diff --git a/cmd/micro/cellview.go b/cmd/micro/cellview.go
index 729a0aee..a109f291 100644
--- a/cmd/micro/cellview.go
+++ b/cmd/micro/cellview.go
@@ -103,12 +103,9 @@ func (c *CellView) Draw(buf *Buffer, top, height, left, width int) {
 
 				nextLine := line[colN:]
 				lineLength := min(StringWidth(string(nextLine), tabsize), width)
-				if len(c.lines[viewLine]) != lineLength {
-					c.lines[viewLine] = make([]*Char, lineLength)
-				}
+				c.lines = append(c.lines, make([]*Char, lineLength))
 
 				viewCol = 0
-
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/cmd/micro/view2.go b/cmd/micro/view2.go
index fcfb892d..3d1cb7a8 100644
--- a/cmd/micro/view2.go
+++ b/cmd/micro/view2.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func (v *View) DisplayView() {
 	left := v.leftCol
 	top := v.Topline
 
-	v.cellview.Draw(v.Buf, top, height, left, width)
+	v.cellview.Draw(v.Buf, top, height, left, width-v.lineNumOffset)
 
 	screenX := v.x
 	realLineN := top - 1