diff --git a/content/events.js b/content/events.js
index b9a4d8cf..39a6d3a3 100644
--- a/content/events.js
+++ b/content/events.js
@@ -1185,7 +1185,6 @@ vimperator.Events = function () //{{{
                 map = vimperator.mappings.get(vimperator.mode, candidateCommand);
 
             
-
             // counts must be at the start of a complete mapping (10j -> go 10 lines down)
             if (/^[1-9][0-9]*$/.test(vimperator.input.buffer + key))
             {
@@ -1288,7 +1287,10 @@ vimperator.Events = function () //{{{
                     stop = false;
 
                     if (vimperator.mode == vimperator.modes.COMMAND_LINE)
-                        vimperator.commandline.onEvent(event); // reroute event in command line mode
+                    {
+                        if (!(vimperator.modes.extended & vimperator.modes.INPUT_MULTILINE))
+                            vimperator.commandline.onEvent(event); // reroute event in command line mode
+                    }
                     else if (vimperator.mode != vimperator.modes.INSERT)
                         vimperator.beep();
                 }
diff --git a/content/ui.js b/content/ui.js
index 1b44a47d..3cbe0304 100644
--- a/content/ui.js
+++ b/content/ui.js
@@ -727,6 +727,7 @@ vimperator.CommandLine = function () //{{{
             if (event.type == "keypress")
             {
                 var key = vimperator.events.toString(event);
+                vimperator.log(multilineInputWidget.value);
                 if (vimperator.events.isAcceptKey(key))
                 {
                     var text = multilineInputWidget.value.substr(0, multilineInputWidget.selectionStart);
@@ -753,6 +754,7 @@ vimperator.CommandLine = function () //{{{
             {
                 autosizeMultilineInputWidget();
             }
+            return true;
         },
 
         // FIXME: if 'more' is set and the MOW is not scrollable we should still