diff --git a/lib/widget.js b/lib/widget.js
index 82dde7d..e4f8b08 100644
--- a/lib/widget.js
+++ b/lib/widget.js
@@ -1402,11 +1402,11 @@ function ScrollableText(options) {
   }
 
   this.screen.on('resize', function() {
-    self.setContent(self.content);
+    self._recalculateIndex();
   });
 
   this.on('resize', function() {
-    self.setContent(self.content);
+    self._recalculateIndex();
   });
 
   this.contentIndex = 0;
@@ -1457,8 +1457,14 @@ ScrollableText.prototype.scroll = function(offset) {
 ScrollableText.prototype._setContent = ScrollableText.prototype.setContent;
 ScrollableText.prototype.setContent = function(content) {
   var ret = this._setContent(content);
+  this._recalculateIndex(this.content);
+  return ret;
+};
 
-  this.__content = this.content;
+ScrollableText.prototype._recalculateIndex = function(content) {
+  if (content != null) this.__content = content;
+
+  if (this.__content == null) this.__content = this.content;
   this._content = wrapContent(this.__content, this.width - (this.border ? 2 : 0));
   this.content = this._content.join('\n');
 
@@ -1466,10 +1472,6 @@ ScrollableText.prototype.setContent = function(content) {
     t += this._content[i].length + 1;
   }
   this.contentIndex = t;
-
-  if (this.parent) this.scroll(0);
-
-  return ret;
 };
 
 /**