diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b6e7265..770b0a2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ This should include libreadline. If it doesn't, you need to build bash to use th
 
 Control-C usually sends a SIGNINT signal that is handled by zsh, readline, or the program that calls readline. For other keys:
 
-- In readline, chars marked as rl_delete (usually Control-D), rl_newline (usually return), rl_complete (usually tab), and rl_clear_screen (usually Control-L) are sent to readline. All other keys are sent to vim.
+- In readline, chars marked as rl_delete (usually Control-D), rl_newline (usually return), rl_complete (usually tab), and rl_clear_screen (usually Control-L) are sent to readline. All other keys are sent to vim. This means that if you use readline's built-in vi-mode, Control-L and Control-D probably won't be sent to the shell.
 - In zsh, Athame is hardcoded to send tab, Control-D, carriage return, new line, and Control-L to zsh. All other keys are sent to vim. This behavior will likely change in the future.
 
 ####I got the error "Couldn't load vim path"
diff --git a/athame_util.h b/athame_util.h
index e276678..3b47bd1 100644
--- a/athame_util.h
+++ b/athame_util.h
@@ -976,10 +976,12 @@ static int athame_get_vim_info_inner()
       }
       if (command)
       {
-        setenv("ATHAME_VIM_COMMAND", command, 1);
-        strcpy(athame_command, command);
-        command_cursor = cmd_pos;
-        // Don't record a change because the highlight for incsearch might not have changed yet.
+        if(strcmp(athame_command, command) !=0 || command_cursor != cmd_pos) {
+          setenv("ATHAME_VIM_COMMAND", command, 1);
+          strcpy(athame_command, command);
+          command_cursor = cmd_pos;
+          changed =1;
+        }
       }
     }
     else
diff --git a/athamerc b/athamerc
index ba72fd6..bb03217 100644
--- a/athamerc
+++ b/athamerc
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ set textwidth=0 "Don't try to wrap text
 startinsert "Start in insert mode. Most shell vi-modes do this.
 
 " These make arrows more shell like. Feel free to comment them out:
-if has("patch928")
+if v:version>=800 || has("patch928")
   " These maps can segfault in earlier vim versions.
   inoremap <Up> <Up><ESC>A
   inoremap <Down> <Down><ESC>A
diff --git a/readline.patch b/readline.patch
index e7756a0..fff9402 100644
--- a/readline.patch
+++ b/readline.patch
@@ -138,12 +138,13 @@ diff -ru a/readline.c b/readline.c
    /* Restore the original of this history line, iff the line that we
       are editing was originally in the history, AND the line has changed. */
    entry = current_history ();
-@@ -561,7 +566,14 @@
+@@ -561,7 +566,16 @@
  	}
  
        RL_SETSTATE(RL_STATE_READCMD);
 -      c = rl_read_key ();
-+      if (athame_enabled())
++      int use_athame = athame_enabled();
++      if (use_athame)
 +      {
 +        c = athame_loop(fileno(rl_instream));
 +      }
@@ -151,6 +152,7 @@ diff -ru a/readline.c b/readline.c
 +        c = rl_read_key();
 +        athame_after_bypass();
 +      }
++      if (!use_athame || c) {
        RL_UNSETSTATE(RL_STATE_READCMD);
  
        /* look at input.c:rl_getc() for the circumstances under which this will
@@ -162,6 +164,14 @@ diff -ru a/readline.c b/readline.c
        RL_CHECK_SIGNALS ();
  
        /* If there was no change in _rl_last_command_was_kill, then no kill
+@@ -608,6 +623,7 @@
+       if (rl_pending_input == 0 && lk == _rl_last_command_was_kill)
+ 	_rl_last_command_was_kill = 0;
+ 
++}
+       _rl_internal_char_cleanup ();
+ 
+ #if defined (READLINE_CALLBACKS)
 diff -ru a/shlib/Makefile.in b/shlib/Makefile.in
 --- a/shlib/Makefile.in	2015-07-15 00:03:32.898231038 -0400
 +++ b/shlib/Makefile.in	2015-07-14 23:37:04.674826478 -0400
diff --git a/test/shell/expected5 b/test/shell/expected5
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29159de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/shell/expected5
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+good
+yay
diff --git a/test/shell/inst5.sh b/test/shell/inst5.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc3bd44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/shell/inst5.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+input=0
+read -e input
+good
+echo $input > out5
+read -en3 input
+yayecho $input >> out5