diff --git a/src/core.go b/src/core.go
index 290c0af..78dddc0 100644
--- a/src/core.go
+++ b/src/core.go
@@ -161,9 +161,11 @@ func Run(opts *Options) {
 			reader := Reader{
 				func(runes []byte) bool {
 					item := chunkList.trans(runes, 0)
-					if item != nil && pattern.MatchItem(item) != nil {
-						fmt.Println(item.text.ToString())
-						found = true
+					if item != nil {
+						if result, _ := pattern.MatchItem(item); result != nil {
+							fmt.Println(item.text.ToString())
+							found = true
+						}
 					}
 					return false
 				}, eventBox, opts.ReadZero}
diff --git a/src/matcher.go b/src/matcher.go
index 8cd9a9f..9814ba9 100644
--- a/src/matcher.go
+++ b/src/matcher.go
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ func (m *Matcher) scan(request MatchRequest) (*Merger, bool) {
 		partialResult := <-resultChan
 		partialResults[partialResult.index] = partialResult.matches
 	}
-	return NewMerger(partialResults, m.sort, m.tac), false
+	return NewMerger(pattern, partialResults, m.sort, m.tac), false
 }
 
 // Reset is called to interrupt/signal the ongoing search
diff --git a/src/merger.go b/src/merger.go
index 3879ab7..2c7675d 100644
--- a/src/merger.go
+++ b/src/merger.go
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ package fzf
 import "fmt"
 
 // EmptyMerger is a Merger with no data
-var EmptyMerger = NewMerger([][]*Result{}, false, false)
+var EmptyMerger = NewMerger(nil, [][]*Result{}, false, false)
 
 // Merger holds a set of locally sorted lists of items and provides the view of
 // a single, globally-sorted list
 type Merger struct {
+	pattern *Pattern
 	lists   [][]*Result
 	merged  []*Result
 	chunks  *[]*Chunk
@@ -22,9 +23,10 @@ type Merger struct {
 // original order
 func PassMerger(chunks *[]*Chunk, tac bool) *Merger {
 	mg := Merger{
-		chunks: chunks,
-		tac:    tac,
-		count:  0}
+		pattern: nil,
+		chunks:  chunks,
+		tac:     tac,
+		count:   0}
 
 	for _, chunk := range *mg.chunks {
 		mg.count += len(*chunk)
@@ -33,8 +35,9 @@ func PassMerger(chunks *[]*Chunk, tac bool) *Merger {
 }
 
 // NewMerger returns a new Merger
-func NewMerger(lists [][]*Result, sorted bool, tac bool) *Merger {
+func NewMerger(pattern *Pattern, lists [][]*Result, sorted bool, tac bool) *Merger {
 	mg := Merger{
+		pattern: pattern,
 		lists:   lists,
 		merged:  []*Result{},
 		chunks:  nil,
diff --git a/src/merger_test.go b/src/merger_test.go
index d50470f..a4adee1 100644
--- a/src/merger_test.go
+++ b/src/merger_test.go
@@ -17,16 +17,9 @@ func assert(t *testing.T, cond bool, msg ...string) {
 
 func randResult() *Result {
 	str := fmt.Sprintf("%d", rand.Uint32())
-	offsets := make([]Offset, rand.Int()%3)
-	for idx := range offsets {
-		sidx := int32(rand.Uint32() % 20)
-		eidx := sidx + int32(rand.Uint32()%20)
-		offsets[idx] = Offset{sidx, eidx}
-	}
 	return &Result{
-		item:    &Item{text: util.RunesToChars([]rune(str))},
-		offsets: offsets,
-		rank:    rank{index: rand.Int31()}}
+		item: &Item{text: util.RunesToChars([]rune(str))},
+		rank: rank{index: rand.Int31()}}
 }
 
 func TestEmptyMerger(t *testing.T) {
@@ -64,7 +57,7 @@ func TestMergerUnsorted(t *testing.T) {
 	cnt := len(items)
 
 	// Not sorted: same order
-	mg := NewMerger(lists, false, false)
+	mg := NewMerger(nil, lists, false, false)
 	assert(t, cnt == mg.Length(), "Invalid Length")
 	for i := 0; i < cnt; i++ {
 		assert(t, items[i] == mg.Get(i), "Invalid Get")
@@ -76,7 +69,7 @@ func TestMergerSorted(t *testing.T) {
 	cnt := len(items)
 
 	// Sorted sorted order
-	mg := NewMerger(lists, true, false)
+	mg := NewMerger(nil, lists, true, false)
 	assert(t, cnt == mg.Length(), "Invalid Length")
 	sort.Sort(ByRelevance(items))
 	for i := 0; i < cnt; i++ {
@@ -86,7 +79,7 @@ func TestMergerSorted(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Inverse order
-	mg2 := NewMerger(lists, true, false)
+	mg2 := NewMerger(nil, lists, true, false)
 	for i := cnt - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
 		if items[i] != mg2.Get(i) {
 			t.Error("Not sorted", items[i], mg2.Get(i))
diff --git a/src/pattern.go b/src/pattern.go
index 4c35a12..ef14826 100644
--- a/src/pattern.go
+++ b/src/pattern.go
@@ -273,13 +273,13 @@ func (p *Pattern) matchChunk(chunk *Chunk, space []*Result) []*Result {
 
 	if space == nil {
 		for _, item := range *chunk {
-			if match := p.MatchItem(item); match != nil {
+			if match, _ := p.MatchItem(item); match != nil {
 				matches = append(matches, match)
 			}
 		}
 	} else {
 		for _, result := range space {
-			if match := p.MatchItem(result.item); match != nil {
+			if match, _ := p.MatchItem(result.item); match != nil {
 				matches = append(matches, match)
 			}
 		}
@@ -288,18 +288,19 @@ func (p *Pattern) matchChunk(chunk *Chunk, space []*Result) []*Result {
 }
 
 // MatchItem returns true if the Item is a match
-func (p *Pattern) MatchItem(item *Item) *Result {
+func (p *Pattern) MatchItem(item *Item) (*Result, []Offset) {
 	if p.extended {
 		if offsets, bonus, trimLen := p.extendedMatch(item); len(offsets) == len(p.termSets) {
-			return buildResult(item, offsets, bonus, trimLen)
+			return buildResult(item, offsets, bonus, trimLen), offsets
 		}
-		return nil
+		return nil, nil
 	}
 	offset, bonus, trimLen := p.basicMatch(item)
 	if sidx := offset[0]; sidx >= 0 {
-		return buildResult(item, []Offset{offset}, bonus, trimLen)
+		offsets := []Offset{offset}
+		return buildResult(item, offsets, bonus, trimLen), offsets
 	}
-	return nil
+	return nil, nil
 }
 
 func (p *Pattern) basicMatch(item *Item) (Offset, int, int) {
diff --git a/src/pattern_test.go b/src/pattern_test.go
index 3069110..2a391f4 100644
--- a/src/pattern_test.go
+++ b/src/pattern_test.go
@@ -135,10 +135,16 @@ func TestOrigTextAndTransformed(t *testing.T) {
 		pattern.extended = extended
 		matches := pattern.matchChunk(&chunk, nil) // No cache
 		if matches[0].item.text.ToString() != "junegunn" || string(*matches[0].item.origText) != "junegunn.choi" ||
-			matches[0].offsets[0][0] != 0 || matches[0].offsets[0][1] != 5 ||
 			!reflect.DeepEqual(matches[0].item.transformed, trans) {
 			t.Error("Invalid match result", matches)
 		}
+
+		match, offsets := pattern.MatchItem(chunk[0])
+		if match.item.text.ToString() != "junegunn" || string(*match.item.origText) != "junegunn.choi" ||
+			offsets[0][0] != 0 || offsets[0][1] != 5 ||
+			!reflect.DeepEqual(match.item.transformed, trans) {
+			t.Error("Invalid match result", match)
+		}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/result.go b/src/result.go
index c295e7a..2b66a02 100644
--- a/src/result.go
+++ b/src/result.go
@@ -19,15 +19,14 @@ type colorOffset struct {
 }
 
 type rank struct {
-	index int32
 	// byMatchLen, byBonus, ...
 	points [5]uint16
+	index  int32
 }
 
 type Result struct {
-	item    *Item
-	offsets []Offset
-	rank    rank
+	item *Item
+	rank rank
 }
 
 func buildResult(item *Item, offsets []Offset, bonus int, trimLen int) *Result {
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ func buildResult(item *Item, offsets []Offset, bonus int, trimLen int) *Result {
 		sort.Sort(ByOrder(offsets))
 	}
 
-	result := Result{item: item, offsets: offsets, rank: rank{index: item.index}}
+	result := Result{item: item, rank: rank{index: item.index}}
 
 	matchlen := 0
 	prevEnd := 0
@@ -110,12 +109,12 @@ func minRank() rank {
 	return rank{index: 0, points: [5]uint16{0, math.MaxUint16, 0, 0, 0}}
 }
 
-func (result *Result) colorOffsets(color int, bold bool, current bool) []colorOffset {
+func (result *Result) colorOffsets(matchOffsets []Offset, color int, bold bool, current bool) []colorOffset {
 	itemColors := result.item.Colors()
 
 	if len(itemColors) == 0 {
 		var offsets []colorOffset
-		for _, off := range result.offsets {
+		for _, off := range matchOffsets {
 
 			offsets = append(offsets, colorOffset{offset: [2]int32{off[0], off[1]}, color: color, bold: bold})
 		}
@@ -124,7 +123,7 @@ func (result *Result) colorOffsets(color int, bold bool, current bool) []colorOf
 
 	// Find max column
 	var maxCol int32
-	for _, off := range result.offsets {
+	for _, off := range matchOffsets {
 		if off[1] > maxCol {
 			maxCol = off[1]
 		}
@@ -142,7 +141,7 @@ func (result *Result) colorOffsets(color int, bold bool, current bool) []colorOf
 		}
 	}
 
-	for _, off := range result.offsets {
+	for _, off := range matchOffsets {
 		for i := off[0]; i < off[1]; i++ {
 			cols[i] = -1
 		}
diff --git a/src/result_test.go b/src/result_test.go
index c8478fd..60551fd 100644
--- a/src/result_test.go
+++ b/src/result_test.go
@@ -88,8 +88,9 @@ func TestColorOffset(t *testing.T) {
 	// ------------ 20 ----  --  ----
 	//   ++++++++        ++++++++++
 	// --++++++++--    --++++++++++---
+
+	offsets := []Offset{Offset{5, 15}, Offset{25, 35}}
 	item := Result{
-		offsets: []Offset{Offset{5, 15}, Offset{25, 35}},
 		item: &Item{
 			colors: &[]ansiOffset{
 				ansiOffset{[2]int32{0, 20}, ansiState{1, 5, false}},
@@ -98,9 +99,9 @@ func TestColorOffset(t *testing.T) {
 				ansiOffset{[2]int32{33, 40}, ansiState{4, 8, true}}}}}
 	// [{[0 5] 9 false} {[5 15] 99 false} {[15 20] 9 false} {[22 25] 10 true} {[25 35] 99 false} {[35 40] 11 true}]
 
-	offsets := item.colorOffsets(99, false, true)
+	colors := item.colorOffsets(offsets, 99, false, true)
 	assert := func(idx int, b int32, e int32, c int, bold bool) {
-		o := offsets[idx]
+		o := colors[idx]
 		if o.offset[0] != b || o.offset[1] != e || o.color != c || o.bold != bold {
 			t.Error(o)
 		}
diff --git a/src/terminal.go b/src/terminal.go
index f7bbccf..d87a20b 100644
--- a/src/terminal.go
+++ b/src/terminal.go
@@ -669,15 +669,19 @@ func overflow(runes []rune, max int) bool {
 
 func (t *Terminal) printHighlighted(result *Result, bold bool, col1 int, col2 int, current bool) {
 	item := result.item
-	var maxe int
-	for _, offset := range result.offsets {
-		maxe = util.Max(maxe, int(offset[1]))
-	}
 
 	// Overflow
 	text := make([]rune, item.text.Length())
 	copy(text, item.text.ToRunes())
-	offsets := result.colorOffsets(col2, bold, current)
+	matchOffsets := []Offset{}
+	if t.merger.pattern != nil {
+		_, matchOffsets = t.merger.pattern.MatchItem(item)
+	}
+	var maxe int
+	for _, offset := range matchOffsets {
+		maxe = util.Max(maxe, int(offset[1]))
+	}
+	offsets := result.colorOffsets(matchOffsets, col2, bold, current)
 	maxWidth := t.window.Width - 3
 	maxe = util.Constrain(maxe+util.Min(maxWidth/2-2, t.hscrollOff), 0, len(text))
 	if overflow(text, maxWidth) {