diff --git a/src/widgets/MainPanel.js b/src/widgets/MainPanel.js
index c302dd1..4da1dd6 100644
--- a/src/widgets/MainPanel.js
+++ b/src/widgets/MainPanel.js
@@ -507,6 +507,7 @@ class MainPanel extends BaseWidget {
     const content = formatRows(
       this.rows, columns, this.colSpacing, this.pageWidth-1).map(highlight).join('\n');
     const list = blessed.element({ tags: true, content });
+    this.children.forEach(child => this.remove(child));
     this.append(list);
     this.screen.render();
     if (notify) {