diff --git a/src/dged/buffer.c b/src/dged/buffer.c
index 84d2f75..91c1a14 100644
--- a/src/dged/buffer.c
+++ b/src/dged/buffer.c
@@ -526,25 +526,26 @@ struct location buffer_add(struct buffer *buffer, struct location at,
 
   struct location at_bytes = buffer_location_to_byte_coords(buffer, at);
 
-  uint32_t lines_added;
+  uint32_t ignore_;
   text_insert_at(buffer->text, at_bytes.line, at_bytes.col, text, nbytes,
-                 &lines_added);
+                 &ignore_);
 
   // move to after inserted text
-  if (lines_added > 0) {
-    final = buffer_clamp(buffer, (int64_t)at.line + lines_added, 0);
-  } else {
-    uint32_t cols_added = 0, tab_width = get_tab_width(buffer);
-    struct utf8_codepoint_iterator iter =
-        create_utf8_codepoint_iterator(text, nbytes, 0);
-    struct codepoint *codepoint;
-    while ((codepoint = utf8_next_codepoint(&iter)) != NULL) {
-      cols_added += visual_char_width(codepoint, tab_width);
+  uint32_t cols_added = 0, lines_added = 0, tab_width = get_tab_width(buffer);
+  struct utf8_codepoint_iterator iter =
+      create_utf8_codepoint_iterator(text, nbytes, 0);
+  struct codepoint *codepoint;
+  while ((codepoint = utf8_next_codepoint(&iter)) != NULL) {
+    if (codepoint->codepoint == '\n') {
+      cols_added = 0;
+      ++lines_added;
+      continue;
     }
-    final =
-        buffer_clamp(buffer, (int64_t)at.line, (int64_t)at.col + cols_added);
-  }
 
+    cols_added += visual_char_width(codepoint, tab_width);
+  }
+  final = buffer_clamp(buffer, (int64_t)at.line + lines_added,
+                       (int64_t)at.col + cols_added);
   struct location final_bytes = buffer_location_to_byte_coords(buffer, final);
 
   undo_push_add(
diff --git a/test/buffer.c b/test/buffer.c
index efc479e..f40166e 100644
--- a/test/buffer.c
+++ b/test/buffer.c
@@ -26,6 +26,17 @@ static void test_add(void) {
   ASSERT(loc.line == 1 && loc.col == strlen(txt),
          "Expected buffer to have one line with characters");
 
+  buffer_clear(&b);
+
+  // test inserting more than one line and that
+  // we end up after the inserted text
+  txt = "some chars\non a second line";
+  loc = buffer_add(&b, (struct location){.line = 0, .col = 0}, (uint8_t *)txt,
+                   strlen(txt));
+
+  ASSERT(loc.line == 1 && loc.col == 16,
+         "Expected to be at end of second line");
+
   // test callback
   uint32_t hook_id = buffer_add_insert_hook(&b, add_callback, NULL);
   buffer_add(&b, (struct location){.line = 0, .col = 0}, (uint8_t *)"hej", 3);
@@ -117,6 +128,8 @@ static void test_line_len(void) {
              strlen(txt));
   ASSERT(buffer_line_length(&b, 0) == 15,
          "Expected banana line to be 15 chars wide");
+
+  buffer_destroy(&b);
 }
 
 static void test_char_movement(void) {
@@ -150,6 +163,8 @@ static void test_char_movement(void) {
       &b, (struct location){.line = 0, .col = 16 + tab_width});
   ASSERT(prev.col == 16,
          "Expected a tab move backwards to step over the width of a tab");
+
+  buffer_destroy(&b);
 }
 
 static void test_word_movement(void) {
@@ -180,6 +195,8 @@ static void test_word_movement(void) {
   prev = buffer_previous_word(&b, (struct location){.line = 0, .col = 0});
   ASSERT(prev.col == 0 && prev.line == 0,
          "Expected previous word to not go before beginning of buffer");
+
+  buffer_destroy(&b);
 }
 
 void test_copy(void) {
@@ -191,8 +208,8 @@ void test_copy(void) {
   buffer_paste(&b, (struct location){.line = 0, .col = 4});
   ASSERT(buffer_line_length(&b, 0) == 8, "Expected text to be copied");
   struct text_chunk t = buffer_line(&b, 0);
-  ASSERT_STR_EQ((const char *)t.text, "copycopy",
-                "Expected copied text to match");
+  ASSERT(memcmp(t.text, "copycopy", t.nbytes) == 0,
+         "Expected copied text to match");
   if (t.allocated) {
     free(t.text);
   }
@@ -202,8 +219,8 @@ void test_copy(void) {
   buffer_paste(&b, (struct location){.line = 0, .col = 0});
   ASSERT(buffer_line_length(&b, 0) == 8, "Expected line length to be the same");
   t = buffer_line(&b, 0);
-  ASSERT_STR_EQ((const char *)t.text, "pycocopy",
-                "Expected cut+pasted text to match");
+  ASSERT(memcmp(t.text, "pycocopy", t.nbytes) == 0,
+         "Expected cut+pasted text to match");
   if (t.allocated) {
     free(t.text);
   }
@@ -213,8 +230,8 @@ void test_copy(void) {
   ASSERT(buffer_line_length(&b, 0) == 12,
          "Expected line length to have increased when pasting older");
   t = buffer_line(&b, 0);
-  ASSERT_STR_EQ((const char *)t.text, "copypycocopy",
-                "Expected pasted older text to match");
+  ASSERT(memcmp(t.text, "copypycocopy", t.nbytes) == 0,
+         "Expected pasted older text to match");
   if (t.allocated) {
     free(t.text);
   }