diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6a3ad8f..f522faa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# Next
+
+**Notable bug fixes**
+
+- when using bemenu, the selector didn't work for the oldest element in history
+
 # 1.4.0
 
 **New features**
diff --git a/selector.go b/selector.go
index ffe8b03..1064343 100644
--- a/selector.go
+++ b/selector.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func selector(data []string, max int, tool string, prompt string, toolArgs strin
 
 	processed, guide := preprocessData(data, true, false)
 
-	cmd := exec.Cmd{Path: bin, Args: args, Stdin: strings.NewReader(strings.Join(processed, "\n"))}
+	cmd := exec.Cmd{Path: bin, Args: args, Stdin: strings.NewReader(strings.Join(processed, "\n") + "\n")}
 	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr // let stderr pass to console
 	b, err := cmd.Output()
 	if err != nil {