diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 82710c3..1794bc7 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use std::{path::PathBuf, process::ExitCode};
 
 use clap::Parser;
+use crossterm::event;
 use ratatui;
 use ui::Workspace;
 
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ fn run(terminal: &mut ratatui::DefaultTerminal, args: Args) -> anyhow::Result<Ex
 
     loop {
         terminal.draw(|frame| ui::render::draw(frame, &mut ws))?;
-        if let Some(code) = ws.handle_input()? {
+        if let Some(code) = ws.handle_input(event::read()?)? {
             return Ok(code);
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/ui/mod.rs b/src/ui/mod.rs
index f4bb8a3..d9982c1 100644
--- a/src/ui/mod.rs
+++ b/src/ui/mod.rs
@@ -163,10 +163,10 @@ impl<'ws> Workspace<'ws> {
     }
 
     /// Handle input in our ui loop.
-    pub fn handle_input(&mut self) -> Result<Option<ExitCode>> {
+    pub fn handle_input(&mut self, evt: Event) -> Result<Option<ExitCode>> {
         // TODO(jwall): We probably want to separate this out into
         // a pure function so we can script various testing scenarios.
-        if let Event::Key(key) = event::read()? {
+        if let Event::Key(key) = evt {
             let result = match self.state.modality() {
                 Modality::Navigate => self.handle_navigation_input(key)?,
                 Modality::CellEdit => self.handle_edit_input(key)?,