diff --git a/binding.c b/binding.c
index 6f8a377..9a3dcc4 100644
--- a/binding.c
+++ b/binding.c
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ char *sanitizeInput(char *input)
 	int c;
 	void *mem = NULL;
 	while (c = input[pos]) {
+		temp[cur] = (char)c;
+		cur++;
+		pos++;
 		/* Reserve space to escape colon in input */
 		if (c == ':') {
 			cur++;
@@ -29,9 +32,6 @@ char *sanitizeInput(char *input)
 		if (c == ':') {
 			temp[cur - 1] = ':';
 		}
-		temp[cur] = (char)c;
-		cur++;
-		pos++;
 	}
 	temp[cur] = '\0';
 	return temp;
diff --git a/interpreter.c b/interpreter.c
index 2f03ae4..82bd8f2 100644
--- a/interpreter.c
+++ b/interpreter.c
@@ -3204,6 +3204,8 @@ ReturnObject *interpretInputStmtNode(StmtNode *node,
 		 * but do not store it.
 		 */
 		if (c == EOF || c == (int)'\r' || c == (int)'\n') break;
+		temp[cur] = (char)c;
+		cur++;
 		/* Reserve space to escape colon in input */
 		if (c == ':') {
 			cur++;
@@ -3223,8 +3225,6 @@ ReturnObject *interpretInputStmtNode(StmtNode *node,
 		if (c == ':') {
 			temp[cur - 1] = ':';
 		}
-		temp[cur] = (char)c;
-		cur++;
 	}
 	temp[cur] = '\0';
 	val = createStringValueObject(temp);