diff --git a/tscreen.go b/tscreen.go
index a64c29c..16f2924 100644
--- a/tscreen.go
+++ b/tscreen.go
@@ -1351,9 +1351,9 @@ func (t *tScreen) mainLoop() {
 }
 
 func (t *tScreen) inputLoop() {
+	chunk := make([]byte, 128)
 
 	for {
-		chunk := make([]byte, 128)
 		n, e := t.in.Read(chunk)
 		switch e {
 		case io.EOF: