diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f8b185a..ef3f679 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Similar to [dwm-flexipatch](https://github.com/bakkeby/dwm-flexipatch) this dmenu 5.3 (7be720c,
-2024-03-19) 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 5.3 (475d809,
+2024-07-14) 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 7bba61b..5c8f726 100644
--- a/drw.c
+++ b/drw.c
@@ -469,10 +469,8 @@ drw_text(Drw *drw, int x, int y, unsigned int w, unsigned int h, unsigned int lp
 	usedfont = drw->fonts;
 	if (!ellipsis_width && render)
 		ellipsis_width = drw_fontset_getwidth(drw, ellipsis);
-	if (!invalid_width) {
-		invalid_width = -1; /* stop infinite recursion */
+	if (!invalid_width && render)
 		invalid_width = drw_fontset_getwidth(drw, invalid);
-	}
 	while (1) {
 		ew = ellipsis_len = utf8err = utf8strlen = 0;
 		utf8str = text;