diff --git a/src/Surface.zig b/src/Surface.zig
index 7ef2038b8..c28fbd2f3 100644
--- a/src/Surface.zig
+++ b/src/Surface.zig
@@ -2257,13 +2257,14 @@ fn copySelectionToClipboards(
 
     const ScreenFormatter = terminal.formatter.ScreenFormatter;
     var aw: std.Io.Writer.Allocating = .init(alloc);
-    var contents: std.ArrayList(apprt.ClipboardContent) = .empty;
+    var contents_buf: [2]apprt.ClipboardContent = undefined;
+    var contents: std.ArrayList(apprt.ClipboardContent) = .initBuffer(&contents_buf);
     switch (format) {
         .plain => {
             var formatter: ScreenFormatter = .init(self.io.terminal.screens.active, opts);
             formatter.content = .{ .selection = sel };
             try formatter.format(&aw.writer);
-            try contents.append(alloc, .{
+            contents.appendAssumeCapacity(.{
                 .mime = "text/plain",
                 .data = try aw.toOwnedSliceSentinel(0),
             });
@@ -2280,7 +2281,7 @@ fn copySelectionToClipboards(
 
             // Note: We don't apply codepoint mappings to VT format since it contains
             // escape sequences that should be preserved as-is
-            try contents.append(alloc, .{
+            contents.appendAssumeCapacity(.{
                 .mime = "text/plain",
                 .data = try aw.toOwnedSliceSentinel(0),
             });
@@ -2297,7 +2298,7 @@ fn copySelectionToClipboards(
 
             // Note: We don't apply codepoint mappings to HTML format since HTML
             // has its own character encoding and entity system
-            try contents.append(alloc, .{
+            contents.appendAssumeCapacity(.{
                 .mime = "text/html",
                 .data = try aw.toOwnedSliceSentinel(0),
             });
@@ -2308,7 +2309,7 @@ fn copySelectionToClipboards(
             var formatter: ScreenFormatter = .init(self.io.terminal.screens.active, opts);
             formatter.content = .{ .selection = sel };
             try formatter.format(&aw.writer);
-            try contents.append(alloc, .{
+            contents.appendAssumeCapacity(.{
                 .mime = "text/plain",
                 .data = try aw.toOwnedSliceSentinel(0),
             });
@@ -2331,7 +2332,7 @@ fn copySelectionToClipboards(
             try formatter.format(&aw.writer);
 
             // Note: We don't apply codepoint mappings to HTML format
-            try contents.append(alloc, .{
+            contents.appendAssumeCapacity(.{
                 .mime = "text/html",
                 .data = try aw.toOwnedSliceSentinel(0),
             });