diff --git a/src/renderer/Metal.zig b/src/renderer/Metal.zig
index e359183eb..7c4e60969 100644
--- a/src/renderer/Metal.zig
+++ b/src/renderer/Metal.zig
@@ -1816,7 +1816,6 @@ fn prepKittyVirtualPlacement(
         if (rows <= row_off) return;
         rows -= row_off;
     }
-
     if (src_x + src_w > img_width_f64) {
         const redundant_px = src_x + src_w - img_width_f64;
         const redundant_cells = @as(u32, @intFromFloat(redundant_px * x_scale)) / self.grid_metrics.cell_width;
diff --git a/src/terminal/page.zig b/src/terminal/page.zig
index 9d149270e..c270a0e0d 100644
--- a/src/terminal/page.zig
+++ b/src/terminal/page.zig
@@ -1152,7 +1152,7 @@ pub const Page = struct {
     pub fn setGraphemes(self: *Page, row: *Row, cell: *Cell, cps: []u21) Allocator.Error!void {
         defer self.assertIntegrity();
 
-        assert(cell.hasText());
+        assert(cell.codepoint() > 0);
         assert(cell.content_tag == .codepoint);
 
         const cell_offset = getOffset(Cell, self.memory, cell);