diff --git a/pkg/gui/files_panel.go b/pkg/gui/files_panel.go
index f2e081245..3aff8c3da 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/files_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/files_panel.go
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) handleWIPCommitPress(g *gocui.Gui, filesView *gocui.View) error
 		return gui.createErrorPanel(gui.Tr.SLocalize("SkipHookPrefixNotConfigured"))
 	}
 
-	gui.renderString("commitMessage", skipHookPreifx)
+	gui.renderStringSync("commitMessage", skipHookPreifx)
 	if err := gui.getCommitMessageView().SetCursor(len(skipHookPreifx), 0); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/gui/view_helpers.go b/pkg/gui/view_helpers.go
index 35226b236..423cab90c 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/view_helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/view_helpers.go
@@ -352,21 +352,25 @@ func (gui *Gui) setViewContent(v *gocui.View, s string) {
 // renderString resets the origin of a view and sets its content
 func (gui *Gui) renderString(viewName, s string) {
 	gui.g.Update(func(*gocui.Gui) error {
-		v, err := gui.g.View(viewName)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil // return gracefully if view has been deleted
-		}
-		if err := v.SetOrigin(0, 0); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		if err := v.SetCursor(0, 0); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		gui.setViewContent(v, s)
-		return nil
+		return gui.renderStringSync(viewName, s)
 	})
 }
 
+func (gui *Gui) renderStringSync(viewName, s string) error {
+	v, err := gui.g.View(viewName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil // return gracefully if view has been deleted
+	}
+	if err := v.SetOrigin(0, 0); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := v.SetCursor(0, 0); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	gui.setViewContent(v, s)
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (gui *Gui) optionsMapToString(optionsMap map[string]string) string {
 	optionsArray := make([]string, 0)
 	for key, description := range optionsMap {