diff --git a/emoji-spmenu b/emoji-spmenu
index 82550d6..ebcc11b 100755
--- a/emoji-spmenu
+++ b/emoji-spmenu
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ main() {
     [ ! -f "$EMOJI_CACHE_FILE" ] || [ "$1" = "-cc" ] && get_cache
     [ ! -f "$EMOJI_CACHE_FILE" ] && exit 1
 
-    selchar="$(spmenu --lines 50 --columns 1 "$@" < "$EMOJI_CACHE_FILE" | awk '{ print $1 }')"
+    selchar="$(spmenu --insert --lines 50 --columns 1 "$@" < "$EMOJI_CACHE_FILE" | awk '{ print $1 }')"
 
     [ -z "$selchar" ] && exit 1