1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/st.c b/st.c
index cacbe20..d2261e2 100644
--- a/st.c
+++ b/st.c
@@ -2452,10 +2452,6 @@ tputc(char *c, int len) {
                                 csiparse();
                                 csihandle();
                         }
-                } else if(term.esc & ESC_STR_END) {
-                        term.esc = 0;
-                        if(ascii == '\\')
-                                strhandle();
                 } else if(term.esc & ESC_ALTCHARSET) {
                         tdeftran(ascii);
                         tselcs();
@@ -2545,7 +2541,9 @@ tputc(char *c, int len) {
                                 tcursor(CURSOR_LOAD);
                                 term.esc = 0;
                                 break;
-                        case '\\': /* ST -- Stop */
+                        case '\\': /* ST -- String Terminator */
+                                if(term.esc & ESC_STR_END)
+                                        strhandle();
                                 term.esc = 0;
                                 break;
                         default: