diff --git a/internal/tui/components/chat/editor/editor.go b/internal/tui/components/chat/editor/editor.go
index 1d16aecd28b52a038e8368e9b1ccb58c19f27260..4da6ec84e56e2350f846e777175ab503d3f77437 100644
--- a/internal/tui/components/chat/editor/editor.go
+++ b/internal/tui/components/chat/editor/editor.go
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ func (m *editorCmp) Update(msg tea.Msg) (util.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 		msgs, err := m.getUserMessagesAsText()
 		if err != nil {
 			// TODO(tauraamui): handle error for loading history better in the UI later
+			panic(err)
 		}
 		if len(msgs) == 0 {
 			break