diff --git a/src/poc/interp.c b/src/poc/interp.c
index a098a0e0a..fa99eb1ea 100644
--- a/src/poc/interp.c
+++ b/src/poc/interp.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ int main(void){
   ncinput ni;
   do{
     notcurses_getc_blocking(nc, &ni);
-  }while(ni.id != (uint32_t)-1 && ni.evtype != NCTYPE_RELEASE);
+  }while(ni.evtype == NCTYPE_RELEASE);
   notcurses_stop(nc);
   return EXIT_SUCCESS;