diff --git a/src/nvim.rs b/src/nvim.rs
index afce458..1d66a87 100644
--- a/src/nvim.rs
+++ b/src/nvim.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use neovim_lib::{Neovim, NeovimApi, Session};
 use std::io::{Result, Error, ErrorKind};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::result;
+use ui_model::UiModel;
 use ui_mutex::UiMutex;
 use rmp::Value;
 use rmp::value::Integer;
@@ -12,11 +13,13 @@ pub type SharedUi = Arc<UiMutex<Ui>>;
 
 pub trait RedrawEvents {
     fn on_cursor_goto(&mut self, row: u64, col: u64);
+
+    fn on_put(&mut self, text: &str);
 }
 
 macro_rules! try_str {
     ($exp:expr) => (match $exp {
-        Value::String(ref val) => val.to_owned(),
+        Value::String(ref val) => val,
         _ => return Err("Can't convert argument to string".to_owned())
     })
 }
@@ -37,6 +40,7 @@ pub fn initialize(mut ui: Ui) -> Result<SharedUi> {
     };
     let nvim = Neovim::new(session);
     ui.set_nvim(nvim);
+    ui.model = UiModel::new(80, 24);
 
     let sh_ui = Arc::new(UiMutex::new(ui));
 
@@ -60,8 +64,10 @@ fn nvim_cb(ui: &SharedUi, method: &str, params: Vec<Value>) {
         for ev in params {
             if let Value::Array(ev_args) = ev {
                 if let Value::String(ref ev_name) = ev_args[0] {
-                    let mut args = vec![];
-                    args.extend_from_slice(&ev_args[1..]);
+                    let args = match ev_args[1] {
+                        Value::Array(ref ar) => ar.clone(),
+                        _ => vec![],
+                    };
                     call(ui, ev_name, args);
                 } else {
                     println!("Unsupported event {:?}", ev_args);
@@ -82,6 +88,12 @@ fn call(ui: &SharedUi, method: &str, args: Vec<Value>) {
                 ui.borrow_mut().on_cursor_goto(try_int!(args[0]), try_int!(args[1]));
                 Ok(())
             })
+        },
+        "put" => {
+            safe_call(ui.clone(), move |ui| {
+                ui.borrow_mut().on_put(try_str!(args[0]));
+                Ok(())
+            })
         }
         _ => println!("Event {}", method),
     };
diff --git a/src/ui.rs b/src/ui.rs
index 9a3b446..e10662d 100644
--- a/src/ui.rs
+++ b/src/ui.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use ui_model::UiModel;
 use nvim::RedrawEvents;
 
 pub struct Ui {
-    model: UiModel,
+    pub model: UiModel,
     nvim: Option<Neovim>,
 }
 
@@ -82,5 +82,9 @@ impl RedrawEvents for Ui {
     fn on_cursor_goto(&mut self, row: u64, col: u64) {
         self.model.set_cursor(row, col);
     }
+
+    fn on_put(&mut self, text: &str) {
+        self.model.put(text);
+    }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/ui_model.rs b/src/ui_model.rs
index a7face1..d0bb26d 100644
--- a/src/ui_model.rs
+++ b/src/ui_model.rs
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ impl Cell {
 }
 
 pub struct UiModel {
-    columns: u64,
-    rows: u64,
-    cur_row: u64,
-    cur_col: u64,
-    model: Vec<Cell>,
+    columns: usize,
+    rows: usize,
+    cur_row: usize,
+    cur_col: usize,
+    model: Vec<Vec<Cell>>,
 }
 
 impl UiModel {
@@ -21,16 +21,18 @@ impl UiModel {
         UiModel::new(0, 0)
     }
 
-    pub fn new(columns: u64, rows: u64) -> UiModel {
-        let cells = (columns * rows) as usize;
-        let mut model = Vec::with_capacity(cells);
-        for i in 0..cells {
-            model[i] = Cell::new(' ');
+    pub fn new(rows: u64, columns: u64) -> UiModel {
+        let mut model = Vec::with_capacity(rows as usize);
+        for i in 0..rows as usize {
+            model.push(Vec::with_capacity(columns as usize));
+            for _ in 0..columns as usize{
+                model[i].push(Cell::new(' '));
+            }
         }
 
         UiModel { 
-            columns: columns,
-            rows: rows,
+            columns: columns as usize,
+            rows: rows as usize,
             cur_row: 0,
             cur_col: 0,
             model: model,
@@ -38,7 +40,12 @@ impl UiModel {
     }
 
     pub fn set_cursor(&mut self, row: u64, col: u64) {
-        self.cur_col = col;
-        self.cur_row = row;
+        self.cur_col = col as usize;
+        self.cur_row = row as usize;
+    }
+
+    pub fn put(&mut self, text: &str) {
+        self.model[self.cur_row][self.cur_col].ch = text.chars().last().unwrap();
+        self.cur_col += 1;
     }
 }