diff --git a/src/commandViews.js b/src/commandViews.js
index 3c5019b5..6ca82774 100644
--- a/src/commandViews.js
+++ b/src/commandViews.js
@@ -18,9 +18,8 @@ var CommandPromptView = Backbone.View.extend({
       this.blur();
     }, this));
 
-    events.on('processCommandFromEvent', _.bind(
-      this.addToCollection, this
-    ));
+    events.on('processCommandFromEvent', this.addToCollection, this);
+    events.on('submitCommandValueFromEvent', this.submitValue, this);
 
     // hacky timeout focus
     setTimeout(_.bind(function() {
@@ -157,7 +156,10 @@ var CommandPromptView = Backbone.View.extend({
   submit: function() {
     var value = this.$('#commandTextField').val().replace('\n', '');
     this.clear();
+    this.submitValue(value);
+  },
 
+  submitValue: function(value) {
     // if we are entering a real command, add it to our history
     if (value.length) {
       this.commands.unshift(value);
diff --git a/src/main.js b/src/main.js
index 243f3711..94eb016c 100644
--- a/src/main.js
+++ b/src/main.js
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
   $(window).resize(windowResize);
   windowResize();
   setTimeout(windowResize, 50);
+
+  setTimeout(function() {
+    events.trigger('submitCommandValueFromEvent', "gc; gc; gc; gc; gc; gc; git checkout master^^^^; git commit; git checkout -b another; gc; gc; git rebase master");
+  }, 500);
+
 });
 
 function windowResize() {