diff --git a/interface.cpp b/interface.cpp
index 181e586..15f82bc 100644
--- a/interface.cpp
+++ b/interface.cpp
@@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@ struct apple2screen : public widget
             long length = ftell(fp);
             fseek(fp, 0, SEEK_SET);
             char *text = (char *)malloc(length + 1);
-            fread(text, 1, length, fp);
+            length = fread(text, 1, length, fp);
             text[length] = '\0';
             event_queue.push_back({PASTE, 0, text});
             fclose(fp);