diff --git a/dmenu.c b/dmenu.c
index 804da64..f08b623 100644
--- a/dmenu.c
+++ b/dmenu.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ enum { SchemeNorm, SchemeSel, SchemeOut, SchemeLast }; /* color schemes */
 
 struct item {
 	char *text;
+	char *stext;
 	struct item *left, *right;
 	int out;
 };
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ drawitem(struct item *item, int x, int y, int w)
 	else
 		drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeNorm]);
 
-	return drw_text(drw, x, y, w, bh, lrpad / 2, item->text, 0);
+	return drw_text(drw, x, y, w, bh, lrpad / 2, item->stext, 0);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -181,7 +182,7 @@ drawmenu(void)
 		}
 		x += w;
 		for (item = curr; item != next; item = item->right)
-			x = drawitem(item, x, 0, textw_clamp(item->text, mw - x - TEXTW(">")));
+        x = drawitem(item, x, 0, textw_clamp(item->stext, mw - x - TEXTW(">")));
 		if (next) {
 			w = TEXTW(">");
 			drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeNorm]);
@@ -548,7 +549,7 @@ paste(void)
 static void
 readstdin(void)
 {
-	char *line = NULL;
+	char *line = NULL, *p;
 	size_t i, itemsiz = 0, linesiz = 0;
 	ssize_t len;
 
@@ -558,12 +559,15 @@ readstdin(void)
 			itemsiz += 256;
 			if (!(items = realloc(items, itemsiz * sizeof(*items))))
 				die("cannot realloc %zu bytes:", itemsiz * sizeof(*items));
-		}
+        }
 		if (line[len - 1] == '\n')
 			line[len - 1] = '\0';
 		if (!(items[i].text = strdup(line)))
 			die("strdup:");
-
+        if ((p = strchr(line, '\t')))
+            *p = '\0';
+        if (!(items[i].stext = strdup(line)))
+            die("cannot strdup bytes:");
 		items[i].out = 0;
 	}
 	free(line);