diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index cf042a8..9234f4b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/charmbracelet/teaparty
 go 1.13
 
 require (
-	github.com/charmbracelet/tea v0.0.0-20200220032354-23432f30dd46
+	github.com/charmbracelet/tea v0.2.0
 	github.com/muesli/termenv v0.5.0
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200331124033-c3d80250170d // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2e31bae..9e60a15 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 github.com/charmbracelet/tea v0.0.0-20200220032354-23432f30dd46 h1:ZRxnZ9WA8+DX7IpIrUjaAzue12wCA8bHgDWSrqARvGY=
 github.com/charmbracelet/tea v0.0.0-20200220032354-23432f30dd46/go.mod h1:96S8RyGdd7HfPcgDC8XqPKe+eH/1etFkw6lfhQCesgU=
+github.com/charmbracelet/tea v0.2.0/go.mod h1:lADjwO2mMub9qvXSCA9vAkabVWO0HeUrv4uO/lG3C+k=
 github.com/google/goterm v0.0.0-20190703233501-fc88cf888a3f h1:5CjVwnuUcp5adK4gmY6i72gpVFVnZDP2h5TmPScB6u4=
 github.com/google/goterm v0.0.0-20190703233501-fc88cf888a3f/go.mod h1:nOFQdrUlIlx6M6ODdSpBj1NVA+VgLC6kmw60mkw34H4=
 github.com/lucasb-eyer/go-colorful v1.0.3 h1:QIbQXiugsb+q10B+MI+7DI1oQLdmnep86tWFlaaUAac=
diff --git a/input/input.go b/input/input.go
index d208f56..23acbba 100644
--- a/input/input.go
+++ b/input/input.go
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 package input
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/tea"
-
 	"github.com/muesli/termenv"
 )
 
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ var (
 	color func(s string) termenv.Color = termenv.ColorProfile().Color
 )
 
+type ErrMsg error
+
 type Model struct {
+	Err              error
 	Prompt           string
 	Value            string
 	Cursor           string
@@ -149,6 +152,10 @@ func Update(msg tea.Msg, m Model) (Model, tea.Cmd) {
 			return m, nil
 		}
 
+	case ErrMsg:
+		m.Err = msg
+		return m, nil
+
 	case CursorBlinkMsg:
 		m.blink = !m.blink
 		return m, nil
@@ -215,7 +222,7 @@ func cursorView(s string, m Model) string {
 func Blink(model tea.Model) tea.Msg {
 	m, ok := model.(Model)
 	if !ok {
-		return tea.NewErrMsg("could not assert given model to the model we expected; make sure you're passing as input model")
+		return ErrMsg(errors.New("could not assert given model to the model we expected; make sure you're passing as input model"))
 	}
 	time.Sleep(m.BlinkSpeed)
 	return CursorBlinkMsg{}