diff --git a/kitty/screen.c b/kitty/screen.c
index eb6e81ed2..c1cc17dd1 100644
--- a/kitty/screen.c
+++ b/kitty/screen.c
@@ -5780,7 +5780,7 @@ line_edge_colors(Screen *self, PyObject *a UNUSED) {
 
 static PyObject*
 current_selections(Screen *self, PyObject *a UNUSED) {
-    PyObject *ans = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(NULL, (Py_ssize_t)self->lines * self->columns);
+    PyObject *ans = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(NULL, (Py_ssize_t)render_lines_for_screen(self) * self->columns);
     if (!ans) return NULL;
     screen_apply_selection(self, PyBytes_AS_STRING(ans), PyBytes_GET_SIZE(ans));
     return ans;
diff --git a/kitty_tests/multicell.py b/kitty_tests/multicell.py
index cdd91185e..2a046f29b 100644
--- a/kitty_tests/multicell.py
+++ b/kitty_tests/multicell.py
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ def test_multicell(self: TestMulticell) -> None:
             pos = y * s.columns
             for x in range(x1, x2 + 1):
                 expected[pos + x] = bp
-        for i, (e, a) in enumerate(zip(as_lists(bytes(expected)), as_lists(actual))):
+        for i, (e, a) in enumerate(zip(as_lists(bytes(expected)), as_lists(actual)[1:])):
             self.ae(e, a, f'Row: {i}')
 
     def ast(*expected, strip_trailing_whitespace=False, as_ansi=False):