diff --git a/selector.go b/selector.go
index 5934887..6ad97e0 100644
--- a/selector.go
+++ b/selector.go
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@ func selector(history []string, max int, tool string) error {
 
 	selected, err := dmenu(history, max, tool)
 	if err != nil {
-		if err.Error() == "exit status 1" {
-			// dmenu exits with this error when no selection done
-			return nil
-		}
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -52,30 +48,36 @@ func dmenu(list []string, max int, tool string) (string, error) {
 	}
 
 	// dmenu will break if items contain newlines, so we must pass them as literals.
-	// however, when it sends them back, we need a way to restore them to non literals
+	// however, when it sends them back, we need a way to restore them
 	guide := make(map[string]string)
-	reprList := []string{}
+	escaped := []string{}
 	for _, original := range list {
 		repr := fmt.Sprintf("%#v", original)
+
+		// dmenu will split lines longer than 1200 something; we cut at 400 to spare memory
 		max := len(repr) - 1 // drop right quote
 		maxChars := 400
-		// dmenu will split lines longer than 1200 something; we cut at 400 to spare memory
 		if max > maxChars {
 			max = maxChars
 		}
 		repr = repr[1:max] // drop left quote
+
 		guide[repr] = original
-		reprList = append(reprList, repr)
+		escaped = append(escaped, repr)
 	}
 
-	input := strings.NewReader(strings.Join(reprList, "\n"))
+	input := strings.NewReader(strings.Join(escaped, "\n"))
 
 	cmd := exec.Cmd{Path: bin, Args: args, Stdin: input}
 	selected, err := cmd.Output()
 	if err != nil {
+		if err.Error() == "exit status 1" {
+			// dmenu exits with this error when no selection done
+			return "", nil
+		}
 		return "", err
 	}
-	trimmed := selected[:len(selected)-1] // drop newline
+	trimmed := selected[:len(selected)-1] // drop newline added by dmenu
 
 	sel, ok := guide[string(trimmed)]
 	if !ok {