diff --git a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift
index 410646f6f..46014ac25 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift
@@ -1728,10 +1728,13 @@ extension Ghostty.SurfaceView: NSTextInputClient {
 
         // Ghostty coordinates are in top-left (0, 0) so we have to convert to
         // bottom-left since that is what UIKit expects
+        // when there's is no characters selected,
+        // width should be 0 so that dictation indicator
+        // can start in the right place
         let viewRect = NSMakeRect(
             x,
             frame.size.height - y,
-            max(width, cellSize.width),
+            width,
             max(height, cellSize.height))
 
         // Convert the point to the window coordinates