diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5a636c0..9394a5e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Similar to [dwm-flexipatch](https://github.com/bakkeby/dwm-flexipatch) this st 0.8.3 (53d521, 2020-05-09) project has a different take on st 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.
+Similar to [dwm-flexipatch](https://github.com/bakkeby/dwm-flexipatch) this st 0.8.3 (aee9f9, 2020-05-09) project has a different take on st 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.
 
 For example to include the `alpha` patch then you would only need to flip this setting from 0 to 1 in [patches.h](https://github.com/bakkeby/st-flexipatch/blob/master/patches.def.h):
 ```c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Refer to [https://st.suckless.org/](https://st.suckless.org/) for details on the
 
 ### Changelog:
 
-2020-05-20 - Upgrade to 53d521, 2020-05-09, removed visualbell 1, 2, 3 patches and force redraw after keypress due to incompatibility
+2020-05-20 - Upgrade to aee9f9, 2020-05-09, removed visualbell 1, 2, 3 patches and force redraw after keypress due to incompatibility
 
 2020-04-20 - Upgrade to c279f5, 2020-04-19, and added the force redraw on pselect after key is pressed patch and the externalpipein patch
 
diff --git a/st.c b/st.c
index 1e9167f..8a2ba1e 100644
--- a/st.c
+++ b/st.c
@@ -2477,7 +2477,7 @@ tputc(Rune u)
 	Glyph *gp;
 
 	control = ISCONTROL(u);
-	if (!IS_SET(MODE_UTF8 | MODE_SIXEL)) {
+	if (u < 127 || !IS_SET(MODE_UTF8 | MODE_SIXEL)) {
 		c[0] = u;
 		width = len = 1;
 	} else {