub fn put(self: *GraphemeCache, bytes: []const u8) []u8 {
+        if (self.idx + bytes.len > self.buf.len) self.idx = 0;
+        defer self.idx += bytes.len;
+        @memcpy(self.buf[self.idx .. self.idx + bytes.len], bytes);
+        return self.buf[self.idx .. self.idx + bytes.len];
+    }
+};
+
 fn to_cell_color(col: ThemeColor) vaxis.Cell.Color {
     return .{ .rgb = RGB.to_u8s(RGB.from_u24(col.color)) };
 }
diff --git a/src/renderer/vaxis/renderer.zig b/src/renderer/vaxis/renderer.zig
index 78524c2..5f6376c 100644
--- a/src/renderer/vaxis/renderer.zig
+++ b/src/renderer/vaxis/renderer.zig
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ pub const CursorShape = vaxis.Cell.CursorShape;
 
 pub const style = @import("style.zig").StyleBits;
 pub const styles = @import("style.zig");
-const GraphemeCache = @import("GraphemeCache.zig");
 
 const Self = @This();
 pub const log_name = "vaxis";
@@ -26,7 +25,6 @@ allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
 tty: vaxis.Tty,
 vx: vaxis.Vaxis,
 tty_buffer: []u8,
-cache_storage: GraphemeCache.Storage = .{},
 
 no_alternate: bool,
 event_buffer: std.Io.Writer.Allocating,
@@ -242,7 +240,6 @@ pub fn stdplane(self: *Self) Plane {
     const name = "root";
     var plane: Plane = .{
         .window = self.vx.window(),
-        .cache = self.cache_storage.cache(),
         .name_buf = undefined,
         .name_len = name.len,
     };