diff --git a/kinode/packages/kino_updates/widget/src/lib.rs b/kinode/packages/kino_updates/widget/src/lib.rs
index b1209389..4e22ccb6 100644
--- a/kinode/packages/kino_updates/widget/src/lib.rs
+++ b/kinode/packages/kino_updates/widget/src/lib.rs
@@ -149,8 +149,13 @@ fn fetch_most_recent_blog_posts(n: usize) -> Vec<KinodeBlogPost> {
         60,
         vec![],
     ) {
-        Ok(response) => serde_json::from_slice::<Vec<KinodeBlogPost>>(response.body())
-            .expect("Invalid UTF-8 from kinode.org"),
+        Ok(response) => match serde_json::from_slice::<Vec<KinodeBlogPost>>(response.body()) {
+            Ok(posts) => posts,
+            Err(e) => {
+                println!("Failed to parse blog posts: {e:?}");
+                vec![]
+            }
+        },
         Err(e) => {
             println!("Failed to fetch blog posts: {e:?}");
             vec![]
diff --git a/kinode/src/terminal/mod.rs b/kinode/src/terminal/mod.rs
index 02c080e1..05eae5e6 100644
--- a/kinode/src/terminal/mod.rs
+++ b/kinode/src/terminal/mod.rs
@@ -444,9 +444,9 @@ pub async fn terminal(
                                 )?;
                             },
                             //
-                            //  BACKSPACE or DELETE: delete a single character at cursor
+                            //  BACKSPACE: delete a single character at cursor
                             //
-                            KeyCode::Backspace | KeyCode::Delete => {
+                            KeyCode::Backspace => {
                                 if line_col == prompt_len {
                                     continue;
                                 }
@@ -477,6 +477,35 @@ pub async fn terminal(
                                 )?;
                             },
                             //
+                            //  DELETE: delete a single character at right of cursor
+                            //
+                            KeyCode::Delete => {
+                                if line_col == current_line.len() {
+                                    continue;
+                                }
+                                current_line.remove(line_col);
+                                if search_mode {
+                                    utils::execute_search(
+                                        &our,
+                                        &mut stdout,
+                                        &current_line,
+                                        prompt_len,
+                                        (win_cols, win_rows),
+                                        (line_col, cursor_col),
+                                        &mut command_history,
+                                        search_depth,
+                                    )?;
+                                    continue;
+                                }
+                                execute!(
+                                    stdout,
+                                    cursor::MoveTo(0, win_rows),
+                                    terminal::Clear(ClearType::CurrentLine),
+                                    Print(utils::truncate_in_place(&current_line, prompt_len, win_cols, (line_col, cursor_col))),
+                                    cursor::MoveTo(cursor_col, win_rows),
+                                )?;
+                            }
+                            //
                             //  LEFT: move cursor one spot left
                             //
                             KeyCode::Left => {