diff --git a/view_helpers.go b/view_helpers.go
index 31cd89c40..bb8b86da7 100644
--- a/view_helpers.go
+++ b/view_helpers.go
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ func renderString(g *gocui.Gui, viewName, s string) error {
 }
 
 func splitLines(multilineString string) []string {
+	multilineString = strings.Replace(multilineString, "\r", "", -1)
 	if multilineString == "" || multilineString == "\n" {
 		return make([]string, 0)
 	}