diff --git a/lib/widget.js b/lib/widget.js
index 5ef443f..204600d 100644
--- a/lib/widget.js
+++ b/lib/widget.js
@@ -5540,7 +5540,7 @@ List.prototype.pick = function(label, callback) {
     self.hide();
     self.screen.render();
     if (!el) return callback();
-    return callback(null, helpers.cleanTags(self.items[selected]));
+    return callback(null, helpers.cleanTags(self.ritems[selected]));
   });
 };
 
@@ -9116,6 +9116,7 @@ helpers.attrToBinary = function(style, element) {
 };
 
 helpers.cleanTags = function(text) {
+  if (!text) return text;
   return text
     .replace(/{(\/?)([\w\-,;!#]*)}/g, '')
     .replace(/\x1b\[[\d;]*m/g, '')