diff --git a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/AccountsScreen.hs b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/AccountsScreen.hs
index 45394b5c8..acebfda5d 100644
--- a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/AccountsScreen.hs
+++ b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/AccountsScreen.hs
@@ -371,21 +371,24 @@ asHandle ev = do
               list' <- nestEventM' _asList $ handleListEvent (normaliseMovementKeys ev)
               put' $ ui{aScreen=scr & asList .~ list' & asSelectedAccount .~ selacct }
 
-            MouseDown{} -> put ui
-            MouseUp{}   -> put ui
-            AppEvent _  -> put ui
+            MouseDown{} -> return ()
+            MouseUp{}   -> return ()
+            AppEvent _  -> return ()
 
     _ -> dlogUiTraceM "asHandle 2" >> errorWrongScreenType "event handler"
 
+asEnterRegister :: Day -> AccountName -> UIState -> EventM Name UIState ()
 asEnterRegister d selacct ui = do
-  rsCenterAndContinue $
-  -- flip rsHandle (VtyEvent (EvKey (KChar 'l') [MCtrl])) $
-    screenEnter d regscr ui
+  dlogUiTraceM "asEnterRegister"
+  let
+    regscr = rsSetAccount selacct isdepthclipped registerScreen
       where
-        regscr = rsSetAccount selacct isdepthclipped registerScreen
         isdepthclipped = case getDepth ui of
-                            Just d  -> accountNameLevel selacct >= d
-                            Nothing -> False
+                          Just d  -> accountNameLevel selacct >= d
+                          Nothing -> False
+  let ui' = screenEnter d regscr ui
+  put' ui'
+  rsCenterSelection ui'
 
 asSetSelectedAccount a s@AccountsScreen{} = s & asSelectedAccount .~ a
 asSetSelectedAccount _ s = s
diff --git a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/Main.hs b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/Main.hs
index fa1c6bf91..5539fb4be 100644
--- a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/Main.hs
+++ b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/Main.hs
@@ -166,8 +166,8 @@ runBrickUi uopts@UIOpts{uoCliOpts=copts@CliOpts{inputopts_=_iopts,reportspec_=rs
         appStartEvent   = return ()
       , appAttrMap      = const $ fromMaybe defaultTheme $ getTheme =<< uoTheme uopts'
       , appChooseCursor = showFirstCursor
-      , appHandleEvent  = sHandle (aScreen ui)
-      , appDraw         = sDraw   (aScreen ui)
+      , appHandleEvent  = \ev -> do ui <- get; sHandle (aScreen ui) ev
+      , appDraw         = \ui -> sDraw (aScreen ui) ui
       }
 
   -- print (length (show ui)) >> exitSuccess  -- show any debug output to this point & quit
diff --git a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/RegisterScreen.hs b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/RegisterScreen.hs
index 85de9ff23..2be4a9567 100644
--- a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/RegisterScreen.hs
+++ b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/RegisterScreen.hs
@@ -425,8 +425,7 @@ rsHandle ev = do
 
 isBlankElement mel = ((rsItemDate . snd) <$> mel) == Just ""
 
-rsCenterAndContinue ui = do
-  scrollSelectionToMiddle $ rsList $ aScreen ui
-  put ui
+rsCenterSelection :: UIState -> EventM Name UIState ()
+rsCenterSelection = scrollSelectionToMiddle . rsList . aScreen
 
 rsListSize = V.length . V.takeWhile ((/="").rsItemDate) . listElements