diff --git a/lib/widget.js b/lib/widget.js
index cff2474..534a7f8 100644
--- a/lib/widget.js
+++ b/lib/widget.js
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ Box.prototype.render = function(stop) {
     , cell
     , attr
     , ch
-    , ci = 0
+    , ci = this.contentIndex || 0
     , cl = this.content.length
     , battr
     , dattr
@@ -681,26 +681,6 @@ Box.prototype.render = function(stop) {
     }
   }
 
-  // Scroll the content
-  if (this.childBase != null) {
-    var cb = this.childBase
-      , xxl = xl - (this.border ? 1 : 0)
-      , xxi;
-    while (cb--) {
-      for (xxi = xi + (this.border ? 1 : 0); xxi < xxl; xxi++) {
-        if (this.content[ci] === '\n' || this.content[ci] === '\r') {
-          ci++;
-          break;
-        } else if (this.content[ci] === '\x1b') {
-          for (; ci < this.content.length; ci++) {
-            if (this.content[ci] === 'm') break;
-          }
-        }
-        ci++;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
   var ret = {
     xi: xi,
     xl: xl,
@@ -819,7 +799,7 @@ Text.prototype.render = function(stop) {
     , cell
     , attr
     , ch
-    , ci = 0
+    , ci = this.contentIndex || 0
     , cl = this.content.length
     , ended = -1
     , dattr
@@ -1163,10 +1143,44 @@ function ScrollableText(options) {
       self.screen.render();
     });
   }
+
+  this.contentIndex = 0;
 }
 
 ScrollableText.prototype.__proto__ = ScrollableBox.prototype;
 
+ScrollableText.prototype._scroll = ScrollableText.prototype.scroll;
+ScrollableText.prototype.scroll = function(offset) {
+  var ret = this._scroll(offset);
+
+  if (this.content != null) {
+    var cb = this.childBase
+      , data = this.render(true)
+      , xi = data.xi
+      , xl = data.xl
+      , xxl = xl - (this.border ? 1 : 0)
+      , xxi
+      , ci = 0;
+
+    while (cb--) {
+      for (xxi = xi + (this.border ? 1 : 0); xxi < xxl; xxi++) {
+        if (this.content[ci] === '\n' || this.content[ci] === '\r') {
+          ci++;
+          break;
+        } else if (this.content[ci] === '\x1b') {
+          for (; ci < this.content.length; ci++) {
+            if (this.content[ci] === 'm') break;
+          }
+        }
+        ci++;
+      }
+    }
+    this.contentIndex = ci;
+  }
+
+  return ret;
+};
+
 /**
  * Input
  */