diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2104c84..f174a32 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.16
 
 require (
 	github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles v0.9.0
-	github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea v0.17.0 // indirect
+	github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea v0.19.1 // indirect
 	github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss v0.4.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210927222741-03fcf44c2211 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 685946a..f2ca6c6 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles v0.9.0/go.mod h1:NWT/c+0rYEnYChz5qCyX4Lj6fDw9gG
 github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea v0.14.1/go.mod h1:b5lOf5mLjMg1tRn1HVla54guZB+jvsyV0yYAQja95zE=
 github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea v0.17.0 h1:ABmd01l6K7Q8lSQxF7yG8yWayz5gXWSt3JfB/X1eYP4=
 github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea v0.17.0/go.mod h1:YTZSs2p3odhwYZdhqJheYHVUjU37c9OLgS85kw6NGQY=
+github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea v0.19.1 h1:VHuzkJbnTAkxhOfi9+Lb5PYfNM9+Oh+qhP8uDX5ReOU=
+github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea v0.19.1/go.mod h1:VuXF2pToRxDUHcBUcPmCRUHRvFATM4Ckb/ql1rBl3KA=
 github.com/charmbracelet/harmonica v0.1.0/go.mod h1:KSri/1RMQOZLbw7AHqgcBycp8pgJnQMYYT8QZRqZ1Ao=
 github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss v0.3.0/go.mod h1:VkhdBS2eNAmRkTwRKLJCFhCOVkjntMusBDxv7TXahuk=
 github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss v0.4.0 h1:768h64EFkGUr8V5yAKV7/Ta0NiVceiPaV+PphaW1K9g=
@@ -24,6 +26,8 @@ github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.10/go.mod h1:RAqKPSqVFrSLVXbA8x7dzmKdmGzieGRC
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.12/go.mod h1:RAqKPSqVFrSLVXbA8x7dzmKdmGzieGRCM46jaSJTDAk=
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.13 h1:lTGmDsbAYt5DmK6OnoV7EuIF1wEIFAcxld6ypU4OSgU=
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.13/go.mod h1:Jdepj2loyihRzMpdS35Xk/zdY8IAYHsh153qUoGf23w=
+github.com/muesli/ansi v0.0.0-20211018074035-2e021307bc4b h1:1XF24mVaiu7u+CFywTdcDo2ie1pzzhwjt6RHqzpMU34=
+github.com/muesli/ansi v0.0.0-20211018074035-2e021307bc4b/go.mod h1:fQuZ0gauxyBcmsdE3ZT4NasjaRdxmbCS0jRHsrWu3Ho=
 github.com/muesli/reflow v0.2.1-0.20210115123740-9e1d0d53df68 h1:y1p/ycavWjGT9FnmSjdbWUlLGvcxrY0Rw3ATltrxOhk=
 github.com/muesli/reflow v0.2.1-0.20210115123740-9e1d0d53df68/go.mod h1:Xk+z4oIWdQqJzsxyjgl3P22oYZnHdZ8FFTHAQQt5BMQ=
 github.com/muesli/reflow v0.3.0 h1:IFsN6K9NfGtjeggFP+68I4chLZV2yIKsXJFNZ+eWh6s=
diff --git a/ui/login/login.go b/ui/login/login.go
index 0277994..1a8826d 100644
--- a/ui/login/login.go
+++ b/ui/login/login.go
@@ -73,23 +73,21 @@ func NewLogin() State {
 func (s State) Update(msg tea.Msg) (State, tea.Cmd) {
 	switch msg := msg.(type) {
 	case tea.KeyMsg:
-		switch msg.String() {
-		case "tab", "shift+tab", "enter", "up", "down", "space":
-			str := msg.String()
-
+		key := msg.String()
+		switch key {
+		case " ", "enter":
 			// run the newClient cmd when pressing "enter" while focused on the connect button
-			if str == "enter" && s.FocusIndex == len(s.Inputs)+1 {
+			if key == "enter" && s.FocusIndex == len(s.Inputs)+1 {
 				return s, connect
 			}
 
-			// toggle tls state when pressing "enter" while focused on the checkbox
-			// TODO: figure out why space isn't working here. all other keys works just fine
-			if (str == "enter" || str == "space") && s.FocusIndex == len(s.Inputs) {
+			// toggle tls state when pressing "enter" or "space" while focused on the checkbox
+			if (key == "enter" || key == " ") && s.FocusIndex == len(s.Inputs) {
 				s.TLS = !s.TLS
 				return s, nil
 			}
-
-			if str == "up" || str == "shift+tab" {
+		case "tab", "shift+tab", "up", "down":
+			if key == "up" || key == "shift+tab" {
 				s.FocusIndex--
 			} else {
 				s.FocusIndex++