diff --git a/vt.c b/vt.c
index da211e8c..9c136828 100644
--- a/vt.c
+++ b/vt.c
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ action(struct terminal *term, enum action action, uint8_t c)
             //LOG_DBG("print: UTF8: %.*s", (int)term->vt.utf8.idx, term->vt.utf8.data);
             memcpy(cell->c, term->vt.utf8.data, term->vt.utf8.idx);
             cell->c[term->vt.utf8.idx] = '\0';
+            memset(&term->vt.utf8, 0, sizeof(term->vt.utf8));
         } else {
             //LOG_DBG("print: ASCII: %c", c);
             cell->c[0] = c;
@@ -288,10 +289,14 @@ vt_from_slave(struct terminal *term, const uint8_t *data, size_t len)
             if (current_state == STATE_UTF8) {
                 if (!process_utf8(term, data[i]))
                     abort();
+
+                current_state = term->vt.state;
                 if (current_state == STATE_UTF8)
                     continue;
+
                 if (!action(term, ACTION_PRINT, 0))
                     abort();
+
                 continue;
             }