diff --git a/ai-chat b/ai-chat
index 31a828f..214456b 100755
--- a/ai-chat
+++ b/ai-chat
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ prompt="You are Mr.Helper. You are an assistant that lives in a floating termina
 
 echo -n "$prompt" | jq -sR '{"role": "system", "content": .}' > "$conversation_file"
 
-while read -rp '> ' prompt ; do
+while read -rep '> ' prompt ; do
   [ -n "$prompt" ] || continue
 
   echo -n "$prompt" | jq -sR '{"role": "user", "content": .}' >> "$conversation_file"