diff --git a/interactions.c b/interactions.c
index 1eb525e..19f142f 100644
--- a/interactions.c
+++ b/interactions.c
@@ -447,7 +447,10 @@ void delete(){
 		memset(btm_buffer, ' ', BTM_WINDOW_HEIGHT_ON_STR_INTERACTION * terminal_width);
 
 		memcpy(btm_buffer, "delete: ",strlen("delete: "));
-		memcpy(btm_buffer + strlen("delete: "), file_str, (strlen(file_str) > ((BTM_WINDOW_HEIGHT_ON_STR_INTERACTION * terminal_width) - terminal_width) ? ((BTM_WINDOW_HEIGHT_ON_STR_INTERACTION * terminal_width) - terminal_width) : strlen(file_str)));
+		memcpy(btm_buffer + strlen("delete: "), file_str, /* this horrendous check tries to copy everything until the last line, while keeping said last line unwritten */
+				(strlen(file_str) > ((BTM_WINDOW_HEIGHT_ON_STR_INTERACTION * terminal_width) - terminal_width) ?
+					((BTM_WINDOW_HEIGHT_ON_STR_INTERACTION * terminal_width) - terminal_width) : 
+					strlen(file_str)));
 
 		memcpy(btm_buffer + (BTM_WINDOW_HEIGHT_ON_STR_INTERACTION * terminal_width - terminal_width) , "(y/N)", strlen("(y/N)"));
 		btm_buffer[BTM_WINDOW_HEIGHT_ON_STR_INTERACTION * terminal_width] = '\0';