diff --git a/NvimView/NvimView/Logger.swift b/NvimView/NvimView/Logger.swift
index fe30b572..b0aecf7e 100644
--- a/NvimView/NvimView/Logger.swift
+++ b/NvimView/NvimView/Logger.swift
@@ -9,11 +9,6 @@ let stdoutLogger = LogContext.stdoutLogger(as: "NvimView")
 let logger = LogContext.fileLogger(
   as: "NvimView", with: URL(fileURLWithPath: "/tmp/nvv.log")
 )
-let bridgeLogger = LogContext.fileLogger(
-  as: "NvimView-Bridge",
-  with: URL(fileURLWithPath: "/tmp/nvv-bridge.log"),
-  shouldLogDebug: nil
-)
 
 class LogContext {
 
diff --git a/NvimView/NvimView/NvimView+Api.swift b/NvimView/NvimView/NvimView+Api.swift
index c91d13a8..ab913c0d 100644
--- a/NvimView/NvimView/NvimView+Api.swift
+++ b/NvimView/NvimView/NvimView+Api.swift
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ extension NvimView {
   }
 
   public func quitNeoVimWithoutSaving() -> Completable {
-    bridgeLogger.mark()
+    self.bridgeLogger.mark()
     return self.api
       .command(command: "qa!")
       .subscribeOn(self.scheduler)
diff --git a/NvimView/NvimView/NvimView+Key.swift b/NvimView/NvimView/NvimView+Key.swift
index 1b6d9f9f..4a58075d 100644
--- a/NvimView/NvimView/NvimView+Key.swift
+++ b/NvimView/NvimView/NvimView+Key.swift
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ extension NvimView {
 
     let modifierFlags = event.modifierFlags
     let isMeta = (self.isLeftOptionMeta && modifierFlags.contains(.leftOption))
-                 || (self.isRightOptionMeta && modifierFlags.contains(.rightOption))
+      || (self.isRightOptionMeta && modifierFlags.contains(.rightOption))
 
     if !isMeta {
       let cocoaHandledEvent = NSTextInputContext.current?.handleEvent(event) ?? false
@@ -40,44 +40,41 @@ extension NvimView {
     let namedChars = KeyUtils.namedKey(from: charsIgnoringModifiers)
     let finalInput = isWrapNeeded ? self.wrapNamedKeys(flags + namedChars) : self.vimPlainString(chars)
 
-    self.bridge
-      .vimInput(finalInput)
-      .trigger()
-
+    try? self.bridge.vimInput(finalInput).wait()
     self.keyDownDone = true
   }
 
   public func insertText(_ object: Any, replacementRange: NSRange) {
     stdoutLogger.debug("\(object) with \(replacementRange)")
 
-    let deleteMarkedText: Completable
-    if let marked = self.markedText {
-      let delSeq = Array(repeating: "<BS>", count: marked.count).joined()
-      deleteMarkedText = Single
-        .just(delSeq)
-        .flatMapCompletable { self.bridge.vimInput($0) }
-    } else {
-      deleteMarkedText = Completable.empty()
-    }
-
+    let text: String
     switch object {
 
     case let string as String:
-      self.bridge
-        .vimInput(self.vimPlainString(string))
-        .trigger()
+      text = string
 
     case let attributedString as NSAttributedString:
-      self.bridge
-        .vimInput(self.vimPlainString(attributedString.string))
-        .trigger()
+      text = attributedString.string
 
     default:
-      break;
+      return
 
     }
 
-    // unmarkText()
+    try? Single
+      .just((self.markedText, text))
+      .flatMap { element -> Single<String> in
+        if let marked = element.0 {
+          return self.bridge
+            .deleteCharacters(marked.count)
+            .andThen(Single.just(element.1))
+        } else {
+          return Single.just(element.1)
+        }
+      }
+      .flatMapCompletable { self.bridge.vimInput(self.vimPlainString($0)) }
+      .wait()
+
     self.lastMarkedText = self.markedText
     self.markedText = nil
     self.markedPosition = .null
diff --git a/NvimView/NvimView/NvimView+UiBridge.swift b/NvimView/NvimView/NvimView+UiBridge.swift
index 888bdcf5..e61cc671 100644
--- a/NvimView/NvimView/NvimView+UiBridge.swift
+++ b/NvimView/NvimView/NvimView+UiBridge.swift
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ extension NvimView {
       return
     }
 
-    bridgeLogger.debug("\(array[0]) x \(array[1])")
+    self.bridgeLogger.debug("\(array[0]) x \(array[1])")
     gui.async {
       self.ugrid.resize(Size(width: array[0], height: array[1]))
       self.markForRenderWholeView()
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ extension NvimView {
   }
 
   final func clear() {
-    bridgeLogger.mark()
+    self.bridgeLogger.mark()
 
     gui.async {
       self.ugrid.clear()
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ extension NvimView {
       return
     }
 
-    bridgeLogger.debug(self.name(ofCursorMode: mode))
+    self.bridgeLogger.debug(self.name(ofCursorMode: mode))
     gui.async {
       self.mode = mode
       self.markForRender(
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ extension NvimView {
   }
 
   final func unmark(_ value: MessagePackValue) {
-//    bridgeLogger.debug("\(row):\(column)")
+//    self.bridgeLogger.debug("\(row):\(column)")
 //
 //    gui.async {
 //      let position = Position(row: row, column: column)
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ extension NvimView {
   }
 
   final func flush(_ renderData: [MessagePackValue]) {
-    bridgeLogger.debug("# of render data: \(renderData.count)")
+    self.bridgeLogger.debug("# of render data: \(renderData.count)")
 
     gui.async {
       renderData.forEach { value in
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ extension NvimView {
         case .scroll:
           let values = innerArray.compactMap { $0.intValue }
           guard values.count == 6 else {
-            bridgeLogger.error("Scroll msg does not have 6 Int's!")
+            self.bridgeLogger.error("Scroll msg does not have 6 Int's!")
             return
           }
 
@@ -111,12 +111,12 @@ extension NvimView {
   final func setTitle(with value: MessagePackValue) {
     guard let title = value.stringValue else { return }
 
-    bridgeLogger.debug(title)
+    self.bridgeLogger.debug(title)
     self.eventsSubject.onNext(.setTitle(title))
   }
 
   final func stop() {
-    bridgeLogger.hr()
+    self.bridgeLogger.hr()
     try? self.api
       .stop()
       .andThen(self.bridge.quit())
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ extension NvimView {
     }
     let bufferHandle = array[1]
 
-//    bridgeLogger.debug("\(event) -> \(bufferHandle)")
+//    self.bridgeLogger.debug("\(event) -> \(bufferHandle)")
 
     if event == .bufwinenter || event == .bufwinleave {
       self.bufferListChanged()
@@ -161,12 +161,12 @@ extension NvimView {
   }
 
   final func ipcBecameInvalid(_ reason: String) {
-    bridgeLogger.debug(reason)
+    self.bridgeLogger.debug(reason)
 
     self.eventsSubject.onNext(.ipcBecameInvalid(reason))
     self.eventsSubject.onCompleted()
 
-    bridgeLogger.error("Force-closing due to IPC error.")
+    self.bridgeLogger.error("Force-closing due to IPC error.")
     try? self.api
       .stop()
       .andThen(self.bridge.forceQuit())
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ extension NvimView {
       return
     }
 
-//    bridgeLogger.trace(
+//    self.bridgeLogger.trace(
 //      "row: \(row), startCol: \(startCol), endCol: \(endCol), " +
 //        "clearCol: \(clearCol), clearAttr: \(clearAttr), " +
 //        "chunk: \(chunk), attrIds: \(attrIds)"
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ extension NvimView {
   }
 
   private func doGoto(position: Position) {
-    bridgeLogger.debug(position)
+    self.bridgeLogger.debug(position)
 
     // Re-render the old cursor position.
     self.markForRender(
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ extension NvimView {
   }
 
   private func doScroll(_ array: [Int]) {
-    bridgeLogger.debug("[top, bot, left, right, rows, cols] = \(array)")
+    self.bridgeLogger.debug("[top, bot, left, right, rows, cols] = \(array)")
 
     let (top, bottom, left, right, rows, cols)
       = (array[0], array[1] - 1, array[2], array[3] - 1, array[4], array[5])
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ extension NvimView {
 extension NvimView {
 
   final func bell() {
-    bridgeLogger.mark()
+    self.bridgeLogger.mark()
 
     NSSound.beep()
   }
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ extension NvimView {
   final func cwdChanged(_ value: MessagePackValue) {
     guard let cwd = value.stringValue else { return }
 
-    bridgeLogger.debug(cwd)
+    self.bridgeLogger.debug(cwd)
     self._cwd = URL(fileURLWithPath: cwd)
     self.eventsSubject.onNext(.cwdChanged)
   }
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ extension NvimView {
     }
 
     let theme = Theme(values)
-    bridgeLogger.debug(theme)
+    self.bridgeLogger.debug(theme)
 
     gui.async {
       self.theme = theme
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ extension NvimView {
       return
     }
 
-    bridgeLogger.trace(values)
+    self.bridgeLogger.trace(values)
 
     let attrs = CellAttributes(
       fontTrait: [],
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ extension NvimView {
   final func setDirty(with value: MessagePackValue) {
     guard let dirty = value.boolValue else { return }
 
-    bridgeLogger.debug(dirty)
+    self.bridgeLogger.debug(dirty)
     self.eventsSubject.onNext(.setDirtyStatus(dirty))
   }
 
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ extension NvimView {
           let reverse = array[5].boolValue
       else {
 
-      bridgeLogger.error("Could not get highlight attributes from " +
+      self.bridgeLogger.error("Could not get highlight attributes from " +
                            "\(value)")
       return
     }
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ extension NvimView {
       reverse: reverse
     )
 
-    bridgeLogger.trace("\(id) -> \(attrs)")
+    self.bridgeLogger.trace("\(id) -> \(attrs)")
 
     gui.async {
       self.cellAttributesCollection.set(attributes: attrs, for: id)
@@ -374,31 +374,31 @@ extension NvimView {
   }
 
   final func updateMenu() {
-    bridgeLogger.mark()
+    self.bridgeLogger.mark()
   }
 
   final func busyStart() {
-    bridgeLogger.mark()
+    self.bridgeLogger.mark()
   }
 
   final func busyStop() {
-    bridgeLogger.mark()
+    self.bridgeLogger.mark()
   }
 
   final func mouseOn() {
-    bridgeLogger.mark()
+    self.bridgeLogger.mark()
   }
 
   final func mouseOff() {
-    bridgeLogger.mark()
+    self.bridgeLogger.mark()
   }
 
   final func visualBell() {
-    bridgeLogger.mark()
+    self.bridgeLogger.mark()
   }
 
   final func suspend() {
-    bridgeLogger.mark()
+    self.bridgeLogger.mark()
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/NvimView/NvimView/NvimView.swift b/NvimView/NvimView/NvimView.swift
index 582e6fd3..0fc95e78 100644
--- a/NvimView/NvimView/NvimView.swift
+++ b/NvimView/NvimView/NvimView.swift
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ public class NvimView: NSView,
           self.defaultColorsChanged(value)
 
         case let .optionSet(value):
-          bridgeLogger.debug(value)
+          self.bridgeLogger.debug(value)
           break
 
         case let .autoCommandEvent(value):
@@ -364,6 +364,12 @@ public class NvimView: NSView,
   var markedPosition = Position.null
   var markedRangeOnScreen: NSRange?
 
+  let bridgeLogger = LogContext.fileLogger(
+    as: "NvimView-Bridge",
+    with: URL(fileURLWithPath: "/tmp/nvv-bridge.log"),
+    shouldLogDebug: nil
+  )
+
   // MARK: - Private
   private var _linespacing = NvimView.defaultLinespacing
 }
diff --git a/NvimView/NvimView/Runs.swift b/NvimView/NvimView/Runs.swift
index 6f282575..faae2eed 100644
--- a/NvimView/NvimView/Runs.swift
+++ b/NvimView/NvimView/Runs.swift
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ struct AttributesRun {
 
   var location: CGPoint
   var cells: ArraySlice<UCell>
-  let attrs: CellAttributes
+  var attrs: CellAttributes
 }
 
 struct FontGlyphRun {