diff --git a/src/cata_imgui.cpp b/src/cata_imgui.cpp
index dd61907cb41d3..7db097919f9c2 100644
--- a/src/cata_imgui.cpp
+++ b/src/cata_imgui.cpp
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ void cataimgui::client::end_frame()
 
     ImTui_ImplText_RenderDrawData( ImGui::GetDrawData() );
     ImTui_ImplNcurses_DrawScreen();
+    ImGuiIO &io = ImGui::GetIO();
+    for( const int &code : cata_input_trail ) {
+        io.AddKeyEvent( cata_key_to_imgui( code ), false );
+    }
+    cata_input_trail.clear();
 }
 
 void cataimgui::client::upload_color_pair( int p, int f, int b )
@@ -261,6 +266,11 @@ void cataimgui::client::end_frame()
 {
     ImGui::Render();
     ImGui_ImplSDLRenderer2_RenderDrawData( ImGui::GetDrawData() );
+    ImGuiIO &io = ImGui::GetIO();
+    for( const int &code : cata_input_trail ) {
+        io.AddKeyEvent( cata_key_to_imgui( code ), false );
+    }
+    cata_input_trail.clear();
 }
 
 void cataimgui::client::process_input( void *input )
@@ -328,7 +338,7 @@ void cataimgui::client::process_cata_input( const input_event &event )
         int code = event.get_first_input();
         ImGuiIO &io = ImGui::GetIO();
         io.AddKeyEvent( cata_key_to_imgui( code ), true );
-        io.AddKeyEvent( cata_key_to_imgui( code ), false );
+        cata_input_trail.push_back( code );
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/cata_imgui.h b/src/cata_imgui.h
index 1bb3789aebc7c..c89153ed53009 100644
--- a/src/cata_imgui.h
+++ b/src/cata_imgui.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ enum class dialog_result {
 
 class client
 {
+        std::vector<int> cata_input_trail;
     public:
 #if !(defined(TILES) || defined(WIN32))
         client();