diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f65baa5..c0544b4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Similar to [dwm-flexipatch](https://github.com/bakkeby/dwm-flexipatch) this dmenu 5.0 (cd2133a,
-2021-08-09) project has a different take on patching. It uses preprocessor directives to decide
+Similar to [dwm-flexipatch](https://github.com/bakkeby/dwm-flexipatch) this dmenu 5.0 (d78ff08,
+2021-08-20) project has a different take on patching. It uses preprocessor directives to decide
 whether or not to include a patch during build time. Essentially this means that this build, for
 better or worse, contains both the patched _and_ the original code. The aim being that you can
 select which patches to include and the build will contain that code and nothing more.
diff --git a/drw.c b/drw.c
index 6ad9d1f..60199b5 100644
--- a/drw.c
+++ b/drw.c
@@ -493,11 +493,8 @@ drw_text(Drw *drw, int x, int y, unsigned int w, unsigned int h, unsigned int lp
 		if (utf8strlen) {
 			drw_font_getexts(usedfont, utf8str, utf8strlen, &ew, NULL);
 			/* shorten text if necessary */
-			if (ew > w)
-				for (ew = 0, len = 0; ew < w - lpad * 2 && len < MIN(utf8strlen, sizeof(buf) - 1); len++)
-					drw_font_getexts(usedfont, utf8str, len, &ew, NULL);
-			else
-				len = MIN(utf8strlen, sizeof(buf) - 1);
+			for (len = MIN(utf8strlen, sizeof(buf) - 1); len && ew > w; len--)
+				drw_font_getexts(usedfont, utf8str, len, &ew, NULL);
 
 			if (len) {
 				memcpy(buf, utf8str, len);