diff --git a/src/ripgrep.zig b/src/ripgrep.zig
index c99b625..219c4d4 100644
--- a/src/ripgrep.zig
+++ b/src/ripgrep.zig
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ const std = @import("std");
 const tp = @import("thespian");
 const cbor = @import("cbor");
 const log = @import("log");
-const bin_path = @import("bin_path");
+
+pub const ripgrep_binary = "rg";
 
 pid: ?tp.pid,
 stdin_behavior: std.process.Child.StdIo,
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ const Process = struct {
         errdefer self.deinit();
         _ = tp.set_trap(true);
         const args = tp.message.fmt(.{
-            get_ripgrep(),
+            ripgrep_binary,
             // "--line-buffered",
             "--fixed-strings",
             "--json",
@@ -181,9 +182,9 @@ const Process = struct {
             } else if (try m.match(.{ tp.any, tp.any, "exited", 1 })) {
                 self.logger.print("no matches found", .{});
             } else if (try m.match(.{ tp.any, tp.any, "error.FileNotFound", 1 })) {
-                self.logger.print_err(get_ripgrep(), "'{s}' executable not found", .{get_ripgrep()});
+                self.logger.print_err(ripgrep_binary, "'{s}' executable not found", .{ripgrep_binary});
             } else if (try m.match(.{ tp.any, tp.any, tp.extract(&err_msg), tp.extract(&exit_code) })) {
-                self.logger.print_err(get_ripgrep(), "terminated {s} exitcode: {d}", .{ err_msg, exit_code });
+                self.logger.print_err(ripgrep_binary, "terminated {s} exitcode: {d}", .{ err_msg, exit_code });
             }
         }
     }
@@ -255,18 +256,3 @@ const Process = struct {
         self.match_count += 1;
     }
 };
-
-const rg_binary = "rg";
-const default_rg_binary = "/bin/" ++ rg_binary;
-
-var rg_path: ?struct {
-    path: ?[:0]const u8 = null,
-} = null;
-
-pub fn get_ripgrep() []const u8 {
-    const allocator = std.heap.c_allocator;
-    if (rg_path) |p| return p.path orelse default_rg_binary;
-    const path = bin_path.find_binary_in_path(allocator, rg_binary) catch default_rg_binary;
-    rg_path = .{ .path = path };
-    return path orelse default_rg_binary;
-}
diff --git a/src/tui/mode/overlay/palette.zig b/src/tui/mode/overlay/palette.zig
index fd981cd..094d164 100644
--- a/src/tui/mode/overlay/palette.zig
+++ b/src/tui/mode/overlay/palette.zig
@@ -213,7 +213,6 @@ pub fn Create(options: type) type {
             self.items = 0;
             self.menu.reset_items();
             self.menu.selected = null;
-            self.longest = self.inputbox.text.items.len;
             for (self.entries.items) |entry|
                 self.longest = @max(self.longest, entry.label.len);
 
diff --git a/src/tui/status/branch.zig b/src/tui/status/branch.zig
index 706c7b5..d11b9ab 100644
--- a/src/tui/status/branch.zig
+++ b/src/tui/status/branch.zig
@@ -93,12 +93,9 @@ fn process_git(self: *Self, m: tp.message) MessageFilter.Error!bool {
 }
 
 fn process_status(self: *Self, m: tp.message) MessageFilter.Error!bool {
-    defer Widget.need_render();
-
     var value: []const u8 = undefined;
     var ahead: []const u8 = undefined;
     var behind: []const u8 = undefined;
-
     if (self.done) {
         self.done = false;
         self.changed = 0;