diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index edaf674..0fd89e5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ CHANGELOG
 ### Bug fixes
 
 - Fixed Unicode case handling (#186)
+- Fixed to terminate on RuneError (#185)
 
 0.9.7
 -----
diff --git a/src/curses/curses.go b/src/curses/curses.go
index d6aafd7..f3ad143 100644
--- a/src/curses/curses.go
+++ b/src/curses/curses.go
@@ -420,6 +420,9 @@ func GetChar() Event {
 		return Event{int(_buf[0]), 0, nil}
 	}
 	r, rsz := utf8.DecodeRune(_buf)
+	if r == utf8.RuneError {
+		return Event{ESC, 0, nil}
+	}
 	sz = rsz
 	return Event{Rune, r, nil}
 }