diff --git a/kittens/tui/handler.py b/kittens/tui/handler.py
index aafe461f8..a7cb98d70 100644
--- a/kittens/tui/handler.py
+++ b/kittens/tui/handler.py
@@ -147,6 +147,16 @@ class Handler:
     def pending_update(self) -> ContextManager[None]:
         return pending_update(self.write)
 
+    @classmethod
+    def with_pending_update(cls, func: Callable) -> Callable:
+        from functools import wraps
+
+        @wraps(func)
+        def f(*a: Any, **kw: Any) -> Any:
+            with a[0].pending_update():
+                return func(*a, **kw)
+        return f
+
 
 class HandleResult:
 
diff --git a/kittens/unicode_input/main.py b/kittens/unicode_input/main.py
index 2ab396217..bcfc60827 100644
--- a/kittens/unicode_input/main.py
+++ b/kittens/unicode_input/main.py
@@ -391,6 +391,7 @@ class UnicodeInput(Handler):
             text += ' ' * extra
         self.print(styled(text, reverse=True))
 
+    @Handler.with_pending_update
     def draw_screen(self) -> None:
         self.write(clear_screen())
         self.draw_title_bar()