diff --git a/internal/tui/exp/list/list.go b/internal/tui/exp/list/list.go
index d40f8d26128eef0d6930ff598c4aa21b971fd75e..595e21334d37b218f3d4fc8892cd03e4a1010d41 100644
--- a/internal/tui/exp/list/list.go
+++ b/internal/tui/exp/list/list.go
@@ -1294,7 +1294,7 @@ func (l *list[T]) findWordBoundaries(col, line int) (startCol, endCol int) {
 		lines[i] = ansi.Strip(l)
 	}
 
-	if l.direction == DirectionBackward {
+	if l.direction == DirectionBackward && len(lines) > l.height {
 		line = ((len(lines) - 1) - l.height) + line + 1
 	}
 
@@ -1336,7 +1336,7 @@ func (l *list[T]) findParagraphBoundaries(line int) (startLine, endLine int, fou
 			lines[i] = strings.ReplaceAll(lines[i], icon, " ")
 		}
 	}
-	if l.direction == DirectionBackward {
+	if l.direction == DirectionBackward && len(lines) > l.height {
 		line = (len(lines) - 1) - l.height + line + 1
 	}
 
@@ -1370,7 +1370,7 @@ func (l *list[T]) findParagraphBoundaries(line int) (startLine, endLine int, fou
 	}
 
 	// revert the line numbers if we are in backward direction
-	if l.direction == DirectionBackward {
+	if l.direction == DirectionBackward && len(lines) > l.height {
 		startLine = startLine - (len(lines) - 1) + l.height - 1
 		endLine = endLine - (len(lines) - 1) + l.height - 1
 	}