diff --git a/src/lib/notcurses.c b/src/lib/notcurses.c
index 06fb64413..7621f8497 100644
--- a/src/lib/notcurses.c
+++ b/src/lib/notcurses.c
@@ -852,6 +852,7 @@ notcurses* notcurses_init(const notcurses_options* opts, FILE* outfp){
     free_plane(ret->top);
     goto err;
   }
+  ret->rstate.x = ret->rstate.y = -1;
   ret->suppress_banner = opts->suppress_banner;
   init_banner(ret);
   // flush on the switch to alternate screen, lest initial output be swept away
diff --git a/src/lib/render.c b/src/lib/render.c
index 6cf3ba5bd..1bd7d2dfc 100644
--- a/src/lib/render.c
+++ b/src/lib/render.c
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ paint(ncplane* p, cell* lastframe, struct crender* rvec,
         lock_in_highcontrast(targc, crender);
         cell* prevcell = &lastframe[fbcellidx(absy, lfdimx, absx)];
 /*if(cell_simple_p(targc)){
-fprintf(stderr, "WROTE %u [%c] to %d/%d (%d/%d)\n", targc->gcluster, prevcell->gcluster, y, x, absy, absx);
+fprintf(stderr, "WROTE %u [%c] to %d/%d (%d/%d)\n", targc->gcluster, targc->gcluster, y, x, absy, absx);
 }else{
 fprintf(stderr, "WROTE %u [%s] to %d/%d (%d/%d)\n", targc->gcluster, extended_gcluster(crender->p, targc), y, x, absy, absx);
 }*/
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ term_putc(FILE* out, const egcpool* e, const cell* c){
         return -1;
       }
     }else{
-// fprintf(stderr, "[%c]\n", c->gcluster);
+//fprintf(stderr, "[%c]\n", c->gcluster);
       if(ncfputc(c->gcluster, out) == EOF){
         return -1;
       }
diff --git a/src/poc/firstline.c b/src/poc/firstline.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6feaf776d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/poc/firstline.c
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include "notcurses/notcurses.h"
+
+int main(void){
+  struct notcurses_options nopts = {
+    .inhibit_alternate_screen = true,
+  };
+  struct notcurses* nc = notcurses_init(&nopts, NULL);
+  if(nc == NULL){
+    return EXIT_FAILURE;
+  }
+  if(ncplane_putstr_aligned(notcurses_stdplane(nc), 0, NCALIGN_CENTER,
+                            "Heute Die Welt, Morgens Das Sonnensystem!") <= 0){
+    notcurses_stop(nc);
+    return EXIT_FAILURE;
+  }
+  if(ncplane_putstr_aligned(notcurses_stdplane(nc), 2, NCALIGN_CENTER,
+                            "Heute Die Welt, Morgens Das Sonnensystem!") <= 0){
+    notcurses_stop(nc);
+    return EXIT_FAILURE;
+  }
+  notcurses_render(nc);
+  sleep(5);
+  notcurses_stop(nc);
+  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}