diff --git a/src/TEScreen.C b/src/TEScreen.C
index 5471ba29..3f49ca4d 100644
--- a/src/TEScreen.C
+++ b/src/TEScreen.C
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ char *TEScreen::getSelText(const BOOL preserve_line_breaks)
 {
   char *m;  	// buffer to fill.
   int s,d; 	// source index, dest. index.
-  int hist_BR=loc(0,histLines);
+  int hist_BR=loc(0,histLines-1);
   int hY = sel_TL / columns ;
   int hX = sel_TL % columns;
   int eol;	// end of line